Ivy Plus Provost Leadership Fellows

Congratulations to Junhyong Kim, who was named part of the inaugural cohort of Ivy Plus Provost Leadership Fellows. These Fellows will participate in the 2022-2023 Institute on Inquiry, Equity and Leadership of the Faculty Advancement Network.

Biology

Ubiquity of Data

Twitter gives conservative news greater visibility than liberal content

To learn more about how ideological asymmetry plays out on Twitter, Sandra González-Bailón and colleagues analyzed data around the extensive summer 2020 protests. They found that Twitter gives greater visibility to politically conservative news than it does content with a liberal bent.

Communication

Consensus and Contagion in Society

Excellence in Bioethics

Anita Allen is a recipient of The Hastings Center’s 2022 Bioethics Founders’ Award. Allen was recognized for outstanding contributions to law and philosophy and to their practical applications in medicine, science, and public affairs.

Law
Philosophy

Ubiquity of Data

Defining neural ‘representation’

Neuroscientists frequently say that neural activity ‘represents’ certain phenomena. PIK Professor Konrad Kording and postdoc Ben Baker led a study that took a philosophical approach to tease out what the term means.

Bioengineering
Neuroscience

Evolution, Emergence and the Brain

Anthony Braga, Jerry Lee Professor of Criminology and director of the Crime and Justice Policy Lab; Maria Cuellar, assistant professor; Adrian Raine, Penn Integrates Knowledge Richard Perry University Professor; and Greg Ridgeway, professor and department chair.

Crime and the scientific method

The multidisciplinary faculty in the Department of Criminology harness diverse methodologies to improve public safety and inform policy and planning. The eight faculty members study gun violence, recidivism, the effects of the physical environment on crime, and much more, including toolmark analysis done by Maria Cuellar in her lab.

Criminology

Ubiquity of Data

Exploring what it means to be curious

In a new book ‘Curious Minds: The Power of Connection,’ Dani Bassett and twin sibling Perry Zurn weave together history, linguistics, network science, neuroscience, and philosophy to unpack the concept of curiosity.

Bioengineering
Electrical and Systems Engineering
Neuroscience
Physics and Astronomy
Psychiatry

Evolution, Emergence and the Brain

Konrad Kording’s CENTER is Part of a New NIH Education Initiative on Scientific Rigor

Konrad Kording has been awarded an NIH grant for "Creating an Educational Nexus for Training in Experimental Rigor," or CENTER. “The goal is to help the worldwide research community come together around improving rigor in science," he says.

Bioengineering
Computer and Information Science
Neuroscience

Ubiquity of Data

Diana C. Mutz Receives the APSA Best Book Award

Diana C. Mutz, author of Winners and Losers: The Psychology of Foreign Trade, has received the APSA Best Book Award. This award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association to honor the best book on government, politics, or international affairs.

Communication
Political Science

Consensus and Contagion in Society

Are you a busybody, a hunter or a dancer? A new book about curiosity reveals all

Dani Bassett and Perry Zurn’s latest work, Curious Minds: The Power of Connection, investigates the neurological, historical, philosophical, and linguistic foundations of curiosity. “Knowledge is a network, and curiosity is the growth principle of that network,” they write in the book's introduction.

Bioengineering
Electrical and Systems Engineering
Neuroscience
Physics and Astronomy
Psychiatry

Consensus and Contagion in Society

When curved materials flatten, simple geometry can predict the wrinkle patterns that emerge

According to new research from Eleni Katifori, when curved materials flatten, simple geometry can predict the wrinkle patterns that will emerge. “It’s an elegant and beautiful solution to a complex problem,” Katifori says.

Physics and Astronomy

Ubiquity of Data

News

Ivy Plus Provost Leadership Fellows

Twitter gives conservative news greater visibility than liberal content

Excellence in Bioethics

Defining neural ‘representation’

Crime and the scientific method

Exploring what it means to be curious

Konrad Kording’s CENTER is Part of a New NIH Education Initiative on Scientific Rigor

Diana C. Mutz Receives the APSA Best Book Award

Are you a busybody, a hunter or a dancer? A new book about curiosity reveals all

When curved materials flatten, simple geometry can predict the wrinkle patterns that emerge