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  • Updated data show promise of targeted therapy in Castleman disease

    David C. Fajgenbaum, a Penn Medicine researcher and Castleman disease patient, and his team demonstrated that there is increased activation of a specific pathway called PI3K/Akt/mTOR. The findings suggest that Castleman patients who do not respond to the only drug currently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of the disease may have another option that targets this specific pathway. 

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • Incredible ‘accommodations’ for blood cancer patients to continue care during COVID-19

    Abramson Cancer Center patients are able to self-isolate close to their treatment site thanks to the help of URHomeinPhilly, which offers short term apartment rentals in the city. 

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • Wharton School receives $5 million to launch artificial intelligence for business

    The launch of AI for Business is made possible by a new $5 million gift from Tao Zhang and his wife Selina Chin, to expand Wharton’s analytics capabilities, a major focus of Wharton’s More Than Ever campaign.

    FULL STORY AT Wharton →

  • #RemoteLearning: APPC and iCivics release updated online civics games

    iCivics and the Annenberg Public Policy Center have rereleased two free online games designed to help educators and parents teach middle and high school students how the different branches of government interact and how the state and federal court systems work.

    FULL STORY AT Annenberg Public Policy Center →

  • Headway, a communication device for minimally invasive surgery, wins 2020 Pennvention grand prize

    Headway won the 15th annual Pennvention prize, bringing over $20,000 to the team members of Integrated Product Design, graduate students Julia Lin, Jonah Arnheim, Qian Wan, and Laura Ceccacci.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering →

  • Junior Alexa Spagnola on building technology to confront COVID-19

    Alexa Spagnola and her teammates won the NYU Abu Dhabi Hackathon for Social Good in the Arab World with their project, Health Hero Match, which connects healthcare workers with hospitals experiencing staffing shortages.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering →

  • Penn Vet launches new telehealth platform, expands access to leading pet behavior expertise

    Designed for veterinarians and pet owners alike, the new web-based telehealth application is expanding access to science-based insights from certified behavior experts.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Vet →

  • The best books about Ramadan for children

    This spring, Penn GSE doctoral student Rabani Garg created a list of the best children’s books about Ramadan that resonate with both Muslim and non-Muslim readers.

    FULL STORY AT Graduate School of Education →

  • Burkholder, Hochhäusl, and Udell earn distinguished teaching awards

    Sean Burkholder, Sophie Debiasi Hochhäusl, and Willie Udell received G. Holmes Perkins Teaching Awards for 2020, in recognition of distinguished teaching and innovation in a classroom, seminar, or studio setting. 

    FULL STORY AT Weitzman School of Design →

  • YouTube to feature FactCheck.org articles in effort to combat misinformation

    YouTube has begun featuring fact-checks from FactCheck.org and other authoritative third-party sources when users search for information, in an expanded effort in the United States to correct misinformation, especially on fast-moving news topics like the coronavirus pandemic.

    FULL STORY AT Annenberg Public Policy Center →