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California’s controversial new fuel rules rejected by state legal office
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California’s controversial new fuel rules rejected by state legal office

A report by the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Weitzman School of Design predicted that fuel standard changes in California could increase the cost of gas by 85 cents a gallon through 2030.

With hemophilia B, a lifetime of worry eased with one infusion
An infusion bag hanging in a hospital room.

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With hemophilia B, a lifetime of worry eased with one infusion

The first Penn Medicine patient to receive an FDA-approved new gene therapy for hemophilia B can now stop regular prophylactic clotting factor injections.

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Four from Penn named 2025 Sloan Research Fellows
Four portraits arranged in a 2x2 grid. Clockwise from top left: Jason Altschuler, Cesar de la Fuente, Liang Wu, and Anderson Ye Zhang

Jason Altschuler (top left) and Anderson Ye Zhang (bottom left) of the Wharton School, Liang Wu (bottom right) of the School of Arts & Sciences, and César de la Fuente (top right) of the Perelman School of Medicine have been named 2025 Sloan Research Fellows. They are among 126 early-career scientists in North America chosen this year to receive the two-year, $75,000 fellowship in recognition of their accomplishments, creativity, and potential to become leaders in their fields.

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Four from Penn named 2025 Sloan Research Fellows

Jason Altschuler, César de la Fuente, Liang Wu, and Anderson Ye Zhang have been honored as early-career researchers and scholars for their accomplishments, creativity, and potential to become leaders in their fields.
Gen Z is ‘de-influencing’ on social media
Salon.com

Gen Z is ‘de-influencing’ on social media

According to a collaborative report by the Wharton School’s Baker Retailing Center, 75% of Gen Z consumers say that sustainability is more important to them than brand name when making purchase decisions.

Researchers create genetic map tied to kidney disease
microscopic rendering of DNA strands.

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Researchers create genetic map tied to kidney disease

The creation of the most complete map of more than 1,000 genes that influence kidney function could help experts diagnose and design targeted treatments for kidney disease.

Alex Gardner

Looking to the past to understand the impacts of human land use in South Asia
R. Ramesh adjusts measuring tape at archaeological site.

R. Ramesh, assisting superintending archaeologist at the Archaeological Survey of India, adjusted a measuring tape at an archaeological site in India before he and Penn's Kathleen Morrison took samples for paleoenvironmental analysis from a Neolithic (3000-1200 BCE) deposit. 

(Image: Courtesy of Kathleen Morrison)

Looking to the past to understand the impacts of human land use in South Asia

An international group of scholars, including archaeologists from the School of Arts & Sciences, synthesized archaeological evidence in South Asia from 12,000 and 6,000 years ago.
RFK Jr. won. Now what?
The Atlantic

RFK Jr. won. Now what?

Allison Buttenheim of the School of Nursing says that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. disavowing his vaccine antagonism would likely do more to turn some of his most ardent supporters against him than to change their views.

Rate of suicide higher in individuals with headaches
A person holding their head in pain near a window.

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Rate of suicide higher in individuals with headaches

New research from Penn Medicine finds that suicide attempt and completion is highest among individuals with headaches from head injuries, but also elevated in individuals with mild headaches.

Kelsey Geesler