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Drug-related deaths in 2016 more than double the number actually attributed to drugs
Research from Penn and Georgetown shows that the estimated number of drug-associated deaths in the U.S. in 2016 was approximately double the number of deaths attributed to drugs.
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For this high school student, the trauma operating room is the classroom
Grayson Graham, a student at Germantown Friends School, recently completed an internship in a level 1 trauma center at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center.
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Building a diverse pipeline for business faculty
Since 2012, IDDEAS@Wharton has been a pathway for undergraduate students of all backgrounds to enter the world of business research.
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Fighting the opioid epidemic
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Leading change with Women of Color at Penn
African-American Resource Center's Colleen Winn on MLK, racial justice and her role as a mentor in the Penn community.
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AI tool helps find life-saving medicine for rare disease
Set to enter hospice care, a patient with idiopathic multicentric Castleman’s disease is now in remission after treatment with a medication predicated as the top treatment by an AI-guided analysis.
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Uncovering a way for pro-B cells to change trajectory
Researchers from the School of Veterinary Medicine and Perelman School of Medicine have found that YY1 knockout pro-B cells can generate T lineage cells helping B cells produce antibodies.
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Judy Shepard
In 1998, Matthew Shepard was just a 21-year-old student at the University of Wyoming. But in October of that year, Shepard came to stand for much more.
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In hot water: Coral resilience in the face of climate change
For nearly a decade researchers from Penn have been studying two coral species in Hawaii to better understand their adaptability to the effects of climate change.
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A 2021 Rhodes Scholar for Penn
May graduate Mackenzie Fierceton from St. Louis been awarded the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship for graduate study at the University of Oxford in England. She earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and is currently completing her master’s degree in clinical social work.