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Questioning what we know about dementia
An elderly person, seated, holds hands with a caregiver standing over them.

Questioning what we know about dementia

Penn researchers are looking into moments of sudden, clear communication in someone with progressive neurodegenerative disease for a deeper understanding of both brain science and philosophy.

From Penn Memory Center

Lead toxicity risk factors in Philadelphia
a hand-held device is used to measure lead levels in a soil sample

Researchers used data on soil lead content to inform their analysis of the contributing factors to lead exposure risk around Philadelphia. Many samples were collected during Academically Based Community Service courses taught at Penn. (Image: Alex Schein)

Lead toxicity risk factors in Philadelphia

Two studies identify factors that correlate with high blood-lead levels in children, pointing to ongoing environmental justice issues that disproportionately fall on children of color and poorer communities in the city.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Annie Ma bridges the contemporary with classics
Woman in formal dress stands in front of blue geometric artwork

 Annie Ma foregrounding artwork by Jet LeParti.

Annie Ma bridges the contemporary with classics

Annie Ma, a junior in the School of Arts & Sciences, responded to the rise in anti-Asian violence with a renewed sense of identity and purpose, reconciling her love for classics with her love for contemporary East Asian culture.

Kristina García

HUP Pavilion’s halo lights up: A beacon for awareness
Magnolia Wang stands on an outdoor viewing point with HUP in the background illuminated in green and purple lights.

Magnolia Wang, a junior biology major, led a light-up initiative for international Rare Disease Day. (Image: Penn Medicine News)

HUP Pavilion’s halo lights up: A beacon for awareness

The tops of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Pavilion is periodically lit up in colors to support causes that matter to Penn Medicine, like Rare Disease Day and relief efforts for Ukrainians.

From Penn Medicine News

Tangen Hall brings together aspiring entrepreneurs across the University
students working in tangen hall lab

Penn students working on the first floor of Tangen Hall. The first floor of the building is home to three of the five innovation spaces operated by Penn Engineering, which are intended to teach students to use physical tools to prototype and test their ideas. 

Tangen Hall brings together aspiring entrepreneurs across the University

At seven stories and 68,000 square feet, the Wharton-led Tangen is the largest student entrepreneurship hub in the world.

Dee Patel

Penn Political Union in conversation with John Bolton
John Bolton sits on a stage at Irvine Auditorium with the president of the Penn Political Union

Former U.S. national security advisor John Bolton speaks with Lexi Boccuzzi, president of the Penn Political Union. (Photo: Courtesy of Eric Stabach)

Penn Political Union in conversation with John Bolton

The former U.S. national security adviser was on campus as part of a series of speaker events that promote the free expression of differing views and provide a forum for civil dialogue across the political divide.

Kristen de Groot

Four Quakers score Big 5 accolades
From left, Mia Lakstigala, Kayla Padilla, Jordan Obi, and Jordan Dingle make moves with the ball during games.

Four Quakers score Big 5 accolades

Mia Lakstigala, Kayla Padilla, and Jordan Obi of the women’s basketball team and Jordan Dingle of the men’s basketball team picked up Big 5 postseason awards.

Solutions to mitigate climate change, from the IPCC
Side of a building. Some of the window spaces are covered with bars. Others are covered with plants and other options for greening the building.

Solutions to mitigate climate change, from the IPCC

The latest assessment offers both a harsh reality check and a path forward. Experts William Braham, Peter Psarras, and Michael Mann offer their thoughts.

Michele W. Berger

Discovering new ways to control light
Microscopic view of iron phosphorous trisulfide.

The different colors in this sample of iron phosphorous trisulfide (FePS3) correspond to regions with varying thicknesses, which form different “cavity” modes at different wavelengths. (Image: Penn Engineering Today)

Discovering new ways to control light

Researchers found a magnetic property in a class of materials that enables light manipulation on the nanoscale, with implications for applications such as information storage and energy harvesting.

From Penn Engineering Today

Providing naloxone in the emergency department can save lives
A hand holding a syringe on a table with latex gloves and two naloxone kits.

Image: Governor Tom Wolf via Flickr

Providing naloxone in the emergency department can save lives

A survey finds that approximately half of the patients said that they were carrying naloxone after their ED visit and two-thirds planned to continue carrying naloxone in the future.

From Penn LDI