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Dana Graves receives Alan J. Davis Award/SCADA Achievement Award

Dana Graves receives Alan J. Davis Award/SCADA Achievement Award

Graves, a professor of periodontics and vice dean for Research & Scholarship and interim chair of the Department of Periodontics at Penn’s School of Dental Medicine, is recognized for his leadership and commitment to the advancement of dentistry.

Joseph Turow: A career immersed in research of audiences
Joseph Turow at a podium.

Joseph Turow is the Robert Lewis Shayon Professor of Media Systems & Industries at Penn’s Annenberg School for Communication.

(Image: Courtesy of Annenberg School for Communication)

Joseph Turow: A career immersed in research of audiences

During the five decades of his academic career, Annenberg School for Communication professor Joseph Turow has tackled many topics related to advertiser-sponsored media industries.

From Annenberg School for Communication

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New genetic cause of blindness in dogs
Aguirre and Murgiano working in a lab with pipettes.

Gustavo D. Aguirre and Leonardo Murgiano of the School of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania.

(Image: John Donges)

New genetic cause of blindness in dogs

In collaboration with a foundation that breeds service dogs for the visually impaired, researchers at the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Padova in Padova, Italy, have identified a novel variant associated with progressive retinal atrophy in three Labrador retrievers.

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Anti-obesity medication boosts weight loss when behavioral therapy falls short

Anti-obesity medication boosts weight loss when behavioral therapy falls short

Adding an anti-obesity medication just one month after behavioral therapy begins—rather than waiting the currently recommended six months—can more than double weight loss for patients who struggle initially with lifestyle changes alone, according to new research published in Nature Medicine from a team at the Perelman School of Medicine.

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Exploring the future of the conservative movement
A group of people sits behind a table in a crowded room. A screen behind them reads: “The Future of Conservatism and the GOP in the Age of Trump.”

From left, moderator Brian Rosenwald; former Florida Republican Congressman Carlos Curbelo; RealClearPolitics senior elections analyst Sean Trende; former Democratic Pennsylvania Congressman Conor Lamb; Wall Street Journal White House reporter Meridith McGraw; and Dispatch editor Jonah Goldberg. 

(Image: Brian Hogan, Penn Libraries)

Exploring the future of the conservative movement

At a roundtable co-sponsored by several Penn institutions, analysts broke down the history of the Republican Party and what to expect moving forward.

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Liliane Weissberg to serve as IZEA Halle's first Mercator Fellow

Liliane Weissberg to serve as IZEA Halle's first Mercator Fellow

This Spring, IZEA Halle, the International Center for the Research on the Enlightenment at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, will inaugurate a new program for post-graduates, “Politics of Enlightenment” (Politik der Aufklärung). Weissberg, the Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor in Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences and professor of German and comparative literature, is the inaugural Mercator Fellow.

Liliane Weissberg to serve as IZEA Halle's first Mercator Fellow

Weitzman and Netter Center to tackle urban heat in West Philadelphia

Weitzman and Netter Center to tackle urban heat in West Philadelphia

A collaboration between the Thermal Architecture Lab at Penn’s Weitzman School of Design, the Netter Center for Community Partnerships, and the Annenberg School has been awarded an Environmental Protection Agency Thriving Communities Grant for $137,000 to work with William L. Sayre High School, a University-Assisted Community School, on measurement of urban heat and solution design.

‘The Academy at Penn’ names High School of the Future and Horace Howard Furness High School for Philadelphia college and career readiness program

‘The Academy at Penn’ names High School of the Future and Horace Howard Furness High School for Philadelphia college and career readiness program

The School District of Philadelphia’s High School of the Future and Horace Howard Furness have been selected as the inaugural participants in “The Academy at Penn,” a new initiative designed to create a national and scalable model to transform high school education and expand college and career opportunities for students from underserved communities. The $8 million-funded project is a partnership between Foundations, Inc., Penn GSE, the Consortium for Policy Research in Education at Penn GSE, and the School District of Philadelphia.