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Penn Study: Downsides of Cancer Care Rarely Seen in Black Media
PHILADELPHIA -- Blacks in the United States who rely on African American news publications for health information are about three times less likely to learn about important aspects of cancer care than they would be if they turned to mainstream media for the same information.
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Penn alumna receives award for work combating discrimination against women
Honored for her lifelong work on behalf of women everywhere, Carol E. Tracy, the executive director of the Women’s Law Project (WLP) and a Penn alumna and lecturer, received the inaugural Sadie Alexander Leadership Award on Oct. 5 from the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations.The award, named for one of Penn's most distinguished alumnae, was presented during a celebration of the Commission’s 60th anniversary at the Warwick Hotel in Center City.
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Gobble up goodies at Employee Resource Fair
Here’s a tip. Don’t come empty handed to the Employee Resource Fair.
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Penn researcher identifies “superfast” muscles in bats
The phrase “blind as a bat” is a little unfair to the nocturnal mammals. Bats actually survive because of their amazing perceptive abilities. Working in total darkness, they catch tiny insects that can quickly fly in any direction. But this ability stems not from their eyes. It comes from their vocal chords and echolocation. By bouncing sound waves off objects in their environment and pinpointing the position of their prey using echoes, some bats can catch hundreds, even thousands, of insects a night.
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Paul Hendrickson Takes on Ernest Hemingway, the Unconventional Way
Paul Hendrickson has adapted the conventions of literary biography in an unconventional way to explore the life of Ernest Hemingway in his new book, Hemingway’s Boat: Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost, 1934-1961.
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Penn’s Craig R. Carnaroli to Chair Group Advising Philadelphia School District on Finances and Operations
PHILADELPHIA – Craig R. Carnaroli, executive vice president of the University of Pennsylvania, has been named chair of the Financial Operations and Systems Working Group, which will advise the Philadelphia School Reform Commission. The announcement was made by Mayor Michael Nutter in conjunction with the SRC and Ron Tomalis, the Pennsylvania secretary of education.
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Rebooting the System: Immune Cells Repair Damaged Lung Tissues after Flu Infection, Penn Study Finds
There’s more than one way to mop up after a flu infection. Now, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania report this week in Nature Immunology that a previously unrecognized population of lung immune cells orchestrate the body’s repair response following flu infection.
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Penn Researchers Find a New Twist in a Blindness-causing Disease Gene
PHILADELPHIA — After more than three decades of research, University of Pennsylvania veterinarians and vision-research scientists, with associates at Cornell University, have identified a gene responsible for a blindness-inducing disease that afflicts dogs. In the process, the Penn scientists may have discovered clues about how retinal cells, and perhaps even neurons, can be regenerated.
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Arthur Ross Gallery, History of Art Department to Host 'Exhibiting Avant-Garde Art at Mid-Century'
PHILADELPHIA — Alexander Kauffman, a graduate student from the University of Pennsylvania’s History of Art Department, will lecture on “Philadelphia’s ‘Modern Museum’: Exhibiting Avant-Garde Art at Mid-Century” at the Arthur Ross Gallery, Wednesday, Oct. 5, from 5 to 6 p.m. This lecture is a part of the Gallery’s current exhibition, “An American Odyssey: The Warner Collection of American Art,” which runs through Nov. 6.
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Penn Study Shows Increased Alzheimer's Biomarkers in Patients After Anesthesia and Surgery
Philadelphia - The possibility that anesthesia and surgery produces lasting cognitive losses has gained attention over past decades, but direct evidence has remained ambiguous and controversial. Now, researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania provide further evidence that Alzheimer's pathology may be increased in patients after surgery.