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Penn Medicine students to participate in first-ever citywide medical story slam

Students will share experiences through five-minute stories at the May 7 event at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.

Sociologist Steve Viscelli studies the trucking industry. A report publishing soon looks at what effect driverless trucks will have on the industry as a whole.

Science fiction or the future of trucking?

Driverless trucks seem like science fiction, part of a far-off world where robots and humans live and work side by side.

A legacy of innovation at Pennovation Works

Visitors participating in a Jane’s Walk will tour Penn’s technology and innovation hub, and learn about the history of the area’s deep inventive roots.

Veterinary experts work to stay ahead of equine doping

As in human sports, unscrupulous practices occasionally make their way into horse racing. Researchers and veterinarians at the School of Veterinary Medicine are keeping an eye on illicit drug use, evaluating samples, and designing tests to maintain the integrity of the sport and keep the competitors safe.

Engineering dean elected to the American Philosophical Society

Dean Vijay Kumar of the School of Engineering and Applied Science has been elected a member of the American Philosophical Society, the oldest learned society in the U.S.

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.

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