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Penn hosts cancer conversation with Biden, other experts at Silfen University Forum
Penn hosts cancer conversation with Biden, other experts at Silfen University Forum
The wide-ranging discussion emphasized the importance of collaboration among researchers, the challenge of prevention, and the crucial importance of discovery and innovation in reaching milestones in cancer prevention and treatment.
Tired Teens More Likely to Commit Crimes as Adults
Teenagers who self-report feeling drowsy mid-afternoon also tend to exhibit more anti-social behavior such as lying, cheating, stealing and fighting.
New Penn Research Examines Gun Use, Injury and Fear in Domestic Violence
A weapon, whether a body part such as hands, fists and feet or an external instrument like a gun, often accompanies intimate-partner violence. Susan B.
Arts & Sciences’ Grad Ben Talks give students a chance to shine
Graduate students in the School of Arts & Sciences (SAS) have a unique chance to showcase their research to peers and the overall Penn community. On Friday, March 17, International House Philadelphia at 3701 Chestnut St. will host the inaugural Grad Ben Talks.
CHOP/Penn/Boston Children’s Study: Low Blood Sugar No Benefit to Critically Ill Children
Critically ill infants and children do not gain extra benefit from lower blood-sugar levels, compared to higher levels within the usual care range, according to research from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania
A 10-step model for improving breastfeeding in NICU babies
Much breastfeeding emphasis and education in the United States focuses on healthy infants and their mothers rather than newborns admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
Penn Linguists Investigate Language Borrowing in the Field and the Lab
There’s this idea in linguistics called sociolinguistic borrowing, in which one group of people adopts a feature of another group’s dialect. Usually it results from a positive association with the group that originally used the feature. But Betsy Sneller, a fifth-year Ph.D.
