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How cells transport molecules with ‘active carpets’

New research provides insights into the process of diffusion in living systems, with implications from novel active coatings to understanding how pathogens are cleared from lungs.

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Middle East Film Festival highlights five directors from five countries

Transformed by the pandemic, this year’s festival featured a virtual dialogue with directors and watch-at-home film offerings.

Three Goldwater Scholars for Penn

Penn’s newest Goldwater Scholars, awarded to sophomores or juniors planning research careers in mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering are sophomore Emma Keeler, junior Michele Meline and junior Max Wragan.

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Public Health Management Corporation and Penn Medicine announce opening of the PHMC Public Health Campus on Cedar

The Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic’s transition of the former Mercy Catholic Medical Center—Mercy Philadelphia Campus, along with coalition partners, including Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the Independence Blue Cross Foundation, envision integrated health care and social services for the West and Southwest Philadelphia community.

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Return to work and the path to recovery after serious injury in Black men

In a new study from the School of Nursing, researchers investigated the ways that returning to work after an injury predict mental health outcomes in Black men living and recovering in Philadelphia.

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1920-2020: Profiles of women in medicine

Between 1920 and 2020, women rose from second-class citizenship to take the reins as pioneering leaders in medicine, among all other areas of public life

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Rejoice! Local spring sports set to begin

Penn and the Philadelphia Department of Public Health have given the go-ahead to begin spring sports competition against local teams.

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Planning for Pennsylvania Hospital’s next 250 years

PennPraxis, the consulting and community engagement arm of the Weitzman School, will produce plans for the Hospital’s Conservation Management Plan to upgrade the building, grounds, and collections.

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A pivot, from financial literacy to restorative justice

Collective Climb won a 2020 President’s Engagement Prize as a West Philadelphia-based financial literacy project, but shifted their focus to engage with young people around the issue of community violence.

Perelman School of Medicine students sit masked and socially distanced surrounded by balloons and streamers and confetti as they open envelopes.

Why Match Day has more meaning in 2021

This year, 147 medical students from the Perelman School of Medicine celebrated the reveal of their residency placements on Match Day in hybrid celebration of virtual and small number of in-person students.

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