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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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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.
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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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Getting a Well-Rounded Education at Penn
What Xiaotong Chen describes as a case of “culture shock” at her first campus social event, became the motivation for her to immerse herself in campus activities and experience all that the University of Pennsylvania has to offer. A native of Wuhan, China, Chen received her undergraduate degree in English language and literature in Beijing before arriving at Penn in 2011.
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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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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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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 Study: Staging System in ALS Shows Potential Tracks of Disease Progression
The motor neuron disease Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, progresses in a stepwise, sequential pattern which can be classified into four distinct stages, report pathologists with the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in the Annals of Neurology.
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Mr. Secretary: Penn Grad on Team USA at Y8 Summit
Just weeks after earning his bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Pennsylvania, Alex Haber is heading to London to join the official United States delegation to the Y8 Summit June 24-28. Haber will serve as secretary of state. In his capacity as head of the U.S. State Department at the Y8, or Youth8 Summit, he’ll join an American pseudo-president, defense secretary, attorney general and other simulated delegation members to develop foreign policy proposals that reflect U.S. interests and values.