ScholarPeer’s latest research news and reporting from University of Pennsylvania. University of Pennsylvania is a research-intensive university with major strengths in medicine, biomedical science, engineering, neuroscience, data science, economics, and the social sciences. Its researchers investigate areas including cancer, genomics, immunology, artificial intelligence, robotics, cardiovascular disease, public health, and materials science, combining fundamental, translational, and interdisciplinary research to advance knowledge and address complex challenges in health, technology, and society.
Asked without answer choices, a third of U.S. adults cannot name the executive, legislative, and judicial branches, the 2026 Annenberg Constitution Day Civics Survey finds. Only freedom of speech is named by more than half. Knowledge of constitutional structure runs stronger than knowledge of rights.