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Campus & Community
Mitchell and Margo Blutt Endow Professorships at Three Penn Schools
Mitchell J. Blutt, C’78, M’82, WG’87, and Margo Krody Blutt have made a gift of $4.5 million, including matching funds, to endow three Presidential Professorships across the University of Pennsylvania. The Mitchell J.
Penn Senior Wins Third-annual Schwarzman Scholarship
A senior from the University of Pennsylvania, Eric Tse of Beijing, has been awarded a Schwarzman Scholarship, which will fund one year of graduate study leading to a master’s degree in global affairs at China’s Tsinghua University.
Student Fellow Examines Effect of Emerging Technologies on Warfare
By Julie McWilliamsSmartphone apps have become ubiquitous, an important part of most people's daily lives. Drones have become a useful tool for many businesses, such as construction, photography, real estate and sports programs. Both are de rigeur for troops in combat.
Math group encourages more women to remain in STEM fields
Angela Patini, a senior at Penn, always knew she wanted to pursue a career in math. Her mom, who was also a math major, encouraged her to do well in math, and it was the only subject in which she actually enjoyed doing homework.
Improving oral cancer diagnosis on many fronts
A comprehensive dental visit includes more than a cleaning and X-rays; well-trained dentists know they must also take a thorough look inside the oral cavity to spot any potentially unusual lesions that could signal oral cancer.
Reversing the negative psychological effects of prison through mindfulness
Some combination of cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness training can reverse the toll prison can take on a person’s cognitive abilities and impulse control in just four months.
Discovery finds winemaking is centuries older than previously believed
A Penn researcher and colleagues have chemically identified wine residues in pottery dating back 8,000 years, indicating that the country of Georgia may be the birthplace of viticulture and winemaking.
Penn Junior Jack Stack Is Pursuing His Paleontological Dream
Some paleontologists travel far and wide to seek new fossils — to the desert Southwest of the United States, remote regions of China or the farthest tip of Argentina. University of Pennslyvania student Jack Stack, on the other hand, made his first paleontological discoveries much closer to home.At home, in fact.
A New Take on the Discussion of Domestic Violence
On a recent afternoon at the University of Pennsylvania, Robb Carter explored domestic violence using an unusual approach.
In the News
Scholars at risk in their own countries find a new home at Penn
Penn Global’s Scholars-at-Risk program is featured. Global’s Ezekiel J. Emanuel and Scott Moore, Penn Carey Law’s Eric Feldman, and Wharton’s Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, along with former and current scholars Angel Alvarado, Pavel Golubev, and Jawad Moradi are interviewed.
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Penn will remain SAT optional for the next admission cycle
Penn will remain standardized test optional for the 2024-25 admissions cycle, with remarks from Dean of Admissions Whitney Soule.
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A burial for 19 Black Philadelphians, 200 years in the making
Penn Museum Director Christopher Woods says that the interment of 19 Black Philadelphians at Eden Cemetery represents a reckoning with the Museum’s colonial past and an act of reconciliation with the local community.
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Here’s what these youth advocates have to say about Philly’s truancy problem, and how they would fix it
The Netter Center for Community Partnerships has more than 30 years of investment in connecting resources that address truancy, such as establishing after-school programming.
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Chinatown residents brainstorm different ideas for Fashion District instead of proposed 76ers arena
Rashida Ng of the Weitzman School of Design and colleagues attended the Save Chinatown Coalition to propose different ideas besides the 76ers arena for Philadelphia’s Fashion District.
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