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The program, launched by recent College of Arts and Sciences grads Taussia Boadi and Cheryl Nnadi, was a 2023 Projects for Progress winner and provides academic support to middle school students affected by gun violence.
A new meta-analysis by neurocriminologist Adrian Raine shows that omega-3 supplementation can reduce aggressive behavior across age and gender.
Contrary to the conventional wisdom that Americans are “pocketbook voters,” views on abortion and the Supreme Court are more likely to sway voters today.
Researchers Mari Kawakatsu, Taylor A. Kessinger, and Joshua B. Plotkin in Penn’s Department of Biology developed a model incorporating two forms of gossip to study indirect reciprocity.
Maya Moritz, a first-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Criminology, is building the case, studying the effect of Philadelphia murals on the city’s crime rate.
As part of the spring course Domenic Vitiello of the Weitzman School of Design and School of Arts & Sciences led students on a trip exploring Sicily’s capital and its eras of colonization, imperial rule, Mafia, and migration.
A new book from history and sociology of science professor Beth Linker investigates how and why a panic around posture emerged in America in the 20th century.
A century after a federal law established a national quota system on immigration, legal historian Hardeep Dhillon explains the significance and legacy of the Immigration Act of 1924.
PIK Professor Michael Platt and collaborators studied how physiologic measures like cardiac synchrony can guide decision making in groups. Their study found that heart rate synchrony was a much better predictor than standard questionnaire-based surveys.
Thirteen Penn students and alumni have been offered Fulbright grants for the 2024-25 academic year. They will conduct research, pursue graduate degrees, or teach English in a dozen nations.
Marc Trussler of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the selection of J.D. Vance as the Republican vice presidential candidate will make it harder for Donald Trump to act as a moderate on the issue of abortion.
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Stacia West of the Center for Guaranteed Income Research at the School of Social Policy & Practice says that guaranteed basic income causes people to make great decisions for themselves and their family in a way that promotes upward economic mobility.
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Anthea Butler of the School of Arts & Sciences says that Kamala Harris’s religious story is not a straight line, which mirrors the trajectory of many Americans today.
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Brendan O’Leary of the School of Arts & Sciences analyzes low voter turnout trends for the UK general election in Northern Ireland’s constituencies.
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Adam Grant of the Wharton School says that President Biden must make sure that the faction advocating his staying in the race doesn’t dominate the faction encouraging him to withdraw.
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