How humans use their sense of smell to find their way Sixth-year Ph.D. student Clara Raithel looks at an anatomical brain scan taken from a previous study participant. (Image: Courtesy of OMNIA) How humans use their sense of smell to find their way In the lab of neuroscientist Jay Gottfried, sixth-year psychology Ph.D. student Clara Raithel tries to understand how people’s brains respond to odors.
What’s so ‘magic’ about the secret South Jersey mud rubbed on baseballs? These Penn researchers think they know why Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer What’s so ‘magic’ about the secret South Jersey mud rubbed on baseballs? These Penn researchers think they know why Doug Jerolmack of the School of Arts & Sciences, Paulo Arratia of the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and colleagues are researching the chemical properties of baseball’s “magic mud” for use in applications beyond sports. Program aims to increase Hispanic participants in Alzheimer’s disease trials Penn In the News 6ABC.com Program aims to increase Hispanic participants in Alzheimer’s disease trials A clinical trial by Adriana Perez of the School of Nursing is learning how to better understand and treat Alzheimer’s in the Hispanic community. Jill Biden helps debut modern version of “Schoolhouse Rock” Penn In the News Axios Jill Biden helps debut modern version of “Schoolhouse Rock” A 2022 survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center found that less than half of U.S. adults could name all three branches of government. ‘AI exposure’ is the new buzz term to soften talk about job losses. Here’s what it means Penn In the News CNBC ‘AI exposure’ is the new buzz term to soften talk about job losses. Here’s what it means A study by Manav Raj of the Wharton School and colleagues finds that eight of the top 10 professions most exposed to advances in large language models are teaching positions. Virtual driving assessment predicts risk of crashing for newly licensed teen drivers Image: iStock/chombosan Virtual driving assessment predicts risk of crashing for newly licensed teen drivers New research from Penn’s Annenberg Public Policy Center measures data from driving assessment tools to identify which skill deficits put young new drivers at higher risk for crashes. New office supports the Penn postdoc experience nocred New office supports the Penn postdoc experience The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs was established this past spring as a boost to the general postdoc community, providing centralized resources, information, and events. Five takeaways on urbanicity and depression research Image: iStock/Artem Peretiatko Five takeaways on urbanicity and depression research Colin Xu and Robert DeRubeis discuss a recently published meta-analysis of the effects of urbanicity on depression in developing and developed countries. Long COVID brain fog may originate in a surprising place, say scientists Penn In the News NPR Long COVID brain fog may originate in a surprising place, say scientists A study by Christoph Thaiss and Maayan Levy of the Perelman School of Medicine and colleagues finds that long COVID’s neurological symptoms, like brain fog, memory loss, and fatigue, may stem from serotonin reduction. Uncovering the role of skin microbiome and immune response in cutaneous leishmaniasis Researchers at Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine and the Perelman School of Medicine studying leishmaniasis are leading the way to potential new therapies. From left, Camila Amorim, Phillip Scott, Elizabeth A. Grice, Daniel P. Beiting, and Tej Singh. Image: John Donges for Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine. News Uncovering the role of skin microbiome and immune response in cutaneous leishmaniasis Two new studies led by Phillip Scott of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Elizabeth Grice of the Perelman School of Medicine demonstrate how bacteria found in leishmaniasis skin lesions and an associated immune response drive disease burden and treatment failure—and suggest new possibilities for treatment of the parasitic disease. Load More
Program aims to increase Hispanic participants in Alzheimer’s disease trials Penn In the News 6ABC.com Program aims to increase Hispanic participants in Alzheimer’s disease trials A clinical trial by Adriana Perez of the School of Nursing is learning how to better understand and treat Alzheimer’s in the Hispanic community. Jill Biden helps debut modern version of “Schoolhouse Rock” Penn In the News Axios Jill Biden helps debut modern version of “Schoolhouse Rock” A 2022 survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center found that less than half of U.S. adults could name all three branches of government. ‘AI exposure’ is the new buzz term to soften talk about job losses. Here’s what it means Penn In the News CNBC ‘AI exposure’ is the new buzz term to soften talk about job losses. Here’s what it means A study by Manav Raj of the Wharton School and colleagues finds that eight of the top 10 professions most exposed to advances in large language models are teaching positions. Virtual driving assessment predicts risk of crashing for newly licensed teen drivers Image: iStock/chombosan Virtual driving assessment predicts risk of crashing for newly licensed