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To be successful online, faculty went back to the classroom

With students learning remotely, Penn provides support for professors as they’ve been challenged to retool courses and rethink their approaches to teaching.

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Hydroxychloroquine no more effective than placebo in preventing COVID-19

A Penn clinical trial shows health care workers in contact with COVID-19 patients who took hydroxychloroquine daily did not reduce their rate of infection.

At the Commitment March, the 2020 March on Washington in the nation's capital, members of the SP2 community hold Black Lives Matter signs.

Marching against racism and police violence

Students, faculty, and staff from the School of Social Policy & Practice took part in the recent Commitment March in the nation’s capital.

Mapping the Mughal empire

This summer, professor of South Asia studies Ramya Sreenivasan worked with four undergraduates to get behind the façade of the Mughal military conquest state, using GIS and deep mapping to ascertain how the empire was formed and maintained.

How Eve Higginbotham is dismantling racist and sexist systems one step at a time

Amid nationwide demonstrations calling for the long-overdue dismantling of racist systems and institutions, the vice dean for Inclusion and Diversity and professor of ophthalmolog has been busy sharing her voice and taking action.

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Looking at the past through the historic present

Sophomore Megan Chui expected her internship at the National Constitution Center to give her insights into how the past plays into the present. The summer of social unrest and the pandemic added a contemporary component to the job.

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Five takeaways from the presidential debate

Marc Trussler, director of data sciences for Penn’s Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies, shares his thoughts on the chaotic first debate of the 2020 election.

Microscopic view of plasma cells and antibodies.

A potential cause of CAR T side effects, and a path forward

Single cell sequencing aided researchers in identifying a previously undiscovered molecule in the brain.

Penn DPS police officers wearing face-coverings standing with bikes in front building on campus

How Penn first responders are dealing with the coronavirus on the front lines

COVID-19 presents challenges faced by first responders, including PennComm dispatchers and police officers.

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Virtual reality trains public to reverse opioid overdoses

A group of interdisciplinary researchers from Penn and the Philadelphia Department of Public Heath have developed a virtual reality immersive video training aimed to save lives from opioid overdoses.

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