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Penn Relay for Life: Student Is ‘All Business’ About Fundraising to End Cancer
Like most business-savvy freshman enrolled in the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Olivia Nelson from Scotch Plains, N.J., is involved in multiple projects, in addition to her studies.
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Some Patients Receive Unnecessary Prioritization for Liver Transplantation, Penn Medicine Study Finds
Patients waiting for liver transplants who develop hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS), a lung disorder associated with end-stage liver disease, are eligible to move up on the wait list.
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Penn Medicine Study Reveals Genetics Impact Risk of Early Menopause Among Some Female Smokers
New research is lighting up yet another reason for women to quit smoking. In a study published online in the journal Menopause, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania report the first evidence showing that smoking causes earlier signs of menopause – in the case of heavy smokers, up to nine years earlier than average – in white women with certain genetic variations.
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Penn Student Harnesses Power of Micro-Finance to Empower Women
University of Pennsylvania senior Meher Rehman is building on a mission she began while still in high school: working to empower women in developing parts of the world through micro-finance projects. “As a young Muslim, Pakistani woman, I hope to be a strong voice for reform in women’s rights in the Middle East and South Asia,” says Rehman, who was born in Pakistan and is from Grand Rapids, Mich. She is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in international relations at Penn.
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New Sleep Gene, Redeye, Discovered in Fruitflies Promotes the Need to Sleep, According to Penn Study
All creatures great and small, including fruitflies, need sleep. Researchers have surmised that sleep – in any species -- is necessary for repairing proteins, consolidating memories, and removing wastes from cells. But, really, sleep is still a great mystery.
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Penn Celebrates Completion of $24.5 Million Renovation of Historic Arts, Research and Culture House
The University of Pennsylvania has completed a $24.5 million renovation of its Arts, Research and Culture House, transforming the historic building into a center for campus life that builds on the cultural diversity of Penn students and offers an intellectual and social experience for the entire University community. The University will celebrate the reopening of the late-Gothic Revival building, located at 36th Street and Locust Walk, at an open house on Thursday, Feb. 6, from 3 to 7 p.m.
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Penn Law Dean Michael A. Fitts Named President of Tulane University
Michael A. Fitts, dean and Bernard G. Segal Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, has been named president of Tulane University in New Orleans. He will assume the post on July 1.
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Penn Engineer Promotes Sustainability in Argentina
By Marjorie FerroneFor eight weeks last summer, University of Pennsylvania junior Doug Roman had the opportunity to share his sustainability philosophy at schools in Buenos Aires.“I have always felt that we owe it to nature, that humans have a responsibility to watch out for the earth. Renewable energy is a promising path through which to accomplish this,” Roman said, excited about implementing the idea of reducing, reusing and recycling through education.
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Penn report ranks world’s top think tanks
The results are in and the Brookings Institution has been named “Think Tank of the Year” in the “Global Go-To Think Tank Rankings,” an annual report issued by Penn’s Think Tanks and Civil Society Program (TTCSP) in the School of Arts & Sciences (SAS). The rankings were announced at a Jan. 22 news conference hosted by the World Bank in Washington, D.C.
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Penn Vet symposium talks animal disaster care
When disaster strikes, people often want to help, but don’t know how. When the victims in a catastrophe include animals, which often can’t help themselves, the approaches to intervention are unique.