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David Zaring breaks down the Pandora Papers
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While offshore accounts conjure up images of Lichtenstein or the Caribbean, these financial dealings are legal in several U.S. states.

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    • David Zaring breaks down the Pandora Papers

    Following the leak of the Pandora Papers, detailing both legal and illegal financial transactions, there is bipartisan support of more oversight regarding secret trusts, but establishing international regulation continues to be difficult.

    Kristina García

    Historic move ushers in new era of care
    exterior of penn patient pavilion

    The opening of the Pavilion marks the completion of the University’s largest capital building project, and culmination of a planning and design process years in the making. (Image: Eric Sucar)

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    Historic move ushers in new era of care

    Over eight hours, 310 patients moved to the Pavilion, a 17-story, 1.5-million-square-foot addition to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania campus.

    Katherine Unger Baillie , Michele W. Berger

    The controversy surrounding vaccinations, then and now
    Person in a white coat reaching into a refrigerator full of bagged vaccines.

    Image: Dan Burke

    The controversy surrounding vaccinations, then and now

    Robert Aronowitz, Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Social Sciences, reflects on vaccine hesitancy today compared to the past, and the politicization of public health.

    From Omnia

    Philadelphia artist Odili Odita’s Pavilion mural is a ‘kaleidoscope landscape’
    Odili Odita stands in front of his mural in the Penn Medicine Pavilion.

    Philadelphia-based artist Odili Donald Odita aimed to transport viewers to a colorful, outdoor scene. (Image: Penn Medicine News)

    Philadelphia artist Odili Odita’s Pavilion mural is a ‘kaleidoscope landscape’

    The mural, titled “Field and Sky” spans two floors of the Pavilion, with rich bright colors evocative of nature to generate the idea of being in different stages of daylight.

    Lauren Ingeno

    Gender and identity: A lecture on diversity
    An image of a Black woman with a flower crown. Text reads "no pride without Black trans lives"

    The work of BIPOC activists is integral to the history of women's rights and LGBTQ+ rights, says Melissa Sanchez

    Gender and identity: A lecture on diversity

    In the first in a series of diversity lectures offered through the Office of Affirmative Action & Equal Opportunity Programs, Melissa E. Sanchez of the School of Arts & Sciences spoke on “Addressing a More Complex and Encompassing Understanding of Identity.”

    Kristina García

    Supporting Philadelphia newcomers and longtime residents through Palms Solutions
    Person holds up sign that says "Free Food" at a distribution event

    Wil Prall, a biology doctoral student, volunteered as part of Palm It Forward, an event organized by Palms Solutions to support the West Philadelphia community during the pandemic. (Image: Courtesy of Mecky Pohlschröder)

    Supporting Philadelphia newcomers and longtime residents through Palms Solutions

    Founded by a Penn alum, the West Philadelphia-based nonprofit connects members from area African and Caribbean immigrant communities with students through mentoring and tutoring alongside social and cultural exchanges.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    A new model for how the brain perceives unique odors
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    A new study from the lab of Vijay Balasubramanian describes a statistical model for how the olfactory system discerns unique odors. This work provides a starting point for generating new hypotheses and conducting experiments that can help researchers better understand this complex, crucial area of the brain.

    A new model for how the brain perceives unique odors

    Using statistical physics and insights from biology, this research can help inform new hypotheses and experiments towards understanding the olfactory system, a complex and crucial pathway of the brain.

    Erica K. Brockmeier

    What will it take to curb insider trading?
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    What will it take to curb insider trading?

    Wharton’s Daniel Taylor discusses why legislative changes are needed to get insider trading under control.

    From Knowledge at Wharton