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Design-minded strategies for greener, healthier indoor spaces

Insights on the evolution of modern building design, how to improve ventilation while reducing energy usage, and ways that architects are supporting their communities with simple, design-based solutions.

Lynn Meskell standing in front of a glass display case at the Penn Museum.

Lynn Meskell appointed Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor

The world-renowned archaeologist has joint appointments in the Department of Anthropology, the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation and the Department of City and Regional Planning, and the Penn Museum as a curator in both the Asian and Near East sections.

Cartoon of classroom desks with desktop computers on top, each computer screen features a person in a zoom meeting.

Breaking classroom barriers over Zoom

When Professor Lori Rosenkopf’s course on the culture of tech went virtual, she set out to make a more interactive learning experience. Her efforts have seen some unexpected results.

Person inside an MRI machine hooked up to a machine via a monitor on the finger.

Diagnostic imaging may increase risk of testicular cancer

New research shows a statistically significant increased risk of testicular cancer among those reporting at least three exposures to X-ray, including a colon X-ray, and CT below the waist.

Using lung-on-a-chip technology to find treatments for chlorine gas exposure

The new lung-on-a-chip platforms will help better understand how chlorine damages lung tissues and to discover specific biomarkers of chlorine gas-induced lung injury.

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Penn pledges $100 million to the School District of Philadelphia

The contribution represents an unprecedented commitment to the City and its public schoolchildren, and is the largest private contribution to the School District in its history.

Three medical personnel in full PPE working at a drive-up COVID testing site.

To catch and contain COVID, step two is to process samples

The second in a series on the steps the health care community takes to quelling the spread of the virus, a look at the 24-hour cycle of testing.

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An analysis of President-elect Biden’s tax proposals

The Penn Wharton Budget Model takes a post-election look at the platform of President-elect Joe Biden and forecasts its potential effects on the economy.

In the midst of COVID-19, Penn sustains a global mission

For International Education Week, Penn Today dives into some of the ways the University is remaining engaged throughout the world, while keeping physically apart.

Adolescent child holding a teddy bear having their blood pressure taken by a nurse.

Racial disparities in pediatric diabetes treatment

Despite similar outpatient appointment attendance rates, significant disparities in continuous glucose monitoring and insulin pump use were observed in non-Hispanic Black children over 20 years.

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