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Lauder Institute building expansion and renovation dedicated
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Penn President Amy Gutmann (right) dedicated the new renovation of the Lauder Institute building with (from left) Provost Wendell Pritchett, brothers and Penn alumni Leonard A. Lauder, Ronald S. Lauder, and Institute director Mauro Guillén on Tuesday, Oct. 23. The work is expected to be completed by fall of 2019. (Photo by Shira Yudkoff)

Lauder Institute building expansion and renovation dedicated

Penn President Amy Gutmann and Provost Wendell Pritchett joined alumni Ronald S. Lauder and Leonard A. Lauder to dedicate the renovation of the building that houses the Joseph H. Lauder Institute of International Studies and Management, which the two brothers founded 35 years ago.
Scarecrows star at Arboretum challenge
Scarecrow-Holding-Vote-Sign-In-Garden Wilhelmina McDaniel and Maureen Hicks made this Susan B. Anthony scarecrow. McDaniel says the duo took care to make sure she resembled the historic figure while still looking like a scarecrow and not a mannequin.

Scarecrows star at Arboretum challenge

Queen Elizabeth II, Mr. Rogers, Queen Elsa, and Jesus Christ make appearances in the Morris Arboretum's annual Scarecrow Walk, which runs through October 31st.
Workplace giving campaign helps those most in need
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Workplace giving campaign helps those most in need

Penn’s Way is up and running through Nov. 16. The charitable goal for contributions from University and Health System employees is larger than ever: $1.65 million.

Lauren Hertzler

A ‘magic moment’ for PennDesign
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A ‘magic moment’ for PennDesign

The School of Design kicked off its Lead by Design campaign with an awards and fundraising gala in New York City.

Lauren Hertzler

Studying the players in immune regulation
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Dr. Oliver Garden and Sabina Hlavaty, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute/Burroughs Wellcome Fund Medical Research Fellow, view a plate of cultured canine bone marrow cells to compare conditions during an experiment. Photo courtesy of Penn Vet News.

Studying the players in immune regulation

Penn Vet's Oliver Garden Garden's lab is exploring new facets in regulating immune responses.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Making campuses more inclusive of Native ideology
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From left to right: Maggie McKinley, an assistant professor in Penn’s School of Law; Ben Ototivo, a staff clinician at Penn’s Counseling and Psychological Services; anthropologist Tiffany Cain, a doctoral student in the Department of Anthropology and in the Latin American and Latino
Studies Program; Margaret Bruchac, an assistant professor of Anthropology and the coordinator of Native American and Indigenous Studies at Penn; and graduate student Li San Goh. 
 

Making campuses more inclusive of Native ideology

A recent panel considered how to transform the worldview on university campuses to be more inclusive of Native ideology and more intentional about indigenization.
Being well and doing well
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Being well and doing well

Benoit Dubé, the chief wellness officer at Penn, Giang T. Nguyen, executive director of Student Health Service, and Meeta Kumar, deputy executive director of CAPS, discuss Penn’s efforts to strengthen and support the health and wellness of students.
Bloomers mark 40 years of edgy comedy
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Scene from the Fall 2018 production of “The Bachelor: Will You Accept This Show?”  Photo by ImageFlo

Bloomers mark 40 years of edgy comedy

Bloomers, Penn’s all-female comedy troupe, celebrated its 40th anniversary last weekend with an alumnae show that recreated routines from the 1980s and 1990s.
Abramson Cancer Center receives $10.7 million to study CAR T cells in solid tumors
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Representation of a T cell destroying a cancer cell

Abramson Cancer Center receives $10.7 million to study CAR T cells in solid tumors

A new program project grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) will fund research by the Translational Center of Excellence for Lung Cancer Immunology for experimental approaches in lung cancer and mesothelioma.

Penn Today Staff