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University of Pennsylvania Student Wins Truman Scholarship
Christina Economy, a junior at the University of Pennsylvania, has been awarded a Harry S. Truman Scholarship, a merit-based award for college students who plan to pursue careers in government or in public service and who wish to attend graduate or professional school to help prepare for their careers.Economy, of Hawaii, is pursuing a double major in international relations and economics at Penn. She has interned at the Center for Democracy in the Americas and will be an intern at the U.S. embassy in La Paz, Bolivia, this summer.
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Penn Nursing Student’s Family Ties Propel Him Forward
“Well-rounded” just doesn’t seem to cover it. Nor does “always busy.” Andrew Dierkes, 19, is a sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania, but, he’s no ordinary undergraduate.When he’s not occupied with his studies as a full-time nursing student, Dierkes can be found working at one of his two part-time jobs.
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Peter H. Ammon Named Penn’s Chief Investment Officer
Peter H. Ammon has been named chief investment officer for the University of Pennsylvania. Currently a director in the Yale University Investments Office, he will begin his new duties at Penn on July 1. Ammon will be responsible for overseeing management of the University's endowment and pension plan, which were valued on June 30, 2012, at $6.8 billion and $1 billion, respectively.
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Penn Research Shows That Young Children Have Grammar and Chimpanzees Don’t
A new study from the University of Pennsylvania has shown that children as young as 2 understand basic grammar rules when they first learn to speak and are not simply imitating adults. The study also applied the same statistical analysis on data from one of the most famous animal language-acquisition experiments — Project Nim — and showed that Nim Chimpsky, a chimpanzee who was taught sign language over the course of many years, never grasped rules like those in a 2-year-old’s grammar.
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Penn Study Finds Increased Sleep Could Reduce Rate of Adolescent Obesity
Increasing the number of hours of sleep adolescents get each night may reduce the prevalence of adolescent obesity, according to a new study by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Results of the study show that fewer hours of sleep is associated with greater increases in adolescent body mass index (BMI) for participants between 14 and 18-years-old.
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Penn Researchers Help Find Therapeutic Target for Treating Brain Injury
A research team including members of the Department of Bioengineering in the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science has discovered that drug intervention to reduce intercellular signaling between astrocytes following traumatic brain injury reduces cognitive deficits and damage.
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Social Impact Millionaires: Penn’s Wharton School Advances With Mayor’s Challenge
A group of Wharton students and faculty recently helped Philadelphia receive a million dollars. As one of five winners in the Bloomberg Mayors Challenge, the Wharton Social Impact Initiative helped to design the Philadelphia Social Enterprise Partnership, a proposal that will stimulate creative ideas to improve city life and address some of its biggest issues like poverty, housing and education.
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Silfen Forum takes on open learning and higher ed
A revolution is afoot in higher education.
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Give lots of love with ‘Locks of Love’
Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease that causes the body’s immune system to attack hair follicles, leading to hair loss. Some individuals afflicted by the disease experience complete hair loss on the scalp. The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) reports that alopecia areata, which often begins in childhood, affects nearly 2 percent of all Americans. There is no known cure or drugs approved for treatment.
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Return of the Philadelphia Science Festival
For the third year in a row, Penn will be well-represented at the Philadelphia Science Festival, a 10-day celebration of the STEM fields: science, technology, engineering, and math.