In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
The similarities in symptoms between seasonal allergies and the now-dominant omicron subvariant of COVID-19 can be confusing. Producing mucus, sneezing, and coughing are all part of how the immune system keeps threats from entering the body. Allergies often involve itching and sneezing, but fever is rarely a symptom of allergies, which might be a way to differentiate between COVID and seasonal allergies.
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The assistant professor in electrical and systems engineering and computer and information science has been awarded for his work identifying principles and patterns that connect learning in its various forms, from biological systems to artificial neural networks that mimic how the human brain learns.
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From Monday, May 23 through Friday May 27, Penn Engineering hosted the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ International Conference on Robotics and Automation at the Pennovation Center and the Pennsylvania Convention Center, welcoming 4,500 guests from 89 countries.
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Growing up in South Philadelphia, Sean Green, an environmental services associate at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania often walked with his family to admire the lights on the 1700 block of Addison Street in Rittenhouse Square. Green’s photo, “Winters on Addison,” is one of more than 100 works of art by University of Pennsylvania Health System staff, patients, volunteers, and friends now on display in the annual “A Celebration of Art and Life” exhibition on the first floor of the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine.
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In addition to Penn’s LGBT Center Pride activities throughout the month, the LGBT Center staff has provided the Penn Libraries with the recommendations, including picks on history, social movements, and dramas.
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A research paper co-authored by Wharton’s Daniel Taylor forms the basis for a bill in Congress that aims to level the ground on insider trading disclosures.
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In the spring of 2022, Penn IUR sponsored the 18th annual Undergraduate Urban Research Colloquium (UURC), an advanced research seminar for undergraduate scholars with an interest in urban-focused research that pairs students with a faculty mentor with expertise in their areas of interest and presents the opportunity to learn about urban related research in an interdisciplinary setting.
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The personalized cellular therapy pioneered at Penn receives approval for treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma.
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During the summer of 2022, the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School will host “Race and Regulation,” a podcast series that will focus on the most fundamental responsibility of any society: ensuring equal justice, dignity, and respect to all people.
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Philadelphia artist Symone Salib created the 13x14-foot mural in partnership with faculty at Central Montco Technical High School (CMTHS) faculty, the CMTHS Student Equity Crew, which is a group of students that work to promote equity and inclusion in the school's community, and the Penn Consortium for Mental Health and Optimal Development at Penn GSE.
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