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Penn named top producer of Fulbright U.S. students
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Penn named top producer of Fulbright U.S. students

The U.S. Department of State has named the University as a Fulbright U.S. Student Program Top Producing Institution for the 2022-23 academic year.

Dee Patel

Rewiring blood cells to give rise to precursors of sperm
microscopic image with blue, red, and green fluorescent labeling indicates cells that are developing to resemble germ cells

Providing the inducible pluripotent stem cells with appropriate growth conditions and signals, the research team was able to coax the cells to begin to resemble primordial germ cells found in marmoset embryos.

(Image: Yasunari Seita)

Rewiring blood cells to give rise to precursors of sperm

School of Veterinary Medicine researchers teamed with scientists at the University of Texas at San Antonio to transform blood cells to regain a flexible fate, growing into a precursor of sperm cells.

Katherine Unger Baillie

The storm of 1928 and the tempest’s legacies
A statue depicts a woman holding a baby, a school aged child and a man running from a hurricane.

A statue depicts a family fleeing from a hurricane in Belle Glade, Florida. A hurricane in 1928 caused Lake Okeechobee to breach its dike, wiping out the town and killing thousands. (Image: Courtesy of Brett Robert)

The storm of 1928 and the tempest’s legacies

Brett Robert’s research looks at a hurricane that killed thousands across the Caribbean and into Florida. His work explores how racial relationships shape the way people live and die within their environments.

Kristen de Groot

Flu vaccination rate holds but misinformation about flu and COVID persists
A person getting a vaccine shot.

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Flu vaccination rate holds but misinformation about flu and COVID persists

The latest Annenberg Science Knowledge survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center highlights continuing uncertainty about consequential information about the flu, COVID-19, and vaccination.

From the Annenberg Public Policy Center

The search for meaning
Seven students smile under the canopy of a motor-powered boat travelling on a river

Traveling by boat along the River Kwai, where the students spent their New Year.

(Image: Justin McDaniel)

The search for meaning

During the course Living Deliberately: Monks, Saints, and the Contemplative Life, taught by Justin McDaniel of the School of Arts & Sciences, students experiment with ascetic practices.

Kristina García

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.

Image: Penn Athletics

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.