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  • Seeking historical Judas

    A fascination with Judas Iscariot drives Ph.D. candidate Mariah Junglan Min to mine texts from the Middle Ages for history and details on the mysterious Biblical figure.

    FULL STORY AT OMNIA →

  • Dr. Eric Stoopler named president of the American Academy of Oral Medicine

    The associate professor of oral medicine and director of the postdoctoral oral medicine program at Penn Dental School was installed as president for 2018-19 at the recent AAOM Annual Meeting. 

    FULL STORY AT Penn Dental Medicine →

  • Raising good cholesterol to resist neuromuscular disease

    Preclinical research published in PLOS One shows potential for decreasing the risk of heart failure in Friedreich's ataxia patients, and will move forward with trials to determine whether raising HDL levels, or "good cholesterol" by administering statins will reduce their cardiovascular risk.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • Three chirps for iDesign winners

    Three graduate students won both people's choice and official jury iDesign Prize for Chipper, a new pet food business venture. One unlikely protein source is the key factor for a reduced footprint on land and water resources, introducing a sustainable and ecologically-conscious product to the pet food market. 

    FULL STORY AT Penn Design Weekly →

  • A new lens for genocide study

    Sarah Jewett approaches genocide studies as a criminology graduate student empirically and subjectively. Trained in fine arts, Jewett has tailored her studies to contextualize, understand and predict human behavior by applying objective statistical analysis to organize the mechanisms of genocide. 

    FULL STORY AT OMNIA →

  • Teaching awards presented in education and nursing

    A list of awards won for excellence in teaching at the Graduate School of Education and the School of Nursing.

    FULL STORY AT Almanac →

  • Researchers find there's still a dry eye in the house

    According to a 3-year, 27-center study led by the Perelman School of Medicine, researchers found that omega-3 fatty acids are no more effective than placebo pills in alleviating the symptoms of dry eye. While the 12-month study found participants experienced an improvement in their symptoms, the results of those taking the supplements and those in the control group were not markedly different.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • A revolution in end-of-life care

    At an event sponsored by the Penn Medicine Center for Health Care Innovation, author, surgeon, and professor Atul Gawande characterized the present era in health care as a pivotal point in history. He focused much of his remarks on an innovative approach to the clinical planning and execution of care for patients with serious illness—something that has been one of medicine’s most unsettled areas.

    FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →

  • Arguing their case at the Third Circuit

    Four Penn law students head to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to argue an amicus brief, thanks to an externship sponsored by the Dechert LLP law firm. 

    FULL STORY AT Penn Carey Law →

  • World Immunization Week 2018

    A look at diseases vaccinations have eliminated, the potential for future vaccines, how populations in modern history have responded to vaccine access, and which researchers at Penn are on the forefront of vaccine development.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →