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Wrongful convictions reported for 6 percent of crimes
Criminologist Charles Loeffler

Criminologist Charles Loeffler led a team of researchers that looked at wrongful convictions in the prison population as a whole. The results represent the first such estimate for crimes across the spectrum, from retail theft to murder.  

Wrongful convictions reported for 6 percent of crimes

For capital crimes like rape and murder, wrongful convictions happen in about 3 to 5 percent of cases. Such an estimate had proved elusive for the prison population as a whole—until now, thanks to work from Penn criminologists.

Michele W. Berger

Breaking the bank
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Breaking the bank

Economics professor Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde reveals that Bitcoin is not the first private currency in history, and may face regulation in the future.

Penn Today Staff

The human story of coal’s downturn
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The human story of coal’s downturn

A forthcoming report from the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy will offer a range of strategies to directly impact the economic and mental health crisis in coal country.

Putting data to work to solve pressing health issues
Research day

Interaction was key during a poster session with more than 50 presentations.

(Image: Tommy Leonardi)

Putting data to work to solve pressing health issues

The first-ever Research Day at the Smilow Center for Translational Research showed how the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics links clinical epidemiology and biostatistics within the Perelman School of Medicine, Penn Health System, and Penn community.

Ali Sundermier

Revealing Penn Museum’s Middle East treasures
Revealing Penn Museum’s Middle East treasures

From left: Penn curators and professors Holly Pittman and Stephen Tinney with Museum Director Julian Siggers at the April 16 press preview.

Revealing Penn Museum’s Middle East treasures

Objects that trace the path of human history—from the era of hunting and gathering to the creation of cities—are on display in the Museum’s new Middle East Galleries.
Musical magic
Musical magic with William Parberry

Penn Choral Director William Parberry conducts the University Choir through an intense section of “The Circus Band,” a piece by Charles Ives, performed just before intermission.

Musical magic

For 45 years, Penn Choral Director William Parberry has conducted thousands of Penn singers through hundreds of music scores, resulting in more than 270 concerts by his three ensembles.