In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
Eleven freshmen are set to join the ranks of the women’s lacrosse program, looking to build on the foundation of success for the Quakers that includes 13-straight trips to the NCAA Tournament, and 11 Ivy League championships in the last 13 years.
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After taking the Ivy League title race to the final day of the season in 2018, the University of Pennsylvania field hockey team was projected to finish third in the Ivy League's 2019 Pre-Season Media Poll.
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The Class of 2023 features two guards, two forwards and a center, with each player hailing from a different state, including Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, California, Massachusetts and Indiana.
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Michael Mitchell, Skirkanich Assistant Professor of Innovation in the Department of Bioengineering, received the award as individual who has successfully demonstrated significant achievements in the field of biomaterials research.
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Wharton’s Benjamin Keys discusses the reasons behind Barneys’ store closures and headwinds facing luxury retailers.
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An $8.9 million award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse will establish the Penn PET Addiction Center of Excellence.
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In anonymized datasets where distinguishing characteristics of a person such as name and address have been deleted, even a handful of seemingly innocuous information can lead to identification. A computer algorithm can identify 99.98% of Americans by knowing as few as 15 attributes per person, not including names or other unique data.
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Having simple text conversations with patients one week before they are scheduled for a colonoscopy dramatically decreased the “no-show” rates, according to a recent study conducted by Penn Medicine researchers, and increased the rate of colonoscopies from 62 to 90 percent.
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Wharton’s David Wessels discusses Uber’s latest earnings report and business model, and argues that “in this particular case, it’s just bad news when the numbers are so low.”
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Seniors Colin Daly and Will Daly will captain the men's team while Maddie Villalba will serve as the leader of the women's squad as the program is set to open its 2019 season on Sept. 7 at the Fordham Fiasco, hosted at Van Cortlandt Park in The Bronx, N.Y.
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