In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
The gift will establish the Blavatnik Family Fellowship in Biomedical Research in the Penn Biomedical Graduate Studies (BGS) program. Six Penn BGS students for each of the next four academic years will be awarded funds as they begin independent investigations.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
Head coach of women's rowing, Wesley Ng, has announced the program's list of recruits, following a spring season finishing a best-ever third at the Ivy League Championship.
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The Penn Medicine postdoc trainees, along with their mentors, will partner with GlaxoSmithKline to conduct pharmaceutical research in their respective fields.
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In collaboration with Merck Animal Health, the School of Veterinary Medicine hosted its latest Swine University this summer, to educate veterinarians on swine health management and production.
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Alumna social entrepreneur Gayle Jennings-O’Byrne is changing the market for women entrepreneurs of color with her iNTENT Manifesto, a financial education platform.
FULL STORY AT Wharton Social Impact Initiative →
Three individual pieces of Queen Puabi’s diadems, a collection of 10,000 lapis lazuli beads and golden pendants, are on display currently at Penn Museum’s Middle East Galleries. They were once displayed as a six-piece set, and prior to that were all part of a monolithic object, raising the question of how were they originally originally assembled and worn in the first place.
FULL STORY AT Penn Museum Blog →
A small percentage of the population—approximately one percent of Americans—suffers from summer seasonal affective disorder, also called reverse SAD. An excess of bright light can slow melatonin production which our body needs to get ready to sleep, and can result in insomnia. A decreased level of melatonin also impacts our mood, and can lead to depressive symptoms.
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The Theodore K. Warner Professor of Law and real estate professor presented a talk at the U.S. Army War College last month, covering his research which applies finance principles to questions of international tax policy.
FULL STORY AT Penn Carey Law →
Senior linebacker Nick Miller has been named one of 25 FCS players to the initial Watch List for the 2018 Buck Buchanan Award presented annually to the most outstanding defensive player in FCS football.
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A new study, led by psychiatry assistant professor Theodore D. Satterthwaite, utilized machine learning to identify brain-based dimensions of mental health disorders, an advance towards much-needed biomarkers to more accurately diagnose and treat patients.
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