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What statistics are most likely to promote positive actions during a pandemic?
What statistics are most likely to promote positive actions during a pandemic?
A new study from PIK Professor Dolores Albarracín and research associate Haesung Annie Jung finds that some COVID statistics are more effective than others at encouraging people to change their behavior.
New Juneteenth documentary explores notions of freedom and citizenship
New Juneteenth documentary explores notions of freedom and citizenship
An exclusive Penn screening of the film produced by the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC), plus a conversation with activist Opal Lee and Penn’s Mary Frances Berry, moderated by APPC’s Director of Outreach and Curriculum Andrea (Ang) Reidell, takes place on Feb. 28. Registration with a Penn email is required.
A new role for NATO in conflict zones
A new role for NATO in conflict zones
One year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, PIK Professor Lynn Meskell calls on the alliance to take a more expansive view of cultural property protection.
Discovering the lives and work of 19th-century female landscape painters
Discovering the lives and work of 19th-century female landscape painters
Third-year Aili Waller applies her experience with family genealogy research to her studies in art history, specifically 19th-century women who were landscape painters.
Bringing Ukraine to Penn
Bringing Ukraine to Penn
On the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of the Ukraine, displaced and visiting scholars and students from Ukraine share their experience at Penn.
Black Puerto Rican history
Black Puerto Rican history
Ph.D. candidate Daniel Morales-Armstrong’s research considers whose voices and narratives prevail and whose are plagued by silences.
The storm of 1928 and the tempest’s legacies
The storm of 1928 and the tempest’s legacies
Brett Robert’s research looks at a hurricane that killed thousands across the Caribbean and into Florida. His work explores how racial relationships shape the way people live and die within their environments.
Flu vaccination rate holds but misinformation about flu and COVID persists
Flu vaccination rate holds but misinformation about flu and COVID persists
The latest Annenberg Science Knowledge survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center highlights continuing uncertainty about consequential information about the flu, COVID-19, and vaccination.
The search for meaning
The search for meaning
During the course Living Deliberately: Monks, Saints, and the Contemplative Life, taught by Justin McDaniel of the School of Arts & Sciences, students experiment with ascetic practices.
A look at the history of affirmative action with Mary Frances Berry
A look at the history of affirmative action with Mary Frances Berry
The Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and professor of history emerita shares the origins of the term, discusses the practice’s early champions and highlights the ensuing controversies.
In the News
The New York Times
For a better workout, trick your brain
Katy Milkman of the Wharton School says that “temptation bundling,” pairing a workout with a much-loved activity, is amplified if the desired activity is only done while exercising.
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The New York Times
What college students need is a taste of the monk’s life
Justin McDaniel of the School of Arts & Sciences is challenging his students to adopt monastic traditions in order to rethink the purpose of education.
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Stat
We’ll soon have tools to protect infants against RSV. Can we put them to good use?
Research by the Annenberg Public Policy Center found that only 53% of women of childbearing age thought flu shots were safe to receive during pregnancy, with more pronounced distrust regarding COVID vaccines.
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Scientific American
People, not Google’s algorithm, create their own partisan ‘bubbles’ online
According to Homa Hosseinmardi of the Annenberg School for Communication, ensuring that search engine giants like Google operate with people’s best interest in mind requires knowing how people are using the algorithm, not just how the algorithm works.
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Bharat Express (India)
U.S. navy steps up efforts to curb seizure of Iranian ships in Strait of Hormuz
John Ghazvinian of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the reality of a serious armed conflict between the U.S. and Iran is almost unthinkable for either nation.
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