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Centuries after discovery, red blood cells still hold surprises
Four microscopic views of red blood cells.

In these microscopic close-ups, samples of red blood cells aggregate from left to right, becoming more compact despite the absence of platelets, long thought essential to clotting.

(Image: Rustem Litvinov)

Centuries after discovery, red blood cells still hold surprises

In a new collaborative study, researchers at Penn turned to mechanical engineering to understand how blood clots can compact, even without platelets.

Ian Scheffler

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Penn leaders welcome first-years and families
Penn President J. Larry Jameson shaking hands with a new student at the NSO event.

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Penn leaders welcome first-years and families

President J. Larry Jameson offered a message of encouragement, comparing the scaffolding on Fisher Fine Arts Library to the support Penn will provide the Class of 2029, and Provost John L. Jackson Jr. told students they will be challenged both with new ideas and to embrace differences.

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Q&A on the College House system and advice for first-years
A smiling woman stands in front of her living room with arms folded.

Carol Muller is faculty director of Riepe College House, which houses first-year students. 

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    • Q&A on the College House system and advice for first-years

    Carol Muller, faculty director of Riepe College House, discusses what makes a first-year house special and how to create community.

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    Philly high schoolers imagine their futures through a Penn GSE summer program
    Instructor and student gaze at spider in a container.

    Adina Goldstein, top left, alongside Philadelphia high school students, examines a spider during a session with the School of Veterinary Medicine.

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    Philly high schoolers imagine their futures through a Penn GSE summer program

    The Academy at Penn, a five-year program in partnership with nonprofit Foundations, Penn Graduate School of Education, and the School District of Philadelphia, kicked off this summer with programming that empowered adolescents to assess their skills and imagine what’s possible for their careers.

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    International collaboration on nursing and midwifery in the Caribbean deemed a success, according to new study

    International collaboration on nursing and midwifery in the Caribbean deemed a success, according to new study

    A new publication the International Nursing Review highlights the success of an international partnership working to strengthen nursing and midwifery in the Caribbean, led by Penn Nursing’s Eileen T. Lake and Carmen Alvarez. The initiative supports the strategic goals of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization for nursing and midwifery workforce development in the Caribbean region.

    Kevin Volpp: Nudging populations toward better health
    Kevin Volpp.

    Kevin Volpp is the Mark V. Pauly President’s Distinguished Professor at the Perelman School of Medicine and Health Care Management at the Wharton School, and director at the Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics.

    (Image: Courtesy of the Wharton School)

    Kevin Volpp: Nudging populations toward better health

    Kevin Volpp, Mark V. Pauly President’s Distinguished Professor at the Perelman School of Medicine and Health Care Management at the Wharton School, discusses how behavioral health interventions can improve public health outcomes.

    From the Regulatory Review

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    The poetry of ancient math
    Medieval mathematical manuscript written in vernacular Malayalam script on palm-leaf

    Medieval mathematical manuscript written in vernacular Malayalam script on palm-leaf at the Oriental Research Institute and Manuscripts Library, Thiruvananthapuram, India. Ph.D. student Priya Nambrath is using manuscripts like these to better understand “a deeply grounded and long-lasting mathematical tradition.”

    (Image: Courtesy Priya Nambrath)

    The poetry of ancient math

    The methods and findings of pre-modern Indian mathematicians remain poorly understood. Priya Nambrath, a doctoral candidate in the School of Arts & Sciences’ Department of South Asia Studies, wants to change that.

    From Omnia

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    By the Numbers: Move-In 2025
    Students and their families outside the Quadrangle during Penn’s Move-In, some pushing Move-In carts.

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    By the Numbers: Move-In 2025

    With students arriving on Penn’s campus this week to move into the College Houses, Penn Today has compiled links to resources and statistics about the Move-In experience.

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