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Type in your job to see how much AI will affect it

A paper co-authored by Manav Raj of the Wharton School analyzes the potential for artificial intelligence to enhance or replace human skill in a variety of professions.

San Diego migrant support groups still in the dark on Title 42 plans

A study from Penn Carey Law found that 95% of people who weren’t detained and filed for asylum or other forms of relief from removal attended all their court hearings.

Will $50 a week teach kids fiscal skills in Indianapolis school’s study, close wealth gap?

The Center for Guaranteed Income Research at the School of Social Policy & Practice is participating in a study on the impact of $50 a week for Indianapolis high schoolers.

Subway train passengers with protective masks crowding to get on and off subway station platform on Metro station.

Social conformity in pandemics: How our behaviors spread faster than the virus itself

Researchers led by former postdoc Bryce Morsky and Erol Akçay of the School of Arts & Sciences have produced a model for disease transmission that factors in the effects of social dynamics, specifically, how masking and social distancing are affected by social norms.

Teamsters have ended a 3-week strike at the Philly area’s largest Coca-Cola distributor

A study by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine found that a Philadelphia soda tax decreased the purchase of sweetened beverages by 40%.

El Niño ripple effects may extend to hurricane season

A new outlook by Michael Mann and Shannon Christiansen of the School of Arts & Sciences estimates that the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season is likely to feature between 12 and 20 named storms.

AI and jobs: Who’s at risk

A study co-authored by Penn professors calculated which jobs had high AI “exposure,” including telemarketers, HR specialists, and humanities professors.

Advocates want legislative reform for Medical Deportation. Where do Philadelphia’s 2023 mayoral candidates fall on the issue

A 2021 report by researchers from Penn Carey Law found that medical deportation was rarely in the transported patient’s best interests, usually resulting in poorer health outcomes or even death.

Integrate and innovate with NGS and multiomics

A group of researchers from Penn found that protective pathways involved in healthy aging are disabled to initiate epigenetic changes that drive Alzheimer’s disease.

Colorado Rapids social media accounts paused

A 2018 study by Melissa Hunt of the School of Arts & Sciences found significant reductions in loneliness and depression among undergraduate students who limited their use of Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat to 10 minutes per day.

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