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Pro-choice activists hold signs reading "keep abortion legal' and "protect abortion access' in front of the US Supreme Court building

Texas abortion ban

Penn Law’s Serena Mayeri on what the law means and what’s next for Texas and the nation.

Screen capture of 11 participants in a Zoom call.

New program inspires underrepresented young women to cancer research

The Abramson Cancer Center’s Summer Health Experience, or SHE, program introduces young women to careers in cancer research. Statistics show that Black and Latinx women are severely underrepresented in the health sciences.

Front of College Hall lit up with red and blue lights during Convocation with students seated on lawn.

Feeling ‘rejuvenated’ on campus, students celebrate Convocation

Penn’s newest students gathered on College Green on Monday, Aug. 30, to kick off the University’s 282nd year.

An aerial view of Franklin Field, with Center City in the background.

Penn Athletics announces fall sport spectator guidelines

All spectators in attendance (12 years old and above) must attest to having been vaccinated and face coverings are required at all indoor and outdoor competition venues.

Sign in grocery store windows indicating that SNAP is welcomed there.

In-person requirements decreased WIC participation during the pandemic

Prior to the pandemic, only about half of all eligible families received WIC benefits. In a recent study in JAMA, Penn Medicine researchers examined one way in which these burdens may have worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Restoring ‘chaperone’ protein may prevent plaque buildup in Alzheimer’s

Penn Medicine researchers show how restoring levels of the protein DAXX and a large group of similar proteins prevents the misfolding of the rogue proteins known to drive Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases.

Mia Shenk, right, celebrates after scoring the game-winning goal against George Mason at Rhodes Field.

Quakers push past Patriots

The women’s soccer team defeated George Mason 2-1 on Sunday, giving Casey Brown her first win as head coach.

Penn mRNA researchers Drew Weissman and Katalin Karikó awarded the 2021 Albany Prize

For their landmark research that set a foundation for the mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, Drew Weissman and Katalin Karikó have been selected to receive the prize after decades of work.

Hasan Küçük stands with his hands in his jeans pockets in front of the wooden double doors and red brick facade of Fisher-Bennett Hall

Harun Küçük brings science, philosophy, and history to the Middle East Center

The newly appointed faculty director says his aim “first and foremost is to maintain all the good things that the Center’s already doing.”

Xunjing Wu on a mid-career switch to computer science

Penn’s Online Master of Computer and Information Technology degree allows professionals like Wu the opportunity to switch careers without restarting their education from the beginning.

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