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Latest Working Dog Center grads embark on new careers
A new crop of graduates from the School of Veterinary Medicine’s Working Dog Center (WDC) is entering the workforce, benefiting society with their special skills and, especially, their highly tuned noses.
Penn prof's 'Name Game' shows how social norms arise
It’s hard to imagine getting two-dozen strangers to agree on almost anything. But in a study by Penn’s Damon Centola, groups of 24 people reliably came to consensus, provided the interactions between them were structured just so.
Penn Professor Shows How ‘Spontaneous’ Social Norms Emerge
Fifteen years ago, the name “Aiden” was hardly on the radar of Americans with new babies. It ranked a lowly 324th on the Social Security Administration’s list of popular baby names. But less than a decade later, the name became a favorite, soaring into the top 20 for five years and counting.
Summer camp enrollment time at Penn
In Philadelphia, winter has just begun unleashing its snowy might. Yet it’s right around this time of year that many parents and children begin thinking about warmer days ahead.
Penn’s Joshua Plotkin to Receive 2015 Akira Okubo Prize for Mathematical Biology
Joshua Plotkin of the University of Pennsylvania has been named winner of the 2015 Akira Okubo Prize, awarded jointly by the International Society for Mathematical Biology and the
Penn Dental Medicine Team Shows Why Wound Healing Is Impaired in Diabetics
One of the most troubling complications of diabetes is its effect on wound healing. Roughly 15 percent of diabetics will suffer from a non-healing wound in their lifetime. In some cases, these open ulcers on the skin lead to amputations.
Blood-sucking triggers immune reaction to malaria in mosquitoes
It may seem obvious, but before a mosquito passes along a disease like malaria to a human, it must become infected by a parasite, too. And just like a person, a mosquito has an immune system that works hard to fight off infection so it doesn't get sick.
Penn Dental prof weighs in on preventive antibiotics
Every year, more than 1 million Americans have surgery to replace a joint, such as a hip or knee. One of the biggest risks of these procedures is infection.
A Baby Tooth Guided Penn Dental Medicine’s Songtao Shi to Stem Cell Insights
One of the keys to Songtao Shi’s productive career in research came from a seemingly humble item: his daughter’s first baby tooth.