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Philly Anthems: WXPN commemorates America 250 through local music
Wharton MBA student Nick Dockery awarded Medal of Honor
Dolores Albarracín appointed new director of Annenberg Public Policy Center
Speed and precision for medical imaging
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Celebrating history and possibility on Market Street
The concept, popularity, and dismissal of the ‘beach read’
A historic ode to the Fourth of July—in the Penn Libraries
Arthur Ross Gallery to launch America 250 exhibition this fall
‘Migrating Lives: Celebrating Communities Through Participatory Murals’
Reading manuscripts in the digital space with handwritten text recognition
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Taking ethnic studies courses increases academic performance
Understanding the World Cup as a media event
The Declaration of Independence: Then and now
How American English has evolved since the country’s founding
Exploring revolutions through writing
America 250 at Penn
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Does your insurance protect you from climate risk?
From clinic to classroom: How two physicians are rethinking healthcare through business
Shaun Ossei-Owusu: The inner workings of the American legal system
Why you shouldn’t ask chatbots to act like an expert
The Fed explained: What it does and why it matters
Tracing the evolving law and business of TV
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Unearthing new cancer treatments from fungi
At the intersection of energy and agriculture
Getting to the root of it: Why soil matters
Turf war: Artificial versus real grass
Why is everything gambling now?
Proving climate science right
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Speed and precision for medical imaging
Examining asthma with human lung-on-a-chip technology
Tiny, knotted robots jump, fly, and plant seeds
Helping robotic arms solve problems using tools
Enabling robots to chart a better course
An AI tool to speed antibiotic discovery
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A specialized approach to mental health crisis care at HUP–Cedar
Immune activation may determine success of dual-target CAR T therapy in glioblastoma
The history of Pennsylvania Hospital’s Pine Building
AI framework aids target discovery for CAR T cell therapy
CAR T cell therapy leads to 10-year remissions in B-cell lymphoma patients
What a ‘silenced’ chromosome can tell us about autoimmunity
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Staying up late
100 years of the Ben Franklin Bridge
Philly Anthems: WXPN commemorates America 250 through local music
Dolores Albarracín appointed new director of Annenberg Public Policy Center
Wharton MBA student Nick Dockery awarded Medal of Honor
Latest awards and appointments for Penn faculty
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One School’s push for hosting and spearheading international fieldwork
Financing resilience for ocean economies
Learning from the practitioners of statecraft
Spring Intercultural Ventures explore geopolitics and economic change on the ground
Expert viewpoints on the Iran war
Solar solutions for farmers in The Gambia
Health & Medicine
What a ‘silenced’ chromosome can tell us about autoimmunity
A long-term follow-up from one of the earliest CAR T cell therapy clinical trials shows potential cures in more than one-third of patients treated at Penn Medicine.
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Walk-through of A World in the Making
This walk-through of “A World in the Making: The Shakers,” free and open to the public, will be co-led by artist Amie Cunat and scholar Jayna Brown. Cunat will invite visitors inside her large-scale meetinghouse installation to discuss how historic Shaker architecture fuels her visual practice. Jayna Brown, a professor of theatre arts and performance studies at Brown University and the author of “Black Utopias: Speculative Life and the Music of Other Worlds,” will center the groundbreaking legacy of Philadelphia’s own Rebecca Cox Jackson and Rebecca Perot, both co-founders of the only Black-led Shaker settlement. Register to attend.
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Effective Research Poster Design & Communication
Participants in this workshop will learn how to create a visually compelling poster, communicate their research more effectively, and practice their “elevator pitch” skills. This program, free and open to the public, is primarily geared toward undergraduate and graduate students. Register to attend.
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Information Literacy: How Penn Libraries Can Help
Participants in this workshop, led by student engagement librarian Alexandrea Glenn, will learn best practices for finding and selecting appropriate sources through the Penn Libraries web portal. Attendees will learn key strategies for identifying and organizing information. This program, free and open to the public, is primarily geared toward undergraduate and graduate students. Register to attend.
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Building Community, Combatting Antisemitism, Countering Hate, and Supporting Every Member of the Penn Community
Title IX Compliance in Athletics
Penn's Title IX Resolution with the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights
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A look at a few of our big picture priorities that improve Penn as we create knowledge to benefit the world.
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