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  • Rethinking neurodegenerative disease treatment

    Anew study finds multiple proteinopathies present in most neurodegenerative diseases, and expanding treatment to target more of them may prove successful.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • Penn engineering featured at Philly’s first Mini Maker Faire

    Penn Engineering’s GRASP Lab robots and aerial vehicles were featured in Philly's first Maker Faire, a gatherings of “makers” — people interested in arts, crafts, and engineering — that take place around the world.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Blog →

  • Home in Havana: two weeks teaching social policy to Penn students

    Azahara Palomegue, the associate director of the Master of Science in Social Policy Program at the School of Social Policy & Practice, penned a blog about her collaboration with SP2 faculty to launch a global seminar on Cuban contemporary social policy and her experience in Cuba.

    FULL STORY AT School of Social Policy & Practice →

  • Trio of women’s golfers named WGCA All-American Scholars

    Christina Park, Chelsea Liu and Selina Zeng were awarded by the Women's Golf Coaches Association for the 2017-18 academic year, for their academic achievement in meeting a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.50. 

    FULL STORY AT Penn Athletics →

  • Swim teams honored for academics by CSCAA

    Both the men's and women's swimming and diving teams received the College Swimming Coaches Association of America Scholar All-America Team recognition for the 2018 spring semester.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Athletics →

  • Penn Law graduate Kalpana Kotagal discusses Hollywood’s ‘inclusion rider’

    The contract provision that Hollywood players can use to negotiate for more diverse and inclusive hiring was developed by Stacy Smith from the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative and drafted with Kotagal, who discussed the contract with Penn Law.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Carey Law →

  • New Martin and Julie Franklin squash courts

    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.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Athletics →

  • This Sachs award-winning undergrad is exploring new ways to experience art and music

    Sachs Program grant-winner Saif Khawaja wants to engage engineers and artists alike to experiment with electroluminescent artwork.

    FULL STORY AT Wharton →

  • Mitesh Patel delivers his Alice Hersh Award acceptance speech

    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.

    FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →

  • Litty Paxton to become Annenberg’s associate dean for undergraduate studies

    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.

    FULL STORY AT Annenberg School for Communication →