Paul Offit looks back on COVID-19, misinformation, and how public health lost the public’s trust in new book Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer Paul Offit looks back on COVID-19, misinformation, and how public health lost the public’s trust in new book “Tell Me When It’s Over,” a new book by Paul Offit of the Perelman School of Medicine, chronicles the initial years of the COVID-19 pandemic and the mishaps of public health agencies. Recent surveys by the Annenberg Public Policy Center find that mistrust of vaccines has continued to grow through last fall. Review of COVID death stats finds likely undercount in official numbers Penn In the News Minnesota Public Radio Review of COVID death stats finds likely undercount in official numbers A paper co-authored by Penn researchers found that COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. were likely undercounted in official statistics during the first 30 months of the pandemic. What makes a breakthrough? ‘Eight steps back’ before making it to the finish line (From left to right) Breakthrough Prize recipients Drew Weissman, Virginia M-Y Lee, Katalin Karikó, and Carl June at a reception on Feb. 13. (Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine News) What makes a breakthrough? ‘Eight steps back’ before making it to the finish line Four of Penn’s Breakthrough Prize recipients, Carl June, Katalin Karikó, Virginia M-Y Lee, and Drew Weissman, were honored at a reception on Feb. 13. Lessons from the 17th century ‘New Netherland’ Molly Leech is a fourth-year doctoral candidate in the School of Arts &N Sciences Department of History. (Image: Brooke Sietinsons) Lessons from the 17th century ‘New Netherland’ Through study of the fur and wampum trade between the Lenape and Dutch in the 1600s, fourth-year history Ph.D. candidate Molly Leech is aiming to recenter Indigenous contributions to global trade. Social studies: Common sense is actually rare; the problem with grade inflation; when you might as well be a monk Penn In the News Boston Globe Social studies: Common sense is actually rare; the problem with grade inflation; when you might as well be a monk Researchers at Penn found that few of the beliefs that an individual perceives as common sense are widely held, although the accuracy of such beliefs doesn’t vary much across age, race, gender, income, education, or partisanship. How Penn researchers are helping address group violence in Baltimore Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott speaks at a press conference on results from its Group Violence Reduction Strategy, which University of Pennsylvania researchers helped implement and analyze, and next steps. (Image: Courtesy of Jack French/Baltimore Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement) How Penn researchers are helping address group violence in Baltimore The Crime and Justice Policy Lab has seen encouraging results from its work implementing a Group Violence Reduction Strategy in part of the city. Understanding chronic wasting disease in deer Image: iStock/twildlife Understanding chronic wasting disease in deer A new collaborative study with Penn Vet researchers analyzed fecal samples to shed light on how the fatal disease impacts the gut microbiome in deer, providing a promising tool for disease surveillance. Once a spy satellite, now a telescope with an eye on the cosmos (On homepage) Engineers at Ball Aerospace, one of Roman’s industrial partners, installed and aligned the element wheel assembly into the observatory’s Wide Field Instrument. The assembly will help Roman solve some of the most profound mysteries in astrophysics. When light bounces off and is concentrated by the main and secondary mirrors of Roman, it will move through a component called the element wheel. After being focused and filtered, this light will hit a big array of sensors that captures the light to form an image. Depending on their research needs, astronomers can use special science filters to pick out certain types of light for their studies. (Image: Courtesy of Ball Aerospace) Once a spy satellite, now a telescope with an eye on the cosmos Researchers from Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences are part of a collaboration to develop Hubble’s wide-eyed cousin, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. UPenn scientists among those developing vaccines that arm the immune system to fight cancer Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer UPenn scientists among those developing vaccines that arm the immune system to fight cancer Penn Medicine researchers like Nobel laureate Drew Weissman are leading efforts to develop a vaccine that prevents cancer, with remarks from Susan Domchek of the Basser Center for BRCA and Robert H. Vonderheide of the Abramson Cancer Center. Penn’s BRCA cancer vaccine trial aims to prevent the disease in healthy people Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer Penn’s BRCA cancer vaccine trial aims to prevent the disease in healthy people A trial led by Susan Domchek of the Perelman School of Medicine could use a preventive vaccine to protect people with a BRCA gene mutation from cancer. Load More
