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Football hero
A new statue at Franklin Field will honor Penn alum and NFL Hall-of-Famer Chuck Bednarik. Known as “Concrete Charlie,” Bednarik played for the Quakers from 1945 to 1948, and then for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1949 to 1962.
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A bus minus a whale equals a new look at math
What first-hand knowledge do West Philadelphia middle school students have about whales? Probably not much, considering the scarcity of whales in the area. New Jersey’s Adventure Aquarium doesn’t have any on display, nor does Baltimore’s National Aquarium. (Although there was that time a beluga whale made its way up the Delaware River.)
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Annenberg Center celebrates four decades of advancing the performing arts
Without the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia’s theater landscape would look vastly different.
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Can we still call the Health System ‘Penn Medicine’?
Dear Benny: Did changing the name of Penn’s medical school to the Perelman School of Medicine also change the name of the hospital and the overall Penn medical system? Is it no longer correct to refer to Penn’s many medical institutes and centers as simply Penn Medicine? --What’s In A Name?Dear WIAN:
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Penn Study: More Green, Less Crime: Rehabilitating Vacant Lots Improves Urban Health, Safety
PHILADELPHIA – Greening of vacant urban land may affect the health and safety of nearby residents, according to a study published online in the American Journal of Epidemiology this week. The team, led by senior author Charles C.
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In New Study, Penn Researchers Unveil Decline of Higher Education Opportunity and Affordability in Illinois
PHILADELPHIA — Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education have found a decade-long decline of higher education opportunity and affordability in Illinois. They also found that state leaders have abandoned effective policies that once resulted in outstanding performance in higher education.
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Penn: In a Childhood Cancer, Basic Biology Offers Clues to Better Treatments
PHILADELPHIA - By studying tumor biology at the molecular level, researchers are gaining a deeper understanding of drug resistance - and how to avoid it by designing pediatric cancer treatments tailored to specific mutations in a child’s DNA. In a fruitful collaboration, pediatric oncologists and biochemists are targeting neuroblastoma, an often-deadly childhood cancer of the peripheral nervous system.
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Penn: A More Flexible Window Into the Brain
PHILADELPHIA - A team of researchers co-led by the University of Pennsylvania has developed and tested a new high-resolution, ultra-thin device capable of recording brain activity from the cortical surface without having to use penetrating electrodes. The device could make possible a whole new generation of brain-computer interfaces for treating neurological and psychiatric illness and research. The work was published in Nature Neuroscience.
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Penn Celebrates Groundbreaking of New College House
On the blustery afternoon of Friday, Nov. 8, under a tent set up on Hill Field, the Penn community gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking of a new college house—what President Amy Gutmann called a “living, learning community.”
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Tales from the Crypt: Penn Study on Gut Cell Regeneration Reconciles Long-Standing Research Controversy
PHILADELPHIA - The lining of the intestine regenerates itself every few days as compared to say red blood cells that turn over every four months. The cells that help to absorb food and liquid that humans consume are constantly being produced. The various cell types that do this come from stem cells that reside deep in the inner recesses of the accordion-like folds of the intestines, called villi and crypts.