Before and after fluorescence imaging of fungal accumilations being removed by microrobots.

Nanorobotic system presents new options for targeting fungal infections

Researchers from Penn Dental and Penn Engineering have developed a new way to rapidly and precisely eradicate fungal infections in the mouth by using nanorobots guided by magnets.

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Why new cancer treatment discoveries are proliferating

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Three things to know about the debt ceiling fight

What TikTok reveals about Gen Z dating

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Why the Vaccine Safety Reporting System should be renamed

Morris Arboretum & Gardens’ Garden Railway celebrates 25 years of inspiring wonder

At the intersection of art and design, masks that impart truth

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Penn pulverizes Princeton, advances to NCAA tourney

The baseball team trounced the Tigers 16-3 on Monday to earn their first berth in the NCAA Tournament in 28 years.

Greg Johnson ・May 23, 2023

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Virtual reality in an ancient world

Students create films to document the reimagining of the Penn Museum’s Ancient Egypt and Nubia galleries.

Louisa Shepard ・May 22, 2023

Two Penn faculty elected to the American Philosophical Society

Paul Offit and Dorothy Roberts have been recognized for extraordinary accomplishments in their fields.

Amanda Mott ・May 22, 2023

Safe and sound: Sonura supports newborn development by sequestering disruptive noise

A team of five recent graduates from the School of Engineering and Applied Science and recipients of the 2023 President’s Innovation Prize have developed a beanie that filters out harmful noises for infants in neonatal intensive care units.

Nathi Magubane ・May 18, 2023

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Penn Medicine to open new crisis response center at Cedar Avenue facility

As part of a unified mental health care hub at Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania–Cedar Avenue, the new model brings together emergency, inpatient, and outpatient psychiatric care on the same campus, creating the health system’s second consolidated mental health care site in Philadelphia.

Eric Horvath ・May 19, 2023

Scholarship beyond the written word

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Green solutions are transforming a West Philadelphia grade school

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Campus & Community

Celebrating community at Penn’s 267th Commencement

Thousands of students and their biggest supporters—those who President Liz Magill described as ‘force multipliers’—flooded campus for a sunny ceremony for the ages.

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Campus & Community

Student climate champions gather to share stories and inspiration

More than 150 Philadelphia high schoolers came together at WHYY in a climate storytelling event organized by the public media company and the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities.

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Campus & Community

Celebrating Earth Week at Penn

Organized by Penn Sustainability, Earth Week runs April 17-23 and will include dozens of events centered on the themes of environmental justice, climate, and nature-based solutions.

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Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences

Designing for, and with, forests

Nicholas Pevzner, assistant professor of landscape architecture at the Weitzman School of Design, is leading a landscape architecture studio that focuses on forest management in the American West.

Science & Technology

Climate scientist Michael Mann makes a home at Penn

Known for his “hockey stick” graph that hammered home the dramatic rise of the warming climate, the climate scientist is now making his mark on Penn’s campus, both through his science and his work on communicating the urgent need for action on the climate crisis.

A pregnant person receives a COVID vaccine.

Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences

Those of childbearing age more doubtful about safety of flu, COVID-19 vaccines during pregnancy

With a vaccine on the horizon for RSV that is designed to protect pregnant people and their fetuses, new survey research finds that women of childbearing age are more doubtful than other adults about the safety of existing, recommended vaccines.

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Health Sciences

You think you have long COVID: What now?

Penn Medicine’s long COVID clinic assists patients with an array of symptoms including persistent fatigue, difficulty breathing, insomnia, and “brain fog.”

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Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences

Guaranteed income improved people’s health during the pandemic

Associate professor Amy Castro of the School of Social Policy & Practice shares the final results from the Stockton pilot program, which show connections between financial security and better health.

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Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences

How have women in the workforce fared, three years into the pandemic?

Despite hopeful signs that this demographic is returning to work, certain female-dominated sectors, like the care economy, still haven’t recovered, signaling there’s more to learn about COVID-19’s full effect.