Review of COVID death stats finds likely undercount in official numbers Penn In the News Minnesota Public Radio Review of COVID death stats finds likely undercount in official numbers A paper co-authored by Penn researchers found that COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. were likely undercounted in official statistics during the first 30 months of the pandemic. What makes a breakthrough? ‘Eight steps back’ before making it to the finish line (From left to right) Breakthrough Prize recipients Drew Weissman, Virginia M-Y Lee, Katalin Karikó, and Carl June at a reception on Feb. 13. (Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine News) What makes a breakthrough? ‘Eight steps back’ before making it to the finish line Four of Penn’s Breakthrough Prize recipients, Carl June, Katalin Karikó, Virginia M-Y Lee, and Drew Weissman, were honored at a reception on Feb. 13. Lessons from the 17th century ‘New Netherland’ Molly Leech is a fourth-year doctoral candidate in the School of Arts &N Sciences Department of History. (Image: Brooke Sietinsons) Lessons from the 17th century ‘New Netherland’ Through study of the fur and wampum trade between the Lenape and Dutch in the 1600s, fourth-year history Ph.D. candidate Molly Leech is aiming to recenter Indigenous contributions to global trade. Social studies: Common sense is actually rare; the problem with grade inflation; when you might as well be a monk Penn In the News Boston Globe Social studies: Common sense is actually rare; the problem with grade inflation; when you might as well be a monk Researchers at Penn found that few of the beliefs that an individual perceives as common sense are widely held, although the accuracy of such beliefs doesn’t vary much across age, race, gender, income, education, or partisanship. How Penn researchers are helping address group violence in Baltimore Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott speaks at a press conference on results from its Group Violence Reduction Strategy, which University of Pennsylvania researchers helped implement and analyze, and next steps. (Image: Courtesy of Jack French/Baltimore Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement) How Penn researchers are helping address group violence in Baltimore The Crime and Justice Policy Lab has seen encouraging results from its work implementing a Group Violence Reduction Strategy in part of the city. Understanding chronic wasting disease in deer Image: iStock/twildlife Understanding chronic wasting disease in deer A new collaborative study with Penn Vet researchers analyzed fecal samples to shed light on how the fatal disease impacts the gut microbiome in deer, providing a promising tool for disease surveillance. Once a spy satellite, now a telescope with an eye on the cosmos (On homepage) Engineers at Ball Aerospace, one of Roman’s industrial partners, installed and aligned the element wheel assembly into the observatory’s Wide Field Instrument. The assembly will help Roman solve some of the most profound mysteries in astrophysics. When light bounces off and is concentrated by the main and secondary mirrors of Roman, it will move through a component called the element wheel. After being focused and filtered, this light will hit a big array of sensors that captures the light to form an image. Depending on their research needs, astronomers can use special science filters to pick out certain types of light for their studies. (Image: Courtesy of Ball Aerospace) Once a spy satellite, now a telescope with an eye on the cosmos Researchers from Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences are part of a collaboration to develop Hubble’s wide-eyed cousin, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. UPenn scientists among those developing vaccines that arm the immune system to fight cancer Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer UPenn scientists among those developing vaccines that arm the immune system to fight cancer Penn Medicine researchers like Nobel laureate Drew Weissman are leading efforts to develop a vaccine that prevents cancer, with remarks from Susan Domchek of the Basser Center for BRCA and Robert H. Vonderheide of the Abramson Cancer Center. Penn’s BRCA cancer vaccine trial aims to prevent the disease in healthy people Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer Penn’s BRCA cancer vaccine trial aims to prevent the disease in healthy people A trial led by Susan Domchek of the Perelman School of Medicine could use a preventive vaccine to protect people with a BRCA gene mutation from cancer. Load More
What makes a breakthrough? ‘Eight steps back’ before making it to the finish line (From left to right) Breakthrough Prize recipients Drew Weissman, Virginia M-Y Lee, Katalin Karikó, and Carl June at a reception on Feb. 13. (Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine News) What makes a breakthrough? ‘Eight steps back’ before making it to the finish line Four of Penn’s Breakthrough Prize recipients, Carl June, Katalin Karikó, Virginia M-Y Lee, and Drew Weissman, were honored at a reception on Feb. 13.
Lessons from the 17th century ‘New Netherland’ Molly Leech is a fourth-year doctoral candidate in the School of Arts &N Sciences Department of History. (Image: Brooke Sietinsons) Lessons from the 17th century ‘New Netherland’ Through study of the fur and wampum trade between the Lenape and Dutch in the 1600s, fourth-year history Ph.D. candidate Molly Leech is aiming to recenter Indigenous contributions to global trade.
