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Have this talk with your parents now to reduce heartache later

A 2017 study of 800,000 Americans by the Perelman School of Medicine found that only 29% had completed a living will detailing their care wishes and only 33% had designated a health care power of attorney.

Grapevine: Prestigious prize

Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman of the Perelman School of Medicine will be honored by Technion–Israel Institute of Technology in 2024 for their role in the development of the COVID-19 vaccines.

Ayesha Patel standing in outside in front of a leafy bush.

Balancing ballet and summer learning

Third-year student Ayesha Patel conducted research and a financial analysis during a summer internship at BalletX, a contemporary ballet company in Philadelphia.

Rising insurance costs start to hit home sales

A Wharton School study finds that on average, 30% of homes have flood insurance policies in high-risk areas.

How a home mortgage ‘lock in’ impacts the entire housing market

A paper co-authored by Lu Liu of the Wharton School finds that moving rates go down by 9% for every percentage-point increase in mortgage rates.

Silicon wafer with chips lightinhg in neon light.

SCALAR: A microchip designed to transform the production of mRNA therapeutics and vaccines

Researchers have developed a platform that could rapidly accelerate the development of mRNA-based lipid nanoparticle vaccines and therapeutics at both the small and largescale, SCALAR.

Gavin Newsom sides with the robots in autonomous vehicle debate

Research by Steve Viscelli of the School of Arts & Sciences in 2018 suggested that ubiquitous autonomous trucks could squeeze unionized workforces like the United Parcel Service.

Jimil Ataman wears a yellow top she made.

Who, What, Why

Who, What, Why: Jimil Ataman on the politics and contradictions of slow fashion

The anthropology Ph.D. candidate discusses what she has learned following slow fashion creators and consumers on Instagram and in the Pacific Northwest.

The case for reimagining the nuclear family

In a Q&A, Kristen Ghodsee of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses her recent book “Everyday Utopia,” which makes a pragmatic case for utopian thinking while critiquing our present society.

This radical new metal from outer space could transform everything—from electric vehicles to nuclear submarines

Analysts at the Weitzman School of Design’s Kleinman Center for Energy Policy predict that the need for dysprosium will increase by more than 2,500 percent by 2035.

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