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Students on College Green throw colorful powder in the air for Holi.

Holi marks a celebration of spring and community

A celebration of Holi on Friday, April 1 brought students together to throw color powders symbolizing the triumph of good over evil, as well as Penn’s multicultural pride and community.

At Meiklejohn Stadium against Dartmouth, junior utility player Ben Miller swings at a pitch.

Ben Miller’s six-RBI day jolts Penn past Dartmouth

The Quakers defeated the Big Green 10-9 on Sunday at Meiklejohn Stadium. Junior Ben Miller hit a game-altering grand slam.

Composing an interplay of music and language

A Ph.D. candidate in music, composer-pianist Ania Vu brings her Vietnamese roots, Polish upbringing, and experience studying in America to her music compositions and lyrics. She is now writing an original opera for her doctoral dissertation, to be premiered in Philadelphia.

Key to detecting ovarian cancer early may be in the fallopian tubes

A lack of early detection or prevention strategies for ovarian cancer is a major cause of poor outcomes for patients, and most do not have a family history or inherited genetic risk, so there is a pressing need for the development of earlier detection methods.

A Penn Med student holds up their Match Day letter standing next to a friend or family member.

Match Day 2022: Persevering through the pandemic to become physicians

On March 18, 160 graduating Perelman School of Medicine students celebrated Match Day at the Jordan Medical Education Center, along with their peers, friends, and family members.

Dental faculty member Alonso Carrasco-Labra

Creating global systems for evidence-informed oral health policy

Alonso Carrasco-Labra, who joined the School of Dental Medicine in 2021, is a leader in developing new policy and clinical guidelines across areas of medicine.

Three children playing outside in the sunshine.

CHOP and Penn Medicine to lead Philadelphia Regional Center for Children’s Environmental Health

The new center, funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, aims to identify and protect children in vulnerable communities from environmental exposures.

Young child laying on their back putting their feet on an exercise ball with an adult helping and an X ray on the wall.

A possible key to supporting muscle regeneration in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

New Perelman School of Medicine research found that restoring a single protein in muscles affected by the genetic disorder Duchenne muscular dystrophy improved their ability to heal.

Wind turbines in water, with a sunset in the background.

Talking energy at Penn

Energy Week 2022, hosted by the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy and the Vagelos Institute for Energy Science and Technology, runs April 4-8. It includes student presentations, along with conversations about renewables, energy and the war in Ukraine, and much more.

Children raising their hands with a rainbow in the background

Understanding migration and the arts

In the latest episode of Penn Today’s “Understand This …” podcast series, Obed Arango of the School of Social Policy & Practice, alongside Wolf Humanities Graduate Fellow Shelley Zhang, discuss migration, the arts, and identity.

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