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News・ Campus & Community
By the Numbers: Undergraduates share their research
Work by a record 436 students was featured in the Fall Research Expo sponsored by the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships.
News・ Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
The PZ project: Children’s and young adult literature on the rise
From picture books to 'The Poet X,' Penn Libraries are expanding and diversifying their holdings of books for young readers.
News・ Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Filmmaker Mira Nair’s approach to storytelling
As a Saluja Global Fellow at the Center for the Advanced Study of India, filmmaker Mira Nair gave a lecture at the Penn Museum on art, storytelling, and filmmaking.
News・ Sports
Quakers slay NJIT
Boosted by 57 kills, volleyball team beat the Highlanders on Saturday in the Delaware State Tournament.
News・ Health Sciences
The brain-blood barrier’s role in governing ant behavior
New research from Penn Medicine uncovers a link between a single enzyme and complex social behaviors in ants.
News・ Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Fellowship in South Korea offers language benefits, cultural reconnection
Third-year student Claire Jun used her FLAS fellowship this summer to participate in the study abroad program at Yonsei University and a health-policy internship at the National Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service.
News・ Health Sciences
Removing the barrier surrounding solid tumors clears path for T cells
Penn researchers uncover a new way to target solid tumors. Using CAR T cells to remove cancer-associated fibroblasts surrounding pancreatic tumors allows T cells to infiltrate and attack the tumor cells.
News・ Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Tracking parental leisure time and ‘intensive mothering’
Paula Fomby, a professor of sociology in the School of Arts & Sciences, worked with a team of PURM students over the summer to analyze time-use data of parents from 1965 to 2019.
News・ Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Who, What, Why: Catherine Sorrentino and a souvenir of historic Germantown
During a summer internship, history major Catherine Sorrentino encountered a 108-year-old book with insights into Black Philadelphia.
News・ Education, Business, & Law
A call for less talk and more action on luxury emissions
Shelley Welton, Presidential Distinguished Professor of Law and Energy Policy at Penn Carey Law and the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, argues for a luxury emissions tax that would focus on grossly excessive personal carbon emissions.