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A reality check on coronavirus
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A reality check on coronavirus

The novel disease is serious. But risks here remain low, says Ezekiel J. Emanuel, vice provost for global initiatives, who attended a World Health Organization meeting on the subject last week.

Katherine Unger Baillie

#GLASSFEST brings Philip Glass scores to Penn
Philip Glass at piano with headphones Composer Philip Glass works on the score for “The White Lama: The Improbable Legacy of Theos Bernard.” (Image: Bob Finkelstein)

#GLASSFEST brings Philip Glass scores to Penn

#GLASSFEST, which runs for three weeks at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, celebrates the legacy of composer Philip Glass.
A time traveling Harriet Tubman, brought to life on stage
Lorene Cary stands in her office with a wall of bookshelves behind her

A time traveling Harriet Tubman, brought to life on stage

English faculty Lorene Cary’s first play features a time traveling Harriet Tubman who toggles between her 19th-century life and a present-day Philadelphia prison where she recruits soldiers to fight with her in the Civil War. Playing to sold-out audiences, “My General Tubman” is on stage through mid-March at Arden Theatre Company.
Picturing the future Lehigh Valley
defunct factory with green Lehigh Valley in background

Picturing the future Lehigh Valley

Penn Praxis is a Design Partner with the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission, along with a team of Design Fellows, to design a 25-year plan for the region called Future LV for ecological health and quality of life in cities, towns, and undeveloped areas.

Penn Today Staff

Vasculitis treatment with fewer steroids
microscopic view of the inside of a blood vessel

Researchers say these findings will likely lead to big changes in how this form of vasculitis is treated. That could benefit patients, particularly in reducing or eliminating plasma exchanges.

Vasculitis treatment with fewer steroids

The insights from the PEXIVAS Trial, a 10-year study, shows treatment for ANCA-associated vasculitis can become much more patient-friendly and reduces kidney failure, for which vasculitis patients are often at risk.

Penn Today Staff

What craigslist can teach us about Web 2.0
A person standing in a library stack, with shelves of books on either side. Jessa Lingel, an assistant professor at the Annenberg School for Communication.

What craigslist can teach us about Web 2.0

In a new book, Annenberg’s Jessa Lingel views modern online life through the lens of a site that hasn’t changed much in look or feel since it began 25 years ago.

Michele W. Berger, Julie Sloane

Demystifying feline behavior
closeup of cat with mouth open wide

The behavior of cats can perplex even their staunchest fans. 

  • Q&A

    • Demystifying feline behavior

    Carlo Siracusa and James Serpell of the School of Veterinary Medicine contextualize recent findings in cat behavior science, debunk some cat-related myths, and explain why our kitties are not just “low-maintenance dogs.”

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    Illuminating interactions between decision-making and the environment
    People in fishing boats on the water

    Aunifying game theory model describing the feedbacks that occur between strategic decision making and environmental change captured dynamics that occur in fisheries, in human social interactions, in soil-microbe interactions, and much more. (Image: Erol Akçay) 

    Illuminating interactions between decision-making and the environment

    With a unifying model based in game theory, Andrew Tilman, Joshua Plotkin, and Erol Akçay of the School of Arts and Sciences inform dynamics in fields as diverse as ecology and economics.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    Penn announces seven 2020 Thouron Award winners
    Seven student faces and the symbol of the Thouron Award with the British and American flags

    Penn announced seven Thouron Scholars for 2020. From left, top row: senior Daniel Brennan, 2018 grad Braden Cordivari, 2019 grad Gregory Forkin, and senior Natasha Menon. Bottom row: senior Robert Subtirelu, senior Zachary Whitlock, and 2018 grad Maia Yoshida.

    Penn announces seven 2020 Thouron Award winners

    Four seniors and three recent alumni have won a Thouron Award to pursue graduate studies in the United Kingdom. Each scholarship winner receives tuition for as long as two years, as well as travel and living stipends, to earn a graduate degree.
    How our ‘birth environment’ can influence our health
    closeup of newborn face wrapped in a blanket

    How our ‘birth environment’ can influence our health

    Mary Regina Boland studies how one’s “birth environment,” or the factors that a mother experienced while pregnant, affects health risks later in life, and what can actually be predicted while still in the womb.

    Penn Today Staff