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  • Men's track and field announces incoming Class of 2022

    17 new student-athletes will start the fall season under coach Steve Dolan.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Athletics →

  • Alaska in energy spotlight as new Arctic drilling looms

    After a decades-long battle by federal and state administrations, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has been opened to allow drilling in Alaska, creating a reversal in oil production following nearly thirty years of decline.

    FULL STORY AT Kleinman Center →

  • Patients and family caregivers desire clear accountability, care continuity, and caring attitudes in care transitions

    A collaboration of researchers including Penn Nursing professors released a report in the Annals of Family medicine from an ongoing study on how to improve the transition process from hospital to home. 

    FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →

  • Researchers identify new target for treating heart failure

    A team of researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine discovered that suppressing impaired cellular struts, called microtubules, can lessen the stiffness in diseased heart muscle cells, thereby improving their beating strength.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • Women's soccer announces 2018 schedule

    Fourth-year head coach Nicole Van Dyke announce the 16 games coming up for the Quakers, beginning August 24th. 

    FULL STORY AT Penn Athletics →

  • Challenging the biological concept of race

    The Program on Race, Science, and Society hosted an international symposium that brought together scholars to discuss how the categorizing of racial difference has significant implications for individuals across the globe. 

    FULL STORY AT OMNIA →

  • Garret FitzGerald elected to the German National Academy of Sciences

    The professor of systems pharmacology and translational therapeutics at the Perelman School of Medicine is an international leader in cardiovascular disease research, and selected for membership in the Academy’s section on physiology and pharmacology/toxicology. 

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • From Bach to rock: how music preferences predict behavior

    A study, by Wharton marketing professor Gideon Nave analyzes music preference and personality, and how marketing may use this data for personalized product offerings.

    FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →

  • Baseball well-represented as Big 5 announces postseason honors

    he All-Big 5 teams have been announced for the 2018 baseball season, and the University of Pennsylvania was well-represented on the city list as six players received All-Big 5 recognition—more than any other school—and three of the major honors went to Quakers players.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Athletics →

  • Researchers try to improve working conditions for Amazon’s Mechanical Turk workers

    Professor Chris Callison-Burch is creating ways to streamline crowd-sourced manual labor commissioned by Amazon to benefit workers.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Blog →