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A heart start for Milkshake, the fainting goat
A veterinarian checks a fainting goats heart rate in a vet office.

Laurence Leduc performs an ultrasound on Milkshake during a follow-up appointment. (Image: Penn Vet News)

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A heart start for Milkshake, the fainting goat

When Milkshake’s vitals were dangerously compromised, a team at Penn Vet’s New Bolton Center pinpointed the problem in the fainting goat’s heart, and saved her life.

From Penn Vet

Weitzman Plaza dedicated as ‘one of Penn’s great gathering places’
Fritz Steiner, Stuart Weitzman,  Cindy Sanders, and Craig Carnaroli standing outside Weitzman Plaza by a plaque that reads Stuart Weitzman.

Weitzman dean Fritz Steiner, Stuart Weitzman, OLIN CEO and Weitzman faculty member Cindy Sanders, and senior executive vice president Craig Carnaroli. (Image: Weitzman News)

Weitzman Plaza dedicated as ‘one of Penn’s great gathering places’

The plaza, named for Stuart Weitzman, Wharton Class of 1963, was extensively renovated in 2021 and celebrated on May 13 with a ceremony.
Elucidating the developmental origin of life-sustaining adrenal glands
microscopic image with proteins labeled in red and blue shows tissue that develops into the adrenal glands

The adrenal glands, which pump out crucial hormones, develops differently in mice compared to primates, including humans, according to new research led by the School of Veterinary Medicine. At at early stage of development, the primate adrenogenic coelomic epithelium, which eventually gives rise to the adrenal glands, expresses genes (NR5A1 in red, and GATA1 in blue) in a pattern that diverged with expectations. (Image: Kotaro Sasaki)

Elucidating the developmental origin of life-sustaining adrenal glands

Research led by the School of Veterinary Medicine reveals that adrenal development proceeds differently in humans than it does in mice.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Quakers ante up for postseason play
A collage of men's lacrosse players and players on the baseball team performing various sporting actions while playing in games.

Quakers ante up for postseason play

The baseball team and the men’s lacrosse team will be in action this weekend in the Ivy League Championship Series and NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship, respectively.
Dirk Trauner appointed Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor
Dirk Trauner.

Dirk Trauner will be the George A. Weiss University Professor, with joint appointments in the Department of Chemistry in the School of Arts & Sciences and the Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics in the Perelman School of Medicine.

Dirk Trauner appointed Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor

Trauner, one of the world’s most innovative interdisciplinary chemists, will have joint appointments in the School of Arts & Sciences and in the Perelman School of Medicine.
Penn Athletics hires Liz Nobis as first-ever mental health professional
Franklin Field, with center city Philadelphia to the right in the background.

Penn Athletics hires Liz Nobis as first-ever mental health professional

Nobis earned her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Biola University’s Rosemead School of Psychology in 2021 and has been serving as a postdoctoral fellow at Penn’s Counseling Services for the past year.

Penn Today Staff

COVID mortality age patterns changed significantly during pandemic
An empty hospital bed in a hospital room.

COVID mortality age patterns changed significantly during pandemic

Between March 2020 and October 2021, death rates from the virus decreased for those 80 and older and increased for those 25 to 54, results that held across racial and ethnic groups.

Michele W. Berger

Class of 2022 Ivy Day
Eight students holding awards in front of College Hall.

Ivy Day celebrated the Class of 2022 with a special emphasis on resilience and perseverance.

Class of 2022 Ivy Day

Continuing a tradition spanning nearly 150 years, the Class of 2022 Ivy Day Ceremony celebrated leadership, service, and scholarship, with a special emphasis on resilience and perseverance.

Kristina García