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Wood’s fellowship project aims to improve patient outcomes and decrease lengths of stay by treating patients with similar medical conditions in the same unit.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
This year, the Nemirovsky Engineering and Medicine Opportunity (NEMO) Prize has been awarded to Penn Engineering’s Daeyeon Lee in the Perelman School of Medicine, and Sergei Vinogradov in the Perelman School of Medicine and the School of Arts & Sciences. Together, they are developing a new therapy that improves the survival and success of soft-tissue grafts used in reconstructive surgery.
FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today →
The Penn Libraries has recently acquired several issues of the women’s journal Nova khata (New Home), which offer a unique window into Ukrainian culture as it existed a century ago.
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Digital media artist Paul Pfeiffer has been named the Keith L. and Katherine S. Sachs Visiting Professor in the Department of Fine Arts for the 2023–2024 academic year.
FULL STORY AT Weitzman School of Design →
The professor in bioengineering has has been named the recipient of the 2023-24 George H. Heilmeier Faculty Award for Excellence in Research for pioneering the development and application of single-cell, cancer-fighting technologies.
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Mann is one of the world’s leading voices on climate change. The John Scott Award is given to “the most deserving” individuals who have contributed to the “comfort, welfare and happiness” of humankind.
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First-prize recipient Sarah Pallivalapil-Karerat, second-year recipient Jennifer Bulcock, and third-prize recipient Jaclyn Spiegel won with papers that began as class assignments for SP2 Lecturer Sarah Trotta.
FULL STORY AT School of Social Policy & Practice →
Kantapon (Tony) Rattanaprukskul took top honors for his research as the first place winner of the Balint Orban Memorial Competition, held as part of the recent 109 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Periodontology.
FULL STORY AT Penn Dental Medicine →
Penn Medicine researchers will use an $8M grant from the Department of Defense to research biomarkers for traumatic brain injury, with the hope of testing new TBI treatments in clinical trials.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
With growing concerns about AI tools and safety and security, Penn Engineers are collaborating on a new initiative to address the technological challenges of making AI models explainable, safe, fair, ethical and unbiased.
FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today →
