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‘Sculpting the land’ of Penn Park

Upon completion of the 24-acre Penn Park project, expected to occur this fall, pedestrians will have access to walkways and green space along the Schuylkill River, with the city skyline as a backdrop. Three footbridges will give them access to the site. One will be located at 30th and Walnut streets; another will extend out from the existing Paley Bridge, located behind Franklin Field; and a third will be connected to the Weave Bridge, which is situated on the eastern edge of the site.

All Quaker sports, all the time

In 2007, the online Penn Sports Network (PSN), operated by Penn Athletics, was launched to offer Quaker fans, foreign and domestic, unparalleled access to all 33 varsity sports at the University, and exclusive live audio and video streaming of Penn athletic events.

Penn Research Identifies Potential Mechanisms for Future Anti-Obesity Drugs

PHILADELPHIA — An interdisciplinary group of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania has, for the first time, identified the neurological and cellular signaling mechanisms that contribute to satiety — the sensation of feeling full — and the subsequent body-weight loss produced by drugs used to treat type 2 diabetes.  More comprehensive knowledge of these mechanisms could form the basis for anti-obesity medications.

Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs’ 2011 Business Plan Competition Chooses 26 Semi-Finalists

PHILADELPHIA, PA - The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania announces that the Wharton Business Plan Competition has chosen its 26 semi-finalists. The semi-finalists of the Competition, which is open to any University of Pennsylvania student and managed by Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs, will compete for $116,000 in prizes and the chance to present full business plans at the annual Venture Finals on April 27, 2011.  

Penn Researchers Find New Role for Cancer Protein p53

PHILADELPHIA - The gene for the protein p53 is the most frequently mutated in human cancer. It encodes a tumor suppressor, and traditionally researchers have assumed that it acts primarily as a regulator of how genes are made into proteins. Now, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine show that the protein has at least one other biochemical activity: controlling the metabolism of the sugar glucose, one of body's main sources of fuel.

Penn Physicists Develop Scalable Method for Making Graphene

PHILADELPHIA — New research from the University of Pennsylvania demonstrates a more consistent and cost-effective method for making graphene, the atomic-scale material that has promising applications in a variety of fields, and was the subject of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics. As explained in a recently published study, a Penn research team was able to create high-quality graphene that is just a single atom thick over 95% of its area, using readily available materials and manufacturing processes that can be scaled up to industrial levels.

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Neurocriminology: How early can we see a brain basis for crime?

Adrian Raine, a Penn Integrates Knowledge professor in the Departments of Criminology, Psychiatry and Psychology, presented a collection of his work on neurocriminology that broadly attempts to connect criminal, psychopathic and aggressive behavior to physical characteristics of the brain at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Associat

And the Oscar goes to…

Think film professors have an edge over everyone else at accurately predicting Academy Award winners? Think again. “Although I supposedly know a lot about films, I’m terrible at picking the Oscars,” says Peter Decherney, director of the Cinema Studies Program at Penn. “We have a department pool every year and I’ve only won once. But it was purely by accident.”

Could your workstation be bad for your health?