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In These Times: ‘Race and Repair’
Drawing of books, an African American student’s face, a diploma, a fist in the air.

Image: Adriana Bellet

In These Times: ‘Race and Repair’

OMNIA’s final episodes look into how institutions have perpetuated racial hierarchies, how the past reverberates through the present, and consider what justice looks like.

From Omnia

Rajan Jain’s unique journey to becoming a physician-scientist
Rajan Jain headshot.

Rajan Jain, assistant professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Cell and Developmental Biology. (Image: Penn Medicine)

Rajan Jain’s unique journey to becoming a physician-scientist

A physician-scientist, Jain treats patients as a cardiologist in addition to seeking new knowledge about stem cell biology, heart development, and genome organization in his lab.

From Penn Medicine News

How the human-animal bond complements treatment for veterans
Person in wheelchair pets a service dog sitting in the grass next to them.

How the human-animal bond complements treatment for veterans

For some military veterans, these four-legged accomplices also take on the role of therapist and confidant in the battle against post-traumatic stress disorder.

From Penn Medicine News

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor: 40th anniversary of a historic first
Three people stand in front of a bookcase full of books in burgundy binding, the man on the left is wearing judge robes and has his right hand in the air, the woman on the right is in judge robes and has her right hand in the air and left hand on a bible and a man in the middle wears a suit and tie, is holding the bible and is looking at the woman

Sandra Day O’Connor is sworn in to the Supreme Court by Chief Justice Warren Burger as her husband John O’Connor looks on.

(Image: Courtesy of U.S. National Archives)

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor: 40th anniversary of a historic first

July 7 marked 40 years since O’Connor was nominated to the Supreme Court. Scholar Marci A. Hamilton shares her thoughts on O’Connor’s legacy

Kristen de Groot

P.O. Box 34: Students connect with incarcerated writers
House number sign that reads 34.

Image: Marianne Bos vis Unsplash

P.O. Box 34: Students connect with incarcerated writers

Incarcerated writers who participate in the P.O. Box 34 program are paired up with a Penn undergraduate student who corresponds with them about their work.

From Annenberg School for Communication

Protein’s ‘silent code’ affects how cells move
six panels showing cells in green with protein involved in cell movement labeled in red

Protein’s ‘silent code’ affects how cells move

A School of Veterinary Medicine-led study shows how, despite having nearly identical amino acid sequences, two forms of the protein actin differ in function due their distinct nucleotide sequences.

Katherine Unger Baillie