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How humans use their sense of smell to find their way
Clara Raithel looks at brain scans on a computer in a lab.

Sixth-year Ph.D. student Clara Raithel looks at an anatomical brain scan taken from a previous study participant.

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How humans use their sense of smell to find their way

In the lab of neuroscientist Jay Gottfried, sixth-year psychology Ph.D. student Clara Raithel tries to understand how people’s brains respond to odors.

Michele W. Berger

What’s so ‘magic’ about the secret South Jersey mud rubbed on baseballs? These Penn researchers think they know why

What’s so ‘magic’ about the secret South Jersey mud rubbed on baseballs? These Penn researchers think they know why

Doug Jerolmack of the School of Arts & Sciences, Paulo Arratia of the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and colleagues are researching the chemical properties of baseball’s “magic mud” for use in applications beyond sports.

Virtual driving assessment predicts risk of crashing for newly licensed teen drivers
A virtual dashboard showing driving hazards ahead.

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Virtual driving assessment predicts risk of crashing for newly licensed teen drivers

New research from Penn’s Annenberg Public Policy Center measures data from driving assessment tools to identify which skill deficits put young new drivers at higher risk for crashes.

From the Annenberg Public Policy Center

New office supports the Penn postdoc experience
postdocs sitting at tables, raising hands

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New office supports the Penn postdoc experience

The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs was established this past spring as a boost to the general postdoc community, providing centralized resources, information, and events.

Lauren Hertzler