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Tales of bringing the dead back to life
Writer and doctor Vikram Paralkar in his research lab.
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    • Tales of bringing the dead back to life

    Meet Vikram Paralkar, an oncologist at Penn Medicine who has received extraordinary attention for his new fiction novel, “Night Theater,” a story where a surgeon is asked to bring the dead back to life.

    Dee Patel

    Michael Horowitz named director of Perry World House and Richard Perry Professor
    Michael Horowitz

    Michael Horowitz, professor of political science, director of Perry World House and Richard Perry Professor. 

    Michael Horowitz named director of Perry World House and Richard Perry Professor

    As director of Perry World House, Horowitz will lead the center which was founded in 2015 for scholarly inquiry, teaching, research, international exchange, policy engagement, and public outreach on pressing global issues.
    Conserving the nation’s first chartered hospital
    a brick building with white detailing and in front is a green field with a statue surrounded by yellow flowers

    Conserving the nation’s first chartered hospital

    The Stuart Weitzman School of Design’s PennPraxis and the Center for Architectural Conservation will examine, assess, and prioritize the conservation of the buildings, grounds, and collections of the Pennsylvania Hospital.

    Erica K. Brockmeier , Michael Grant , John Infanti

    Engineers ensure quantum experiments get off to the right start
    Tzu-Yung Huang, Lee Bassett and David Hopper in the Quantum Engineering Laboratory.

    Tzu-Yung Huang, Lee Bassett and David Hopper in the Quantum Engineering Laboratory. (Image: Penn Engineering)

    Engineers ensure quantum experiments get off to the right start

    Research from the group of Lee Bassett in the School of Engineering and Applied Science describes a new approach for resetting and validating quantum states to reduce uncertainty in quantum computing experiments.

    Penn Today Staff

    Managing pain in the age of opioids
    team members working on pain management From left, Dana Clarke, an assistant professor of interventional radiology at the School of Veterinary Medicine, Martin Cheatle, director of behavioral medicine at the Penn Pain Medicine Center, and Michael Ashburn, director of the Penn Pain Medicine Center.

    Managing pain in the age of opioids

    Medical professionals from the Perelman School of Medicine, the School of Dental Medicine, and the School of Veterinary Medicine discuss treating pain during the opioid crisis.
    Scrap metal-powered lights win Y-Prize 2020
    Yumin Gao, Leo Li, Minhal Dhanjy, Darsham Bhosale, Kateryna Kharenko and Ryan Goethals (clockwise from top left) pose with their prototypes and trophies.

    Yumin Gao, Leo Li, Minhal Dhanjy, Darsham Bhosale, Kateryna Kharenko and Ryan Goethals (clockwise from top left) pose with their prototypes and trophies. Their proposal, Metal Light, would use Penn Engineering technology to provide illumination for houses not connected to electrical grids.

    Scrap metal-powered lights win Y-Prize 2020

    The winning team of this year’s Y-Prize, an invention competition in which entrants are challenged to pitch an innovative business plan for a technology developed at Penn Engineering, Metal Light, proposes technology to provide illumination for houses not connected to electrical grids.

    Penn Today Staff

    Clash of the titans
    At the Palestra against Princeton, freshman guard Kayla Padilla drives to the basket with the ball.

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    Clash of the titans

    In a battle of Ivy League behemoths, 17-5 Penn and 21-1 Princeton face off for the 91st time on Tuesday evening at the Tigers’ Jadwin Gymnasium.