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Health Sciences

Novel tools for the treatment and diagnosis of epilepsy

Penn neurologist Brian Litt’s work on implantable devices for recording and altering brain activity has led to new ways to treat and diagnose epilepsy.

Health Sciences

Gregory Bowman appointed Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor

The pioneer of biophysics and data science has joint appointments in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics in the Perelman School of Medicine and the Department of Bioengineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Health Sciences

More cancers may be treated with drugs than previously believed

Using a Penn-designed neural network called PocketMiner, a Penn Medicine research team has identified hidden protein pockets that can provide new opportunities for cancer drugs to bind to.

Health Sciences

A potential strategy to improve T cell therapy in solid tumors

A new Penn Medicine preclinical study finds that a new simultaneous “knockout” of two inflammatory regulators boosted T cell expansion to attach solid tumors.

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Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences

Reconsidering world heritage for the modern era

Through recent research, archaeologist and Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor Lynn Meskell has continued to highlight how World Heritage Sites have become flashpoints for conflict and out of touch with local communities.

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Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences

Crisis in Sudan: A Q&A with Ali Ali-Dinar

The Sudanese scholar and senior lecturer in the Department of Africana Studies offers some background that led to the recent violence and potential paths to peace.

Former Egyptian Ambassador to the U.S. Nabil Fahmy stands at a podium speaking into a microphone in an auditorium at the Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics on Penn's campus.

Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences

Nuclear issues in the Middle East and North Africa

Nabil Fahmy, former foreign minister of Egypt and Egyptian ambassador to the United States, spoke on campus about the current state of nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament in that region.

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Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences

‘Stable Condition’

In a new book, Penn political scientist Daniel J. Hopkins offers a detailed study of Americans’ opinions about the Affordable Care Act and examines to what extent political elites can reshape public opinion through their words or policies.

The New York Times

For a better workout, trick your brain

Katy Milkman of the Wharton School says that “temptation bundling,” pairing a workout with a much-loved activity, is amplified if the desired activity is only done while exercising.

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The Wall Street Journal

The complete guide to haggling in this economy

To plan for a negotiation, Richard Shell of the Wharton School recommends humanizing oneself, practicing with a script, and always showing respect.

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PBS

Curbing gun violence with a public health approach

Sara Jacoby of the School of Nursing explains how public health research and interventions could be used to reduce gun violence.

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Philadelphia Citizen

Cleaner streets are key to Philly’s success

Two studies by the Urban Health Lab at Penn found that gun violence dropped significantly in neighborhoods where vacant parcels were turned into regularly maintained green spaces.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

University of Pennsylvania Health System has a $160M operating profit so far in fiscal 2023

Penn Medicine has remained profitable through the first nine months of fiscal 2023, with remarks from Keith Kasper.

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The New York Times

What college students need is a taste of the monk’s life

Justin McDaniel of the School of Arts & Sciences is challenging his students to adopt monastic traditions in order to rethink the purpose of education.

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CNN

Target is being held hostage by an anti-LGBTQ campaign

Yoram Wind of the Wharton School says that Target’s Pride-themed merchandise campaign was trying to reach a growing LGBTQ market of customers and employees.

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Stat

We’ll soon have tools to protect infants against RSV. Can we put them to good use?

Research by the Annenberg Public Policy Center found that only 53% of women of childbearing age thought flu shots were safe to receive during pregnancy, with more pronounced distrust regarding COVID vaccines.

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NJ.com

N.J. towns quietly paid $87M to settle lawsuits against cops. Inside the secretive deals

David Rudovsky of Penn Carey Law says that civil suits rarely lead police departments to clean house and force out bad officers, given the strong job protections they have.

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The Washington Post

U.S. debt default could hit Social Security payments first

Olivia Mitchell of the Wharton School says that many older Americans have very little, often illiquid, savings.

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