In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
A new combination of immunotherapy and chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer caused tumors to shrink in the majority of evaluable patients. The early findings provide hope that this strategy involving a CD40 antibody, a checkpoint inhibitor, and standard-of-care chemotherapy could be effective treatment.
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A Penn Medicine study shows technology tied to patient records pushing doctors toward a new therapy was more effective than just peer education.
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A Penn Medicine study shows technology tied to patient records pushing doctors toward a new therapy was more effective than just peer education.
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Lorena Levano, a graduate student in the College of Liberal and Professional Studies, uses collective social behavior to address sexual harassment and online grooming.
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Penn Nursing’s Sharon Y. Irving has been awarded a Distinguished Nutrition Support Nurse Service Award from the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.).
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Quayshawn Spencer, Robert S. Blank Presidential Associate Professor of Philosophy, explores the question, “What kind of thing is race?” in his classes and research. (Audio)
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Wharton's Herbert Hovenkamp discusses the merits of Elizabeth Warren's proposal to break up Big Tech firms like Amazon, Google, and Facebook.
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Penn Law, in partnership with the U.S. Army War College’s Center for Strategic Leadership, hosted a two-day international strategic crisis and negotiation exercise last month. The event marked the first time the Army War College has partnered with a law school to run a strategic crisis exercise.
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The Katz Center will devote the 2019–20 fellowship year to the theme of The Jewish Home: Dwelling on the Domestic, the Familial, and the Lived-In. The next cohort of fellows beginning in September will work on research that will shed light on this most formative and intimate of contexts for Jewish life.
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Five Penn Dental Medicine students will be serving in national leadership roles in the American Student Dental Association for the 2019-20 academic year, including the group’s top post. This is the second year in a row for a Penn Dental Medicine student to be chosen to lead this national organization.
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