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Penn Medicine: Made to Order at the Synapse: Dynamics of Protein Synthesis at Neuron Tip is Basis for Memory and Learning
Protein synthesis in the extensions of nerve cells, called dendrites, underlies long-term memory formation in the brain, among other functions.
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Fineman & Fineman on changing media landscape
The rapidly changing technological landscape has transformed the way in which news is delivered and consumed. Gone are the days when the majority of Americans turned to their morning or afternoon newspaper, breaking radio broadcast, or 6:30 p.m. nightly newscast to keep up with current events. Now the general public races to laptops, tablet computers, smartphones, and blogs for their latest news, and minute-by-minute updates on social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter.
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U.S. Department of Defense Awards Penn Medicine Team $2 Million Grant to Investigate Emerging Field of Advanced Transplantation
A team of researchers at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP), in partnership with colleagues at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), have been awarded a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).
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Penn Vet celebrates canine commencement
One year ago, seven puppies joined the inaugural class of the Penn Vet Working Dog Center. At the Center’s opening celebration last September, the puppies toddled down the aisle to meet their new foster families. One dog, a tiny chocolate Labrador Retriever named Thunder, had to be carried.
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Penn researchers use Facebook as psychology tool
Every day, millions of people post billions of words on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media sites. Far from seeing this type of communication as mere ephemera, an interdisciplinary research team set to find out whether the information could be used as a veritable window to the soul.
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Football, food, and fun at Penn Family Day
Bring friends and family to campus next month to enjoy lots of free food, football, and fun at this year’s annual Penn Family Day. The Division of Human Resources (HR) and Penn Athletics have teamed up again to provide free programming on Saturday, Oct. 26, for all full- and part-time staff, faculty, and post-doctoral fellows.
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Penn Researchers Use Facebook Data to Predict Users’ Age, Gender and Personality Traits
In the age of social media, people's inner lives are increasingly recorded through the language they use online. With this in mind, an interdisciplinary group of University of Pennsylvania researchers is interested in whether a computational analysis of this language can provide as much, or more, insight into their personalities as traditional methods used by psychologists, such as self-reported surveys and questionnaires.
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Penn psychologist selected as a 2013 MacArthur Fellow
The MacArthur Fellowship Program announced Wednesday that Penn’s Angela Duckworth has been selected as a 2013 MacArthur Fellow, positioning her among the ranks of the country’s most elite and innovative scholars. Duckworth, an associate professor of psychology in Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences, is among only 24 individuals in 2013 to receive one of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s annual “genius grants.”
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Japan-RAMS Scholars at Penn ‘Cracking Code’ of Early Modern Japanese Manuscripts
A group of scholars at the University of Pennsylvania is working to make the skill of reading manuscript text a hallmark of the Japanese studies program at Penn. The ability to read pre-modern calligraphy is recognized as one of the most challenging tasks in Japanese studies. It is typically not taught in graduate programs in the United States but is increasingly important in interpreting pre-modern texts.
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Penn Medicine: Treating Brain Cancer with Neurosurgical Resection and Chemotherapeutic Wafers Can Improve Cognitive Function
A new approach to treating cancer that has spread to the brain is able to preserve and, in some cases, improve cognitive function in patients, while achieving local control of tumor progression.