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Penn Study Explains Paradox of Insulin Resistance Genetics
PHILADELPHIA - Obesity and insulin resistance are almost inevitably associated with increases in lipid accumulation in the liver, a serious disease that can deteriorate to hepatitis and liver failure. A real paradox in understanding insulin resistance is figuring out why insulin-resistant livers make more fat. Insulin resistance occurs when the body does a poor job of lowering blood sugars.
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Mark O. Winkelman Named Chair of Penn Medicine Board
PHILADELPHIA -- Mark O. Winkelman, a member of the University of Pennsylvania’s Board of Trustees, has been named chair of Penn Medicine, effective Nov. 1. He currently serves as a member of the Penn Medicine Board and its Executive Committee.The announcement was made by David L. Cohen, chairman of Penn’s Board of Trustees, and Penn President Amy Gutmann.
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White House and School of Social Policy & Practice Host Dialogue on HIV/AIDS Strategy
The White House Office of National AIDS Policy, along with the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice, hosted a panel, “Sustaining the Community-Based Response to HIV,” Oct. 20 at Penn. About 150 attended.
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Penn Hosts Conference on Life and Work of Israeli Author Aharon Appelfeld Oct. 26-27
WHO: Aharon Appelfeld, author WHAT: International Conference on the Life and Work of Israeli Author Aharon Appelfeld
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Penn Women’s Center kitchen goes green
When the Penn Women’s Center (PWC) decided to add a kitchen to its 3643 Locust Walk home, Director Felicity Paxton envisioned a space with just a few sustainable features. The PWC ended up with a dedicated green space far beyond Paxton’s wildest dreams. Over the summer, a former PWC office was transformed into a stylish, completely sustainable kitchen. With its recycled wood cabinets and countertop, energy-saving appliances and worm compost box, the kitchen is a model of sustainability.
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Explore Africa for free at Museum community night
When you picture Africa, what do you see? Do you see a vast, fertile continent home to some of the world’s oldest and most advanced civilizations? Or do you see a country filled with corruption, AIDS and ethnic strife? Do you envision the beauty of the Serengeti or the bustling of Lagos? Or do you picture a “Dark Continent” burdened with starving children and cities of slums and refugee camps? When you close your eyes and imagine Africa, what do you see?
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Inaugural Penn Lightbulb Café to Focus on JFK’s Secret Cuban Missile Crisis Tapes
WHO: David Gibson, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Pennsylvania WHAT: Penn Lightbulb Café lecture on “Conversational Syntax, Turn-Taking and the Fate of the World During the Cuban Missile Crisis
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Penn’s Ralph Brinster Receives National Medal of Science at White House in Live-Streamed Event
PHILADELPHIA — Ralph Brinster of the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine has received the National Medal of Science. The award is the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on scientists and engineers.
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Community farm takes root in Southwest Philly
West Philadelphia youth who have been growing vegetables in their schoolyards or in small plots around their neighborhoods as part of Penn’s Agatston Urban Nutrition Initiative (AUNI) can soon till a real field, orchard and berry patch at the new Community Farm and Food Resource Center at Bartram’s Garden.
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SEAS students hack gaming device to help visually impaired
Despite amazing advances in computers and cameras, people with serious visual impairments are often aided with the most basic technology imaginable: a cane.