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2018 Winners of the President's Engagement and Innovation Prizes

President’s Engagement and Innovation Prize winners honored at awards luncheon

Nine Penn seniors have given their families even more reason to be proud. As soon as they graduate this month, they will start working full-time on innovative projects they designed to make a positive, lasting change for the “betterment of humankind.”

Newly approved heart surgery procedure debuts at Penn Medicine

The first surgery using high-resolution mapping of the heart successfully located areas of arrhythmia to eliminate.

Innovative vaccine offers canine cancer patients a shot at a longer, happier life

Osteosarcoma is the most common bone cancer to affect dogs. It is a painful and aggressive disease. Affecting more than 10,000 dogs annually, predominantly larger breeds, it kills more than 85 percent within two years.

Quayshawn Spencer, an assistant professor in the philosophy department, studies the philosophy of science, biology, and race.

Race has a place in human genetics research, philosopher argues

New research out of the philosophy department argues that certain racial classifications have utility in medical genetics, particularly when considering those classifications as ancestry groups.

Penn Professor Mary Caldwell teaches a freshman seminar on medieval music.

Exploring the sounds of the Middle Ages

In a seminar on the sounds of the Middle Ages taught by music professor Mary Channen Caldwell, freshmen learned about period music and instruments, the carillon bells in a historic church on Philly’s Rittenhouse Square.

Quakers dominate women’s lax All-Ivy selections

Nine members of the women’s lacrosse team were saluted by the conference.

Penn First Plus expands programs and support for first-generation students

A preview of new initiatives for the community of first-generation, low-income students to provide more support to help them thrive and succeed at Penn.

2018 Senior Design Competition winners innovate, develop, and deliver

In the annual Senior Design Project Competition, students from Penn Engineering’s six departments found solutions to real-world problems using emerging technologies.

Jennifer Brann named Ivy League Pitcher of the Week

The sophomore was honored for her weekend taming of the Princeton Tigers.

Two faculty members elected to National Academy of Sciences

Shelly Berger and Karen Goldberg are among 84 new members elected to the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors for a scientist.

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