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Voting is linked to living longer
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Voting is linked to living longer

A new study co-authored by SP2’s Femida Handy shows that voting is associated with reduced mortality risk in older adults.

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Five from Penn elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
(Clockwise from top left) Mark G. Allen, Sara Cherry, John L. Jackson Jr., Michael E. Mann, and Duncan J. Watts.

(Clockwise from top left) Mark G. Allen, Sara Cherry, John L. Jackson, Jr., Michael E. Mann, and Duncan J. Watts.

(Images: Courtesy of Penn Engineering; Penn Medicine; Eric Sucar; Julian Meehan; and Annenberg School for Communication)

Five from Penn elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Mark G. Allen, Sara Cherry, Provost John L. Jackson, Jr., Michael E. Mann, and Duncan Watts are recognized for their contributions to the applied, biological, social, natural, physical, and behavioral sciences.

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How a firm’s ownership structure dictates its pollution footprint

How a firm’s ownership structure dictates its pollution footprint

Firms with concentrated ownership are likely to be worse polluters than those where smaller shareholders are in a majority, according to a new paper co-authored by Wharton’s Arthur van Benthem.

How a free medical telesimulation platform is saving children’s lives
CHOP physicians Elizabeth Sanseau (left) and Vanessa Denny (right) with Kyle Cassidy of the Annenberg Extended Reality Lab (center) demonstrate how modules of Annenberg Hotkeys, a free, openly accessible interactive distance learning platform, are filmed.

CHOP physicians Elizabeth Sanseau (left) and Vanessa Denny (right) with Kyle Cassidy of the Annenberg Extended Reality Lab (center) demonstrate how modules of Annenberg Hotkeys, a free, openly accessible interactive distance learning platform, are filmed.

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How a free medical telesimulation platform is saving children’s lives

A new study on sepsis training in Ghana builds on prior research showing the impact of Annenberg Hotkeys, a free platform developed in 2020. It is being used in other medical settings—and its co-creator sees potential in nonmedical uses.

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What happens when an iceberg melts?
An iceberg in Iceland.

Research from Hugo Ulloa, an assistant professor in the Department of Earth & Environmental Science, and Daisuke Noto of Hokkaido University, models how icebergs melt and move in their environments.

(Image: Gabi Musat / 500px via Getty Images)

What happens when an iceberg melts?

With ice balls, lasers, and cameras, School of Arts & Sciences’ Hugo Ulloa recreated a melting iceberg in his lab. This project revealed that icebergs don’t sit passively on the water’s surface but actually release dense, cold water and jet across the surface, churning and mixing everything in their paths.

From Omnia

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Fighting oral cancer with bioengineered chewing gum
A latex-gloved hand hoding a petri dish of medical chewing gum.

A bioengineered bean gum from the lab of Penn Dental’s Henry Daniell is found to reduce the levels of three microbes associated with head and neck squamous cell cancer to almost zero, without affecting the beneficial bacteria normally found in the mouth.

(Image: Kevin Monko/Penn Dental Medicine)

Fighting oral cancer with bioengineered chewing gum

Research led by Penn Dental’s Henry Daniell shows that antiviral and antibacterial chewing gums reduce the levels of three microbes linked to worse outcomes in oral cancers, paving the way for more effective and affordable therapies.

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Cultivating health through public space

Cultivating health through public space

Catherine Seavitt examines the connections between public space and public health through the lens of ecology, policy, and plant science.

Penn Medicine, CHOP team awarded Breakthrough Prize for developing gene therapy for inherited blindness
Jean Bennett and Albert Maguire

Physician-scientists Jean Bennett and Al Maguire (right and left, respectively, pictured in their home), and Katherine High received the 2026 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for their trailblazing work on the first FDA-approved gene therapy for an inherited condition, which dramatically improves sight in people with a form of blindness called Leber congenital amaurosis.

(Image: Peggy Peterson)

Penn Medicine, CHOP team awarded Breakthrough Prize for developing gene therapy for inherited blindness

Jean Bennett, Albert Maguire, and Katherine High have been honored for their trailblazing work on the first FDA-approved gene therapy for an inherited condition.

From Penn Medicine News , Frank Otto

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