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Penn Psychologists Show that Quality Matters More Than Quantity for Word Learning
Several studies have shown that how much parents say to their children when they are very young is a good predictor of children’s vocabulary at the point when they begin school.
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Penn researchers design water-soluble solution to build better painkillers
Finding better painkillers is a high priority for doctors, researchers, and patients. While opioids, such as morphine, are very effective, they come with unwanted side effects and can be addictive and dangerous.
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Restoring history
Each spring, Doug Martenson stands eye-to-eye with Benjamin Franklin. He cleans the buckles on Franklin’s shoes, the folds of his robes, and the buttons on his vest. Martenson Finding better painkillers is a high priority for doctors, researchers, and patients. While opioids, such as morphine, are very effective, they come with unwanted side effects and can be addictive and dangerous.
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Pottruck Center upgrades add state-of-the-art technology, equipment
Wanna race? Somebody in Europe? The David Pottruck Health and Fitness Center is in the process of adding technological upgrades to its first, third, and fourth floor fitness rooms that will bring state-of-the-art exercise equipment outfitted with cable TV, high definition point-of-view workouts, and on-demand video.
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Mark G. Allen named first Singh Center director
Mark G. Allen has combined insights from the worlds of electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, chemistry, and materials science to become a pioneer in the field of micro-electromechanical systems, as well as the technology involved in building them.
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Survivors of traumatic events may experience PTSD
More than two weeks ago, a four-story building under demolition collapsed on top of the Salvation Army Thrift Store at 22nd and Market streets, killing six people and injuring 13. Before firefighters and emergency rescue workers could arrive on the scene, ordinary passersby ran to the site to help those trapped in the rubble. After living through the collapse, and recovering from injuries, survivors may face another challenge—the potential for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, commonly known as PTSD.
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Nine Penn Students Receive State Department Critical Language Scholarships
Nine University of Pennsylvania students have won U.S. State Department 2013 Critical Language Scholarships to study languages during the summer: · Elliott Brooks, who will study Arabic in Morocco.
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KWH hosts freewheeling online book group
This summer, eager readers and writers will gather for a book group highlighting some of Penn’s finest nonfiction writers. The participants? Prospective Penn undergraduates. The location? The students’ closest computer or mobile device.
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Student Spotlight with Peter McGuckin
AIM HIGH … FLY-FIGHT-WIN: Rising junior Peter McGuckin, 20, is almost the textbook definition of a military brat. He was born in the Netherlands, where his parents met; his father was stationed in Europe as a member of the U.S. Air Force. The family moved to Delaware, Hawaii, Virginia, Belgium, Washington, D.C., and the state of Washington, all before McGuckin was in fifth grade. He grew up in Washington state.
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Penn: Pluripotent Stem Cells Made From Pancreatic Cancer Cells Show Progression
Pancreatic cancer carries a dismal prognosis. According to the National Cancer Institute, the overall five-year relative survival for 2003-2009 was 6 percent.Still, researchers and clinicians don’t have a non-invasive way to even detect early cells that portent later disease. ‘There’s no PSA test for pancreatic cancer,’ they say, and that’s one of the main reasons why pancreatic cancer is detected so late in its course.