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Targeting a viral vulnerability to treat disease
Robert Ricciardi company ViRAZE utilizes interdisciplinary approaches to drug discovery. Its first target is molluscum contagiosum, a disease that targets children and immune-compromised adults with no current FDA-approved therapy.
Physicist theorizes that dark matter is a superfluid
A bustling summer at the Pennovation Center
Sprint football flies past Mansfield 54-21
By foot, pedal, track, rail, or wheel, all roads lead to Penn
Returning to Vietnam
Penn Reading Project gets freshmen on the same page
The new and improving Penn Bookstore
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Through the Knight grant, a new vision for public art
Members of PennDesign, Penn Libraries, and the Sachs Program for Arts Innovation are curating a project to reimagine art and new digital technology.
New microscopes will allow researchers to see small and think big
Two high-resolution microscopes will allow researchers to study and test materials at the atomic level with unprecedented precision.
Jeb Bush named Presidential Professor of Practice for 2018-19 academic year at Penn
University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann and Provost Wendell Pritchett today announced that former Florida Governor Jeb Bush has been named a non-resident Presidential Professor of Practice for the 2018-19 academic year.
New center will study the complex genomics within individual cells
Junhyong Kim and James Eberwine are leading a multi-disciplinary team in developing cutting-edge technologies that can assess the genetic material inside individual compartments of single cells. The new Center for Sub-Cellular Genomics aims to revolutionize therapies for diseases such as bipolar disorder, autism, and Alzheimer’s disease.
For the first time, a neural link between altruism and empathy toward strangers
Studying the brain activity of people who have donated a kidney to a stranger, psychologist Kristin Brethel-Haurwitz found a clear link between real-world altruism and empathy, particularly in regard to the pain and fear of strangers.
Inside Penn
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Penn Dental awarded $1M scholarship grant from Delta Dental Community Care Foundation
From Penn Dental Medicine - From Graduate School of Education
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Penn GSE receives grant to train STEM teachers for high-needs schools
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In Q&A, Prof. Natasha Sarin discusses law, finance, and her arrival at Penn
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Brett Topche Chat
Brett Topche leads this fireside chat about the startup work grind, sponsored by Google for Entrepreneurs.
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Newsreel '68: Part Three
The series of Newsreel ’68 short-film screenings continues, marking the 50th anniversary of the year of social protest. This showing features 1969 Vietnam clip “People's War,” about Vietnamese society that fought colonialism, and “Young Puppeteers of Vietnam,” a clip about arts and music in the midst of the turmoil of the Vietnam War.
Multimedia
Working Dog Center
Opened on September 11, 2012, the Penn Vet Working Dog Center serves as a national research and development center for detection dogs.
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Big Ideas
Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Kroiz exhibit illuminates the abstract in modern Japanese architecture
“Critical Abstractions: Modern Architecture in Japan, 1868-2018,” on display through Sept. 24, challenges prevailing ideas on the reasons behind the international appeal of modern architecture made in Japan.
Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Project grants and faculty awards from the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage
Artists, poets, centers and professors were awarded fellowships and grants to fund future projects, installations, and various works of art that will enrich cultural programs and public art.
