Peter Fader receives 2021 Lindback Award

Congratulations to Warren Center affiliate Peter Fader for receiving one of Penn's 2021 Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Awards for Distinguished Teaching.!

Marketing

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How COVID could reshape mental health policy

Jonathan Moreno addresses the uncertainty over the broader impact on the general health and quality of life of the survivors of COVID-19 in his recent op-ed on The Hill.

History and Sociology of Science
Medical Ethics and Health Policy

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What’s Ahead in the Second Year of COVID-19?

Gad Allon comments on what's ahead in 2021 as the ground keeps shifting, vaccines are rolled out, and new coronavirus mutations emerge.

Operations Information and Decisions

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Prof. Baker’s COVID Coverage Litigation Tracker

The COVID Coverage Litigation Tracker (CCLT), created by Tom Baker, will enable scholars and researchers to study in real time how courts respond to the challenges posed by a new wave of mass litigation.

Law

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An ‘electronic nose’ to sniff out COVID-19

Through a newly funded grant, researchers across the University, including Lyle Ungar, are developing a device that can rapidly detect COVID-19 based on the disease’s unique odor profile.

Computer and Information Science

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Logistics of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout

Penn experts, including Gad Allon, break down the steps that go into vaccine distribution and the challenges that come with them, from cold-storage transit to making sure vaccine administers have the right syringe.

Operations Information and Decisions

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As More Women Enter Science, It’s Time to Redefine Mentorship

In STEM fields, female students often can’t find an adviser who looks like them. It’s important to talk about what they need from a mentor. Dani Bassett discusses gender and mentorship in academia in this Wired article.

Bioengineering

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The outlook for science under the Biden-Harris administration

Penn Today spoke with experts in various areas of science and environmental policy, including Warren Center affiliate Cary Coglianese, about what they anticipate will shift now that President Biden has assumed the nation’s leadership.

Law
Political Science

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Dark Energy Survey makes public catalog of nearly 700 million astronomical objects

With the goal of understanding dark energy and the accelerating expansion of the universe, DES released six years of data, representing one of the largest galaxy surveys published to date. Here at Penn, DES research efforts are led by Bhuvnesh Jain and others in the Department of Physics and Astronomy.

Physics and Astronomy

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Money matters to happiness—perhaps more than previously thought

Research from Matthew Killingsworth shows that contrary to previous influential work, there’s no dollar-value plateau at which money’s importance lessens. One potential reason: Higher earners feel an increased sense of control over life.

People Analytics

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Peter Fader receives 2021 Lindback Award

How COVID could reshape mental health policy

What’s Ahead in the Second Year of COVID-19?

Prof. Baker’s COVID Coverage Litigation Tracker

An ‘electronic nose’ to sniff out COVID-19

Logistics of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout

As More Women Enter Science, It’s Time to Redefine Mentorship

The outlook for science under the Biden-Harris administration

Dark Energy Survey makes public catalog of nearly 700 million astronomical objects

Money matters to happiness—perhaps more than previously thought