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A multidisciplinary team of Penn researchers has developed a platform that delivers a combination of cancer-fighting therapies to treat oral squamous cell carcinoma.

According to a nationally representative survey of U.S. adults by Penn’s Annenberg Public Policy Center, most Americans are unaware or unsure of which vaccines the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends during pregnancy. For each of four vaccines the CDC recommends during pregnancy, at least 45% of respondents are not sure whether the CDC recommends it.

Pulitzer Prize-winner Signe Wilkinson, the editorial cartoonist for the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News, has donated a significant collection of editorial cartoons and originals to Annenberg Library Archive.

A Penn Medicine analysis led by César de la Fuente  identifies hidden peptides that may kill drug-resistant bacteria.

Inspired by the cracked, water-trapping skin of elephants, Penn researchers have developed a low-cost cement tile that cools buildings by capturing and slowly evaporating water—turning a structural flaw into a climate solution.

Hedging can make individuals less persuasive, but new research from Wharton’s Jonah Berger shows how communicators can use hedging to their advantage.

Lemon, the acclaimed MacArthur Fellow, is researching architectural shadows, drawing on the Penn Libraries’ collections and the architecture of Frank Furness’s landmark Fisher Fine Arts Library building. His eight-week residency will culminate in a public lecture-performance on Sept. 18.

A new assessment method to monitor veterans and active duty personnel may predict worsening suicidal thoughts more accurately than relying on standard weekly clinical assessments alone.

By prompting emergency medicine clinicians to consider naltrexone, Penn researchers see a 15-fold increase in prescriptions.

Penn GSE and the School District of Philadelphia are co-creating solutions—in areas from algebra to AI—by listening first, aligning priorities, and turning research into real-time change across an urban school system.