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Advancing research and education to push forward oral health excellence
Esra Sahingur in the halls of the dental school

Sinem Esra Sahingur has both research and administrative duties as associate dean of graduate studies and student research at Penn Dental Medicine.

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Advancing research and education to push forward oral health excellence

Since joining the School of Dental Medicine faculty in 2019, Sinem Esra Sahingur has launched two new master’s programs, expanded student research, and continued to pursue her own research program on immune regulation.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Hafez named Ivy League Rookie of the Year
At the Penn Squash Center, Omar Hafez prepares to swing at the ball during a match.

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Hafez named Ivy League Rookie of the Year

The first-year player on the men’s squash team finished the regular season with a 13-1 record. He is the second consecutive Quaker to take home conference Rookie of the Year honors.
Wharton/Engineering conference showcases advances in data science
Speakers on stage sitting in chairs.

The 4th annual Women in Data Science (WiDS) @ Penn Conference at the Perry World House.

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Wharton/Engineering conference showcases advances in data science

The 4th annual Women in Data Science @ Penn conference featured an array of impressive industry, academic, and student speakers, each of whom possesses unique insights into the study and application of data science.

Dee Patel

Penn Dental Medicine becomes first Cochrane Oral Health Collaborating Center
Alonso Carrasco-Labra

Alonso Carrasco-Labra of Penn Dental Medicine is director of the Cochrane Oral Health Collaborating Center.

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Penn Dental Medicine becomes first Cochrane Oral Health Collaborating Center

The Cochrane Oral Health Collaborating Center at Penn Dental Medicine is the first oral-health-oriented Cochrane collaborative group in the world.

From Penn Dental Medicine

A look at the history of affirmative action with Mary Frances Berry
resident Lyndon B. Johnson reaches to shake hands with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson reaches to shake hands with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. after presenting the civil rights leader with one of the 72 pens used to sign the Civil Rights Act in Washington. Surrounding the president, from left: Rep. Roland Libonati, D-Ill., Rep. Peter Rodino, D-N.J., Rev. King, Emanuel Celler, D-N.Y., and behind Celler is Whitney Young, executive director of the National Urban League.

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    • A look at the history of affirmative action with Mary Frances Berry

    The Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and professor of history emerita shares the origins of the term, discusses the practice’s early champions and highlights the ensuing controversies.

    Kristen de Groot

    New insights into the mechanisms of tumor growth
    3d render of cells secreting exosomes.

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    New insights into the mechanisms of tumor growth

    A team of researchers led by the School of Arts & Science’s Wei Guo characterize the molecular pathways that play a major role in tumorigenesis, findings that could lead to better diagnostic tools for cancer and new targeted therapies.
    From a small town in Lebanon to cancer research
    A banner hanging outside in a small town in Lebanon.

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    From a small town in Lebanon to cancer research

    When Mayassa Bou-Dargham, a postdoctoral fellow in Penn’s Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute received a pilot project grant, a banner was hung in her Lebanese hometown. Getting there took years of determination, self-confidence and, in small part, fate.

    From Penn Medicine News

    Business and Black excellence
    AAMBAA students in front of fisher fine arts (On homepage) AAMBAA’s members gather in front of Fisher Fine Arts Library. “You cannot understate the power of seeing yourself,” says Marques Stevenson, who is AAMBAA’s co-president. “AAMBAA helps increase the visibility of African American business leaders within the Wharton community and beyond.”

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    Business and Black excellence

    The African American MBA Association at the Wharton School celebrates its 50th anniversary.

    Kristina García

    Three ways to respond following the earthquake in Turkey and Syria
    A building standing amid piles of rubble set against a blue sky. The building is partially collapsed.

    A building in Antakya, in southeastern Turkey, was heavily damaged during the earthquake in Turkey and Syria.

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    Three ways to respond following the earthquake in Turkey and Syria

    Guidance from the Center for High Impact Philanthropy, Penn Global, and Penn Medicine’s disaster preparedness team on how to help from afar and what resources are available on campus.

    Michele W. Berger, Kristina García , Juliana Rosati