teen drivers New research from Penn’s Annenberg Public Policy Center measures data from driving assessment tools to identify which skill deficits put young new drivers at higher risk for crashes. New office supports the Penn postdoc experience nocred New office supports the Penn postdoc experience The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs was established this past spring as a boost to the general postdoc community, providing centralized resources, information, and events. Five takeaways on urbanicity and depression research Image: iStock/Artem Peretiatko Five takeaways on urbanicity and depression research Colin Xu and Robert DeRubeis discuss a recently published meta-analysis of the effects of urbanicity on depression in developing and developed countries. Long COVID brain fog may originate in a surprising place, say scientists Penn In the News NPR Long COVID brain fog may originate in a surprising place, say scientists A study by Christoph Thaiss and Maayan Levy of the Perelman School of Medicine and colleagues finds that long COVID’s neurological symptoms, like brain fog, memory loss, and fatigue, may stem from serotonin reduction. Uncovering the role of skin microbiome and immune response in cutaneous leishmaniasis Researchers at Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine and the Perelman School of Medicine studying leishmaniasis are leading the way to potential new therapies. From left, Camila Amorim, Phillip Scott, Elizabeth A. Grice, Daniel P. Beiting, and Tej Singh. Image: John Donges for Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine. News Uncovering the role of skin microbiome and immune response in cutaneous leishmaniasis Two new studies led by Phillip Scott of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Elizabeth Grice of the Perelman School of Medicine demonstrate how bacteria found in leishmaniasis skin lesions and an associated immune response drive disease burden and treatment failure—and suggest new possibilities for treatment of the parasitic disease. Load More
Jill Biden helps debut modern version of “Schoolhouse Rock” Penn In the News Axios Jill Biden helps debut modern version of “Schoolhouse Rock” A 2022 survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center found that less than half of U.S. adults could name all three branches of government. ‘AI exposure’ is the new buzz term to soften talk about job losses. Here’s what it means Penn In the News CNBC ‘AI exposure’ is the new buzz term to soften talk about job losses. Here’s what it means A study by Manav Raj of the Wharton School and colleagues finds that eight of the top 10 professions most exposed to advances in large language models are teaching positions. Virtual driving assessment predicts risk of crashing for newly licensed teen drivers Image: iStock/chombosan Virtual driving assessment predicts risk of crashing for newly licensed teen drivers New research from Penn’s Annenberg Public Policy Center measures data from driving assessment tools to identify which skill deficits put young new drivers at higher risk for crashes. New office supports the Penn postdoc experience nocred New office supports the Penn postdoc experience The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs was established this past spring as a boost to the general postdoc community, providing centralized resources, information, and events. Five takeaways on urbanicity and depression research Image: iStock/Artem Peretiatko Five takeaways on urbanicity and depression research Colin Xu and Robert DeRubeis discuss a recently published meta-analysis of the effects of urbanicity on depression in developing and developed countries. Long COVID brain fog may originate in a surprising place, say scientists Penn In the News NPR Long COVID brain fog may originate in a surprising place, say scientists A study by Christoph Thaiss and Maayan Levy of the Perelman School of Medicine and colleagues finds that long COVID’s neurological symptoms, like brain fog, memory loss, and fatigue, may stem from serotonin reduction. Uncovering the role of skin microbiome and immune response in cutaneous leishmaniasis Researchers at Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine and the Perelman School of Medicine studying leishmaniasis are leading the way to potential new therapies. From left, Camila Amorim, Phillip Scott, Elizabeth A. Grice, Daniel P. Beiting, and Tej Singh. Image: John Donges for Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine. News Uncovering the role of skin microbiome and immune response in cutaneous leishmaniasis Two new studies led by Phillip Scott of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Elizabeth Grice of the Perelman School of Medicine demonstrate how bacteria found in leishmaniasis skin lesions and an associated immune response drive disease burden and treatment failure—and suggest new possibilities for treatment of the parasitic disease. Load More
