12.15
Podcast series charts a path for Latin Americans in science
Concerned about the scarcity of Latin Americans in scientific careers, doctoral students Kevin Alicea-Torres and Enrique Lin-Shiao took action to prime the pump. On their Spanish-language podcast, “Caminos en Ciencia,” they chat with Latinx scientists who discuss their career paths and provide advice for young scientists-to-be.
Solving sports medicine’s trickiest equine mysteries
Pigment and parchment
The economic impact of India’s self-help group movement
Wang picks up Big 5, Ivy League honors
‘Second Looks, Second Chances’ examines parole reform for life sentences
In a rocking Palestra, Penn vanquishes Villanova
Cutting and folding toward innovations in medicine, design, and more
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Bridging the gap between Penn students and the West Philly community
In a seminar co-taught by Herman Beavers and Suzana Berger, undergraduates work alongside Sayre High School students and West Philadelphia residents to study the works of August Wilson.
A new, virtual tool in the very real fight against opioid overdoses
Researchers from Penn Nursing and the Annenberg School have found that an immersive Narcan training video is as effective as in-person simulation trainings.
Holiday giving at Penn
There’s no better time to give on and around campus, and, as tradition, the people of Penn are doing their part.
Penn Medicine surgeons perform world’s first robotic breast reconstruction
A team of surgeons from the Perelman School of Medicine are the first in the world to use a surgical robot to assist with a bilateral free flap breast reconstruction, allowing for a minimally invasive procedure that enhances recovery and eliminates narcotics.
Inside man
Nick Miller, a senior inside linebacker on the Penn football team and a unanimous First-Team All-Ivy selection, chats about his incredible Quaker career.
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Penn establishes master of science genetic counseling program
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Achieving great social impact with CHIP
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Nwokedi named Second-Team Scholar All-America, Trzaska All-Region
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Global Women’s Leadership Project launches student-hosted podcast on feminism
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How Fintech will shape the future
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12.15
Nobuhiro Aihara Films
Many of animator Nobuhiro Aihara's short, avant-garde films from the postwar era are screened, digitized and presented in chronological order.
12.15
Holidays at Trolley Portal Gardens
SEPTA brings the winner from its holiday bus contest, Trolley Car Station Restaurant offers $1 hot chocolate, and University Arts League hosts a craft-making session from 2-4 p.m.
Multimedia
Up, up, and away
Mark Devlin and his team behind BLAST are about to embark on another scientific adventure in Antarctica, this time measuring how stars form in our galaxy.
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Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Monitoring heritage sites with drones and remote sensors
The Center for Architectural Conservation has been observing adobe ruins for three years as a harbinger for climate change. Any damage that the changing climate will do to exposed structures, it will do it to adobe first.