Social studies: Common sense is actually rare; the problem with grade inflation; when you might as well be a monk Penn In the News Boston Globe Social studies: Common sense is actually rare; the problem with grade inflation; when you might as well be a monk Researchers at Penn found that few of the beliefs that an individual perceives as common sense are widely held, although the accuracy of such beliefs doesn’t vary much across age, race, gender, income, education, or partisanship. How Penn researchers are helping address group violence in Baltimore Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott speaks at a press conference on results from its Group Violence Reduction Strategy, which University of Pennsylvania researchers helped implement and analyze, and next steps. (Image: Courtesy of Jack French/Baltimore Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement) How Penn researchers are helping address group violence in Baltimore The Crime and Justice Policy Lab has seen encouraging results from its work implementing a Group Violence Reduction Strategy in part of the city. Understanding chronic wasting disease in deer Image: iStock/twildlife Understanding chronic wasting disease in deer A new collaborative study with Penn Vet researchers analyzed fecal samples to shed light on how the fatal disease impacts the gut microbiome in deer, providing a promising tool for disease surveillance. Once a spy satellite, now a telescope with an eye on the cosmos (On homepage) Engineers at Ball Aerospace, one of Roman’s industrial partners, installed and aligned the element wheel assembly into the observatory’s Wide Field Instrument. The assembly will help Roman solve some of the most profound mysteries in astrophysics. When light bounces off and is concentrated by the main and secondary mirrors of Roman, it will move through a component called the element wheel. After being focused and filtered, this light will hit a big array of sensors that captures the light to form an image. Depending on their research needs, astronomers can use special science filters to pick out certain types of light for their studies. (Image: Courtesy of Ball Aerospace) Once a spy satellite, now a telescope with an eye on the cosmos Researchers from Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences are part of a collaboration to develop Hubble’s wide-eyed cousin, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. UPenn scientists among those developing vaccines that arm the immune system to fight cancer Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer UPenn scientists among those developing vaccines that arm the immune system to fight cancer Penn Medicine researchers like Nobel laureate Drew Weissman are leading efforts to develop a vaccine that prevents cancer, with remarks from Susan Domchek of the Basser Center for BRCA and Robert H. Vonderheide of the Abramson Cancer Center. Penn’s BRCA cancer vaccine trial aims to prevent the disease in healthy people Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer Penn’s BRCA cancer vaccine trial aims to prevent the disease in healthy people A trial led by Susan Domchek of the Perelman School of Medicine could use a preventive vaccine to protect people with a BRCA gene mutation from cancer. Load More
How Penn researchers are helping address group violence in Baltimore Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott speaks at a press conference on results from its Group Violence Reduction Strategy, which University of Pennsylvania researchers helped implement and analyze, and next steps. (Image: Courtesy of Jack French/Baltimore Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement) How Penn researchers are helping address group violence in Baltimore The Crime and Justice Policy Lab has seen encouraging results from its work implementing a Group Violence Reduction Strategy in part of the city.
Understanding chronic wasting disease in deer Image: iStock/twildlife Understanding chronic wasting disease in deer A new collaborative study with Penn Vet researchers analyzed fecal samples to shed light on how the fatal disease impacts the gut microbiome in deer, providing a promising tool for disease surveillance.
Once a spy satellite, now a telescope with an eye on the cosmos (On homepage) Engineers at Ball Aerospace, one of Roman’s industrial partners, installed and aligned the element wheel assembly into the observatory’s Wide Field Instrument. The assembly will help Roman solve some of the most profound mysteries in astrophysics. When light bounces off and is concentrated by the main and secondary mirrors of Roman, it will move through a component called the element wheel. After being focused and filtered, this light will hit a big array of sensors that captures the light to form an image. Depending on their research needs, astronomers can use special science filters to pick out certain types of light for their studies. (Image: Courtesy of Ball Aerospace) Once a spy satellite, now a telescope with an eye on the cosmos Researchers from Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences are part of a collaboration to develop Hubble’s wide-eyed cousin, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.
UPenn scientists among those developing vaccines that arm the immune system to fight cancer Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer UPenn scientists among those developing vaccines that arm the immune system to fight cancer Penn Medicine researchers like Nobel laureate Drew Weissman are leading efforts to develop a vaccine that prevents cancer, with remarks from Susan Domchek of the Basser Center for BRCA and Robert H. Vonderheide of the Abramson Cancer Center. Penn’s BRCA cancer vaccine trial aims to prevent the disease in healthy people Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer Penn’s BRCA cancer vaccine trial aims to prevent the disease in healthy people A trial led by Susan Domchek of the Perelman School of Medicine could use a preventive vaccine to protect people with a BRCA gene mutation from cancer. Load More
Penn’s BRCA cancer vaccine trial aims to prevent the disease in healthy people Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer Penn’s BRCA cancer vaccine trial aims to prevent the disease in healthy people A trial led by Susan Domchek of the Perelman School of Medicine could use a preventive vaccine to protect people with a BRCA gene mutation from cancer.