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Exhibition Featuring William H. Johnson to Open at Penn's Arthur Ross Gallery
A new exhibition from the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) will feature rare paintings by William H. Johnson, from the collection of the James E. Lewis Museum at Morgan State University. An essential figure in modern American art, William H. Johnson (1901-1970) was a virtuoso skilled in various media and techniques, and produced thousands of works over a career that spanned decades, continents and genres.
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Changing Higher Education: The Center for Minority-Serving Institutions at Penn
A researcher at the University of Pennsylvania is changing the higher education landscape.
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Castro, Ifill Talk Race and Rights at the Penn MLK Lecture in Social Justice
Julián Castro, the mayor of San Antonio, and Sherrilyn Ifill, the president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, will speak at the 13th annual Martin Luther King Jr.
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The Power of World-Changing Ideas
Penn's faculty—both rising stars and superstars—drive the creation of cutting-edge knowledge and shape the education of future leaders. In this video, you'll learn about the work of two exceptional faculty members:
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‘History of the Slave South’ Online Course Taught by Penn’s Stephanie McCurry Starts Jan. 20
In the world of the Internet, slavery and the American Civil War are explosive topics of debate, so Stephanie McCurry is preparing to be globally fact-checked by those with a passion for the subject matter. The University of Pennsylvania history professor and scholar will teach a 10-week, massive open online course, or MOOC, called “History of the Slave South.” It starts January 20.
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Eight Professors Appointed Penn Fellows
Provost Vincent Price and Vice Provost for Faculty Anita Allen are pleased to announce the appointment of the sixth cohort of Penn Fellows.
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Ph.D. Student at Penn Is ‘Top Cop’ at SEPTA
Wearing a police uniform, Thomas J. Nestel III cuts a commanding presence when he walks across campus at the University of Pennsylvania. But he’s not on patrol; he’s a student and a teacher.
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Tweaking MRI to Track Creatine May Spot Heart Problems Earlier, Penn Medicine Study Suggests
A new MRI method to map creatine at higher resolutions in the heart may help clinicians and scientists find abnormalities and disorders earlier than traditional diagnostic methods, researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania suggest in a new study published online today in Nature Medicine. The preclinical findings show an advantage over less sensitive tests and point to a safer and more cost-effective approach than those with radioactive or contrasting agents.
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Researcher From Penn Presents on ‘Stigma’ at World Bank, UNAIDS Conference
Toorjo Ghose, an associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice, presented his research at an invitation-only national UNAIDS conference in Washington, D.C., Jan. 9-10, hosted by the World Bank.
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Penn-Designed ‘Swiss Army Knife’ Molecule Captures RNA From Single Cells
A multi-disciplinary team from the University of Pennsylvania has published in Nature Methods a first-of-its-kind way to isolate RNA from live cells in their natural tissue microenvironment without damaging nearby cells. This allows the researchers to analyze how cell-to-cell chemical connections influence individual cell function and overall protein production.