In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
Penn Museum Director Julian Siggers talks about how the institution uses digital tools and strategies to showcase its treasures, bringing in more foot traffic and a new generation of museum-goers.
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The assistant professor of chemistry has been awarded the Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award for Early Stage Investigators grant. The five-year, $1.6 million grant supports Tomson’s research on electrostatic effects in model compounds of metalloenzyme active sites.
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Wharton's Mauro Guillen discusess the Trump administration's efforts to renegotiate NAFTA, facing resistance from Canada while solidifying an agreement with Mexico.
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A slate of 14 dual meets and three tournaments await the University of Pennsylvania wrestling team on the road to the EIWA Championships and the NCAA Championships as the 2018-19 schedule was announced.
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To commemorate the centennial of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic, the the Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing is organizing a campaign, Calm Cool, and Courageous, to highlight the work and experiences of nurses during the pandemic.
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Head coach Mike Murphy has announced his recruiting class for the upcoming season, with thirteen young men are on campus joining the men's lacrosse program as freshmen.
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The prize, awarded by the Network Science Society, honors the work of a scientist under the age of 40 for achievements in the field of network science.
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Brandon Copeland, Greg Van Roten, and Justin Watson give Penn its most players on a NFL roster to start a season since the Ivy League formed in 1959.
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Wharton's Howard Kunreuther, Jeffrey Czajkowski and Gina Tonn discuss a new issue brief from the Penn Wharton Public Policy Initiative, highlighting how policy changes, like adding private insurance to fill federal funding gaps, can improve infrastructure and reduce reliance on federal aid.
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Jean Bennett, Samuel G. Jacobson, and Albert M. Maguire received the 2018 António Champalimaud Vision Award for their revolutionary work leading to the first successful gene therapy to cure an inherited cause of childhood blindness.
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