‘AI exposure’ is the new buzz term to soften talk about job losses. Here’s what it means Penn In the News CNBC ‘AI exposure’ is the new buzz term to soften talk about job losses. Here’s what it means A study by Manav Raj of the Wharton School and colleagues finds that eight of the top 10 professions most exposed to advances in large language models are teaching positions. Virtual driving assessment predicts risk of crashing for newly licensed teen drivers Image: iStock/chombosan Virtual driving assessment predicts risk of crashing for newly licensed teen drivers New research from Penn’s Annenberg Public Policy Center measures data from driving assessment tools to identify which skill deficits put young new drivers at higher risk for crashes. New office supports the Penn postdoc experience nocred New office supports the Penn postdoc experience The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs was established this past spring as a boost to the general postdoc community, providing centralized resources, information, and events. Five takeaways on urbanicity and depression research Image: iStock/Artem Peretiatko Five takeaways on urbanicity and depression research Colin Xu and Robert DeRubeis discuss a recently published meta-analysis of the effects of urbanicity on depression in developing and developed countries. Long COVID brain fog may originate in a surprising place, say scientists Penn In the News NPR Long COVID brain fog may originate in a surprising place, say scientists A study by Christoph Thaiss and Maayan Levy of the Perelman School of Medicine and colleagues finds that long COVID’s neurological symptoms, like brain fog, memory loss, and fatigue, may stem from serotonin reduction. Uncovering the role of skin microbiome and immune response in cutaneous leishmaniasis Researchers at Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine and the Perelman School of Medicine studying leishmaniasis are leading the way to potential new therapies. From left, Camila Amorim, Phillip Scott, Elizabeth A. Grice, Daniel P. Beiting, and Tej Singh. Image: John Donges for Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine. News Uncovering the role of skin microbiome and immune response in cutaneous leishmaniasis Two new studies led by Phillip Scott of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Elizabeth Grice of the Perelman School of Medicine demonstrate how bacteria found in leishmaniasis skin lesions and an associated immune response drive disease burden and treatment failure—and suggest new possibilities for treatment of the parasitic disease. Load More
Virtual driving assessment predicts risk of crashing for newly licensed teen drivers Image: iStock/chombosan Virtual driving assessment predicts risk of crashing for newly licensed teen drivers New research from Penn’s Annenberg Public Policy Center measures data from driving assessment tools to identify which skill deficits put young new drivers at higher risk for crashes.
New office supports the Penn postdoc experience nocred New office supports the Penn postdoc experience The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs was established this past spring as a boost to the general postdoc community, providing centralized resources, information, and events.
Five takeaways on urbanicity and depression research Image: iStock/Artem Peretiatko Five takeaways on urbanicity and depression research Colin Xu and Robert DeRubeis discuss a recently published meta-analysis of the effects of urbanicity on depression in developing and developed countries.
Long COVID brain fog may originate in a surprising place, say scientists Penn In the News NPR Long COVID brain fog may originate in a surprising place, say scientists A study by Christoph Thaiss and Maayan Levy of the Perelman School of Medicine and colleagues finds that long COVID’s neurological symptoms, like brain fog, memory loss, and fatigue, may stem from serotonin reduction. Uncovering the role of skin microbiome and immune response in cutaneous leishmaniasis Researchers at Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine and the Perelman School of Medicine studying leishmaniasis are leading the way to potential new therapies. From left, Camila Amorim, Phillip Scott, Elizabeth A. Grice, Daniel P. Beiting, and Tej Singh. Image: John Donges for Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine. News Uncovering the role of skin microbiome and immune response in cutaneous leishmaniasis Two new studies led by Phillip Scott of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Elizabeth Grice of the Perelman School of Medicine demonstrate how bacteria found in leishmaniasis skin lesions and an associated immune response drive disease burden and treatment failure—and suggest new possibilities for treatment of the parasitic disease.
Uncovering the role of skin microbiome and immune response in cutaneous leishmaniasis Researchers at Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine and the Perelman School of Medicine studying leishmaniasis are leading the way to potential new therapies. From left, Camila Amorim, Phillip Scott, Elizabeth A. Grice, Daniel P. Beiting, and Tej Singh. Image: John Donges for Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine. News Uncovering the role of skin microbiome and immune response in cutaneous leishmaniasis Two new studies led by Phillip Scott of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Elizabeth Grice of the Perelman School of Medicine demonstrate how bacteria found in leishmaniasis skin lesions and an associated immune response drive disease burden and treatment failure—and suggest new possibilities for treatment of the parasitic disease.