In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
Rising sophomore Mayyi Mahama captured silver in the hammer throw for Team USA, highlighting a three-Quaker contingent at the U20 Pan American Championships in Costa Rica over the weekend.
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The women’s and men’s tennis teams were honored as All-Academic teams, and seven Quakers student-athletes—five men, two women—were honored as ITA All-Academic Scholar Athletes.
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In light of the death of former Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens, Penn Law professor and former clerk Jean Galbraith reflects on his legacy.
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As part of Pennsylvania’s commitment to close the achievement gaps and provide all students with high-quality teachers, the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation announced the inaugural class of Pennsylvania Teaching Fellows.
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Fran Dunphy, who spent 17 years as head coach of the men's basketball program and remains its winningest coach, was recently named as one of 15 sports greats to be inducted into the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame.
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Twenty one senior health care leaders were chosen to join the Aspen Institute Health Innovators Fellowship’s fifth class and the program’s network of health care entrepreneurs and innovators from across the United States.
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Multiple trials have shown that by using these definitive treatment techniques on all visible tumor sites, patients can end up with better outcomes than what they would get with chemotherapy alone. The trial went one step further and added immunotherapy. In addition to the significant increase in overall average progression-free survival (PFS), the average PFS from the start of administering the drug pembrolizumab was 18.7 months.
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Trauma chaplaincy is Philadelphia native Barbara Trawick’s second career. After retiring from her administrative role at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, she was introduced to pastoral care through a church program that offered training for volunteers.
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Dean’s Scholar Nicholas Berrettini examines Italian crime dramas and wonders if binge-watching shows can change our opinions.
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Wharton's John Paul MacDuffie discusses the life and career of legendary auto executive Lee Iacocca., a master salesman, celebrity CEO, and auto loan pioneer.
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