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Circa 1900, Alvin Christian Kraenzlein jumps over a hurdle with two observers watching in the background.

Penn put on a show at the 1900 Olympics

Thirteen Quakers competed in the Games, which were held in Paris, and returned with 20 medals in track & field events.

Microscopic view of Cryptosporidium parasites

Tracking the earliest steps in parasite infection

The parasite Cryptosporidium, a leading global cause of diarrheal diseases in children, injects host cells with a cocktail of proteins. Using powerful video microscopy, School of Veterinary Medicine researchers tracked the process in real time.

Two masked students walking through Penn Commons.

Penn launches initiative to distribute federal COVID relief funds as direct student grants

100% of federal Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds will go to student emergency grants and public health initiatives.

microscopic rendering of a virus cell next to a t cell.

Clarifying T cell ‘exhaustion’

T cells, which are among the most powerful weapons in the immune systems of humans and other vertebrates, remain substantially programmed to stay exhausted even many weeks after exposure to a virus ended.

student standing outside with large sculpture behind

Accessing an artistic archive as an ICA summer intern

Rising senior Min Park, an art history major from South Korea, is organizing the book and image archives as the summer curatorial intern at the Institute of Contemporary Art, and helping plan a September reopening with two new exhibitions.

Group of Senegalese immigrants in the street.

Vitality in diaspora: Cheikh Anta Babou on Senegalese Murid communities

In his new book, Cheikh Anta Babou, the associate professor of history captures the spirit of the Senegalese Murid diaspora.

New cell therapy shows potential against solid tumors with KRAS mutations

The new technology for cellular immunotherapy shows promising anti-tumor activity in the lab against hard-to-treat cancers driven the KRAS mutation.

Front entrance of the PHMC Public Health Campus on Cedar.

Penn Medicine’s new center to improve surgical equity for vulnerable patients

The Center for Surgical Health provides a new access point into sustainable, high-value surgical care for patients who typically rely on the emergency room for treatment.

Student seated on a banquette works on a laptop

Support and inspiration for undergrads pursuing careers in health care

The three-day-long National Pre-Health Conference, the brainchild of rising senior Alejandra Bahena, begins Aug. 4.

Images of two cells undergoing division with purple and blue labels

Rewiring cell division to make eggs and sperm

Research by the School of Arts & Sciences’ Michael Lampson and Jun Ma, collaborating with Whitehead Institute researchers, reveals how a key protein enables the process of meiosis to unfold.

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