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  • The 2024 NEMO Prize will support research in self-administrable DNA therapy

    Penn Engineering’s David Issadore and Jacob Brenner and their lab groups will work on an interdisciplinary project funded by the NEMO Prize to package and deliver DNA into the nucleus of a cell.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today

  • Researcher at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine named winner of 2024 Zoetis Award for Veterinary Research Excellence

    Mary A. Robinson, an assistant professor of veterinary pharmacology and director of the New Bolton Center Equine Pharmacology Research Laboratory, has received the 2024 Zoetis Award for Veterinary Research Excellence for her research on pharmacologics and forensics in support of working horse welfare and equestrian sports integrity.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Vet

  • Khulan Enkhbold awarded American Association of University Women’s International Fellowship

    Enkhbold, a second-year MCP student in the housing, community, and economic development at the Weitzman School has been awarded the American Association of University Women's International Fellowship for her research into Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia's informal neighborhoods known as “Ger areas.”

    FULL STORY AT Weitzman School of Design

  • Penn Literacy Network aims to shake up tutoring industry with innovative partnership

    The Penn Literacy Network, in collaboration with Thinkist, has launched an effort to support rural Pennsylvanians by helping high school students develop the social-emotional skills and metacognitive self-awareness needed to model what it means to be an effective learner.

    FULL STORY AT Graduate School of Education

  • Robots are taking over low-skilled jobs—and changing votes

    Automation is reducing job mobility for low-skilled workers, which can influence political preferences, according to research from Wharton’s Pinar Yildirim.

    FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton

  • Introducing the 2024-25 Conway Scholars

    The $1 million grant from the Bedford Falls Foundation funds 15 merit students with financial need annually.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News

  • New study shows how the brain processes partisan information

    Researchers from Annenberg, Columbia University, UC Berkeley, and Dartmouth College used fMRI data to explore how partisan messaging is processed in the brain.

    FULL STORY AT Annenberg School for Communication

  • Urban Teaching Residency program helps working educators connect theory to practice

    UTR, originally created for Teach for America, is designed for first-year teachers, paraprofessionals, assistant teachers, or long-term substitutes known for its hands-on approach and a strong emphasis on equity, social justice, and anti-racism. 

    FULL STORY AT Graduate School of Education

  • Penn GSE, University of Guadalajara extend partnership to enhance literacy and civic engagement

    The Universities are renewing a memorandum of understanding signed five years ago wherein they will jointly presenting at conferences, have students visit one another's institutions, and engage in combined research.

    FULL STORY AT Graduate School of Education

  • 2023-2024 Gittis Legal Clinics highlights

    The Gittis Legal Clinics logged over 12,500 hours of legal services on cases for over 300 clients, both individuals and organizations.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Carey Law