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Mapping the expanding cosmos: Dark Energy Survey unveils clearest picture yet
Terrestrial telescope in Chile under a starlit sky.

The Dark Energy Survey used a 570-megapixel camera mounted on the 4-metre Victor M. Blanco Telescope in Chile to image 5,000 square degrees of southern sky. The survey discovered more than 1,000 supernovae and mapped millions of galaxies to help astronomers better understand the accelerating expansion of our universe.

(Image: Courtesy of Dark Energy Survey Collaborative)

Mapping the expanding cosmos: Dark Energy Survey unveils clearest picture yet

The Dark Energy Survey collaborative, including Penn researchers, recently released an analysis that gives the clearest picture yet of how dark energy is driving the universe’s expansion and how matter—including galaxies and groups of galaxies—has been organized over cosmic time.

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Strengthening the peace and security agenda

Strengthening the peace and security agenda

Penn Carey Law’s Rangita de Silva de Alwis’s work on women in conflict, the “Women, Peace and Security Addendum“ has been formally adopted at the 92nd session of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.

How markets can help society adapt to climate change
People working on a laptop and a screen looking at climate initiatives.

Image: Kindamorphic via Getty Images

How markets can help society adapt to climate change

Environmental and labor economist R. Jisung Park co-authored a new paper reporting that carefully designed markets and supportive public policy can help individuals and communities more effectively approach climate adaptation.

From the School of Social Policy & Practice

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Engineers sharpen gene-editing tools to target cystic fibrosis
Engineering researchers at a whiteboard in the Gao lab.

Beyond cystic fibrosis, the refined base editor could help researchers tackle a wide range of genetic diseases caused by single-letter DNA changes.

(Image: Bella Ciervo)

Engineers sharpen gene-editing tools to target cystic fibrosis

Researchers at Penn Engineering have developed a modified base-pair editor that offers improved accuracy and could help treat diseases like cystic fibrosis.

Ian Scheffler

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Katelyn Candido: Improving surgical procedures and keeping health care human-first
Katelyn Candido sitting on a staircase, smiling and facing forward, wearing a white coat and blue scrubs in the Perelman School of Medicine

Katelyn Candido, a second-year medical student at PSOM and aspiring neurosurgeon, researches a novel tool’s utility for improving surgical precision.

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  • Who, What, Why

    • Katelyn Candido: Improving surgical procedures and keeping health care human-first

    Second-year medical student Katelyn Candido shares insight into her research project on a promising tool for improving surgical precision and efficiency, and why she aims to drive equitable patient care through a career in neurosurgery.

    3 min. read

    Wharton faculty on love, finance, AI, and the Olympics
    An Olympic skiier making a heart sign with their hands post ski run at the Winter Olympics.

    Image: Christian Petersen via Getty Images

    Wharton faculty on love, finance, AI, and the Olympics

    The latest installments of the Wharton School’s faculty research podcast, “Ripple Effect,” explores online dating, the future of global finance, sports and advertising, and how AI is informing human decision-making.

    Penn Today Staff

    2 min. read

    She helps patients find their words to cast a spell on cancer
    Deborah Burnham.

    Deborah Burnham has led the Writing a Life group since 2015.

    (Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine News)

    She helps patients find their words to cast a spell on cancer

    Even before she experienced cancer herself, Deborah Burnham had a knack for “magical” prompts to help patients write through their illness at Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center.

    From Penn Medicine News

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    David Meaney on Penn’s research enterprise
    David Meaney leaning against a door in Penn's College Hall.

    David Meaney, Penn’s vice provost for research.

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  • Q&A

    • David Meaney on Penn’s research enterprise

    Penn Today spoke with David Meaney, vice provost for research, about research at Penn—its current focus and plans for its growth and evolution in the continued quest to help make lives better.

    4 min. read

    Expert viewpoints on the Iran war
    A person carries an Iranian flag to place on the site of an attack.

    The rubble of a police facility struck during the U.S.–Israeli military campaign in Tehran.

    (Image: AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

  • Q&A

    • Expert viewpoints on the Iran war

    Penn Today spoke with experts from Penn Global and Perry World House to get a sense of what’s happening in the region and what may be next.

    3 min. read