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Wednesday, August 15, 2018
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India recently brought power to about 18,000 remote villages. Electricity now reaches 82 percent of the population. Writing for the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy blog, Mark Alan Hughes says that electrifying the remainder of the country requires a sustainable transition that avoids the worst effects of climate change while providing power to the world’s energy poor.
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When it comes to traversing new terrain, both humans and robots cannot compete with the average squirrel. A team of researchers from the School of Engineering and Applied Science’s GRASP Lab aims to develop bio-inspired designs that can learn new forms of locomotion based on interactions with their environment. (Video (https://youtu.be/bnKOeMoibLg?utm_source=Primary&utm_campaign=08f4b3e602-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_16_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3777f2ca8f-08f4b3e602-44504553) )
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For six weeks this summer, hundreds of Philadelphia schoolchildren benefited from free academic and enrichment programming offered by the Netter Center for Community Partnerships. “We work to prevent what we call the slippery summer slide, which is summer learning loss,” says Bianca del Rio (not pictured), director of the Center’s University-Assisted Community Schools program. Also included: swimming and day trips to the Elmwood Park Zoo, the Philadelphia Zoo, the Mann Center, Crayola Experience, and Penn Park.
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Innovative foresight (https://medium.com/penn-engineering/paris-perdikaris-receives-predicts-complex-outcomes-of-physical-systems-29ad68e32e51?utm_source=Primary&utm_campaign=08f4b3e602-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_16_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3777f2ca8f-08f4b3e602-44504553)
The School of Engineering and Applied Science’s Paris Perdikaris is taking a new approach to understanding complex physical systems. Supported by funding from the Department of Energy’s Early Career Award, the project brings together applied mathematics, scientific computing, and machine learning to make more accurate predictions about nuclear waste decomposition rates, among other processes.
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Checkpoint inhibitor therapies have made some cancers survivable, but clinicians have been limited in their ability to know which patients will respond to the treatment. A collaboration between Wei Guo of the School of Arts and Sciences and Xiaowei Xu of the Perelman School of Medicine uncovered findings that may lead to a straightforward blood test capable of predicting and monitoring cancer patients’ response to immunotherapy.
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#https://ldi.upenn.edu/sumr-blog/sumr-18-goes-out-limb-penns-morris-arboretum
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On a Sunday break from their health-services research studies, Summer Undergraduate Minority Research scholars toured the University’s Morris Arboretum, 92 acres in Philly’s Chestnut Hill neighborhood with Victorian gardens, ornate water features, and thousands of botanical specimens from around the world.
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Eighteen months into Donald Trump’s presidency, how has his presence in the media sphere reshaped political communication? Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Howard Fineman, and Alvin Felzenberg of the Annenberg School for Communication dissect the current landscape and historical precedence and look at how technology cooked up change in communication practices and norms.
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A class of cancer drugs called PARP inhibitors could be useful in treating and preventing brain disorders, including ALS, according to research from Nancy Bonini and Leeanne McGurk of the School of Arts and Sciences and James Shorter and Edward Gomes of the Perelman School of Medicine. The drug works by halting the misplacement of specific proteins that affect nerve cells.
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#https://publicpolicy.wharton.upenn.edu/live/profiles/782-julia-lesko
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During her internship at the Securities and Exchange Commission, Julia Lesko of Venice, Fla., a rising junior in the Wharton School and School of Arts and Sciences, immersed herself in the world of financial regulatory oversight and enforcement, putting her statistical training into action and using quantitative data skills to analyze company filings in the public interest.
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Facebook research (https://www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/news/professors-gonz%C3%A1lez-bail%C3%B3n-and-mutz-participate-research-partnership-facebook?utm_source=Primary&utm_campaign=08f4b3e602-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_16_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3777f2ca8f-08f4b3e602-44504553)
Can social media impact American democracy? It’s a question researchers may soon be able to answer, thanks to Social Science One, an initiative that will partner with companies such as Facebook to provide researchers with full access to data. Sandra González-Bailón and Diana Mutz of the Annenberg School for Communication will oversee the selection of research projects.
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#https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/tariff-troubles-will-consumers-feel-pinch
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International eyes are on the U.S. and Chinese presidents as they face off in a tariff war, but the average U.S. consumer also bears watching. Tariffs will surely lead to higher prices for imported goods, says Z. John Zhang of the Wharton School. “However, the overall impact in prices on consumers due to tariffs should not be exaggerated,” he says.
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It has been 100 years since the birth of Nelson Mandela, elected as South Africa’s first black president after being imprisoned by the apartheid government for nearly three decades. Tukufu Zuberi of the School of Arts and Sciences discusses Mandela’s legacy and his continuing impact today. “Nelson Mandela made an international call for taking steps to build a strong nation in South Africa and a strong continent of nations,” Zuberi says.
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Ten high school students have spent the past month exploring the dental profession with hands-on activities and faculty lectures as part of the Provost Summer Mentorship program. “A strong mentor and role model can play a vital role in encouraging students to pursue a college education and ultimately a dental career,” says Beverley Crawford, director of diversity and inclusion. (Photos (https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/mentoring-program-introduces-high-school-students-dentistry?utm_source=Primary&utm_campaign=08f4b3e602-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_16_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3777f2ca8f-08f4b3e602-44504553) )
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