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Penn swimmers compete at 2012 Olympic Trials

Summer campus construction moving forward

Penn does not have an off season. Although most students have left for the summer, the campus echoes with the rumblings of jackhammers, heavy-duty delivery trucks and machinery, and hard-hatted construction crews. “Now that the majority of students have left campus, the rush is on to get much of the more disruptive construction projects done before the new academic year is upon us,” says Anne Papageorge, vice president of Facilities and Real Estate Services.

wH20 journal spreads word about women and water

In parts of the world that lack indoor plumbing or easy access to clean water, it’s often the woman’s job to find usable water for her family. wH2O: The Journal of Gender & Water, a new, free, publication started by two recent Penn graduates, aims to spread the word about the role women around the world play in accessing sustainable and sanitary water, and how that critical task affects them and their communities.

Penn Researchers Show ‘Neural Fingerprints’ of Memory Associations

PHILADELPHIA -- Researchers have long been interested in discovering the ways that human brains represent thoughts through a complex interplay of electrical signals.  Recent improvements in brain recording and statistical methods have given researchers unprecedented insight into the physical processes underlying thoughts.  For example, researchers have begun to show that it is possible to use brain recordings to reconstruct aspects of an image or movie clip someone is viewing, a sound someone is hearing or even the text someone is reading. 

Penn Medicine's Mariell Jessup Named President-elect of American Heart Association

PHILADELPHIA — Mariell Jessup, MD, associate chief-Clinical Affairs, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and medical director of the Penn Medicine Heart and Vascular Center, has been named president-elect of the American Heart Association (AHA). Dr. Jessup will begin her term on July 1, 2012. Then on July 1, 2013, she will officially become the president of the AHA.

Penn's Morris Arboretum Presents the Circus Comes to Compton

PHILADELPHIA -- This year marks the 125th anniversary of the land purchase for Compton, John and Lydia Morris’ estate that would become the Morris Arboretum.  As part of the celebration of this event, the Give & Take Jugglers will give an interactive performance on Saturday, June 30, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Penn: Gene Expression Test Identifies Low-risk Thyroid Nodules

PHILADELPHIA — A new test can be used to identify low-risk thyroid nodules, reducing unnecessary surgeries for people with thyroid nodules that have indeterminate results after biopsy. The results of the multi-center trial, which includes researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, appear online in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Penn Launches Its First Free Online Classes via Coursera

PHILADELPHIA -- This week, the University of Pennsylvania launched three free courses via Coursera, an online educational platform designed to make Web-based classes available more widely.    With the capacity to reach millions of people simultaneously, Coursera has a design inspired by educational research on effective learning practices and creates an interactive learning experience for the course offerings. 

Summer VETS Program Gives High School and College Students a Taste of Veterinary Life at Penn

Gently placing the stethoscope against the golden retriever’s furry rib cage, a woman listens intently through the earpiece. “Lungs auscult clear,” she declares — veterinarian-speak for a healthy-sounding respiratory system.

Taught by the Best: Penn Professor Stephanie McCurry to Lead Summer Seminar for Civil War History Teachers

A group of K-12 teachers, library educators and National Park Service interpreters are headed to the University of Pennsylvania this summer to study the Civil War with one of the conflict’s foremost historians.