In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
The renovation of the Ringe Squash Center is underway. Renamed the Martin and Julie Franklin Squash Courts, the renovation is scheduled to begin on August 1 and is expected to be completed in time for the 2019 fall semester.
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Sachs Program grant-winner Saif Khawaja wants to engage engineers and artists alike to experiment with electroluminescent artwork.
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The 2018 winner of the AcademyHealth Alice S. Hersh New Investigator Award is a senior fellow at Penn's Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics who focuses on behavioral economics, and the intersection of humans and digital technologies.
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Paxton, who has been director of Penn Women’s Center since 2008, will become Annenberg’s new associate dean for undergraduate studies starting on August 13.
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The Ivy League has announced its Academic All-Ivy selections for the 2017-18 spring season. Each season, 10 student-athletes from each Ancient Eight school—five men, five women—are selected Academic All-Ivy.
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Misleading pro-tobacco videos on YouTube that promote e-cigarettes and hookahs can make young adults feel more positively about these products, according to new research.
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To be eligible for the award, the student-athletes have maintained a cumulative GPA of 3.35 or higher, completed one full academic year, be an institutional letter winner, and competed at the 2018 IRA National Championship Regatta.
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For five decades, the seminars have provided journalists with a better understanding of key business issues.
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Penn Law professors weigh in on the recent SCOTUS ruling, even arguing that while the ruling is “disappointing,” it is a legitimate practice of the Supreme Court to defer to the branches of the federal government.
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According to the Penn Law professor of law and history, the Janus v. AFCSME decision is an example of just how mutable constitutional law really is.
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