In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
Associate Professor in the Department of History and Sociology of Science Harun Küçük, a historian of early modern Ottoman science, will be assuming the leadership of the Center on July 1, 2021.
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For the past three years, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School students at the Toll Public Interest Center have have partnered with Troutman Pepper’s Pepper Center for Public Service to perform pro bono immigration work and address the scarcity of immigration lawyers currently in practice across the U.S. The pro bono immigration work encompasses all facets of the immigration process, from court proceedings to dealings with U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, and various social service agencies.
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Furthering efforts to understand why potentially life-saving statins are so under-prescribed among American patients with heart disease, a new study shows that clinicians are more likely to sign a script for them earlier in the day. Researchers in Penn Medicine’s Nudge Unit found that patients with the very first appointments of the day were most likely to have statins prescribed, and the odds progressively fell through the morning and remained low throughout the afternoon.
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Perry World House has selected 33 undergraduate students for its 2021-22 World House Student Fellows program. The student fellows represent all four of Penn’s undergraduate schools, sharing a keen interest in global affairs.
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New research study findings from Penn Medicine, published in Cell Stem Cell, show that the long-held assumption that alveolar type 1 and alveolar type 2 cells behave the same way in children and in adults is untrue. The findings could impact the understanding of regenerative lung therapies and why COVID-19 and other viruses affect children differently than adults.
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More than two-thirds of pancreatic cancer patients harboring genetic mutations saw their tumor stop growing or shrink substantially after being switched from intensive chemotherapy to the PARP inhibitor rucaparib as a maintenance therapy, researchers from the Abramson Cancer Center reported online in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
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A Penn Medicine study reveals that external factors, such as the volume of pre-filled syringes, or a default number of opioid tablets that could easily be ordered at discharge, can shift prescribing and compel emergency department physicians to administer or prescribe greater quantities of opioids. Opioid prescribing behavior can also be decreased by external factors, such as a supply shortage.
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With the support of a multiyear gift from Steve and Sandy Cozen, the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School has launched the Cozen Family Voting Rights Fellowship, which will provide two years of funding for a graduate working to advance and protect voting rights.
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This month’s Featured Books list was put together by Peter Van Do, director of Penn’s Pan-Asian American Community House, students, and library staff. The titles reflect the diversity of experiences among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and tackle questions of what it means to be part of the wider AAPI community.
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Penn Medicine researchers used microscopy and machine learning to distinguish tau protein aggregates occurring as part of healthy functions from those occurring in disease.
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