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  • Joseph S. Francisco named President’s Distinguished Professor of Earth and Environmental Science

    Francisco is an internationally recognized scholar of atmospheric chemistry and chemical kinetics, with a secondary appointment in the Department of Chemistry, on July 1, 2018. 

    FULL STORY AT Penn Arts & Sciences →

  • Finding an effective treatment for rare neuroendocrine tumors

    A study conducted at the Abramson Cancer Center showed a significant reduction in tumor growth and side effects in trials for the radiotherapy drug AZEDRA. 

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • Landscape architecture students inform revitalization in the Highlands

    Students of the Master of Landscape Architecture program at PennDesign have chosen four sites in the Highlands, a 1.85 million-acre ecoregion from northwestern Connecticut to eastern Pennsylvania to focus a living landscape design intervention directly. 

    FULL STORY AT Weitzman School of Design →

  • Social media usage linked to underage drinking

    A study out of the Perelman School of Medicine finds a statistically significant relationship between social media content with alcohol use and teen alcohol consumption.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • Researchers identify cellular source of molecule implicated in nasal polyps, asthma attacks

    A new discovery about how the immune system responds to common sinus infections and asthma could explain why patients develop these issues in the first place and ultimately may lead to improved targeted therapies. 

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  • In helping smokers quit, cash is king, e-cigarettes strike out

    Financial incentives are found to be three times more effective than smoking cessation aids, in a study by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • Reimagining Pennsylvania's coal communities

    A report out of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy examines the downturn in coal demand, and what economic strategies can help distressed workers and communities. 

    FULL STORY AT Kleinman Center →

  • Knowledge by the slice: follow the carbon

    Sociology professor Daniel Aldana Cohen calls for a more nuanced, modern view on energy consumption when discussing factors in climate change.

    FULL STORY AT OMNIA →

  • What will Maduro’s re-election mean for Venezuela?

    An arguably sham election prompts a political scientist at Penn to discuss the country's current crisis, and whether a regime change is the solution. 

    FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →

  • Eva Anadioti among 40 Under 40 Honorees

    Penn Dental Medicine’s Eva Anadioti has been recognized by two independent organizations as one of their 2018 40 Under 40 honorees. Both the Greek America Foundation and the Philadelphia Business Journal selected Anadioti for these annual awards.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Dental Medicine →