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Breaking through the mysteries of predicting coma recovery
A hospital patient in a coma.

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Breaking through the mysteries of predicting coma recovery

Penn Medicine’s David Fischer created the RECOVER (REcovery of COnsciousness Via Evidence-Based Medicine and Research) program to provide specialized, comprehensive, and ongoing care for coma patients in various stages of coma recovery.

From Penn Medicine News

Honing writing chops on and off stage
A Penn intern at 1812 seated in the audience seats of a theater.

Trisha Bheemanathini is cognitive science and neuroscience and sociology triple-major in the College of Arts and Sciences.

(Image: Nick Seymour)

Honing writing chops on and off stage

Rising third-year Trisha Bheemanathini joins 1812 Productions in Philadelphia for a summer internship through RealArts@Penn.
Venezuela’s disputed election and unrest
A crowd of people protesting the election in Venezuela.

Government supporters rally in defense of President Nicolas Maduro’s reelection in Caracas, Venezuela, on July 30, 2024, two days after the disputed presidential election.

(Image: AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

  • Q&A

    • Venezuela’s disputed election and unrest

    Ángel Alvarado, a senior fellow in the Department of Economics and former Venezuelan congressman, shares his thoughts on the power struggle and ongoing crisis. 

    Kristen de Groot

    Q&A with David Eisenhower on Biden’s decision to bow out
    President Joe Biden walks down the Air Force One staircase at sunset.

    President Joe Biden exits Air Force One at sunset, May 1, 2022, at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on July 21, ending his bid for reelection following a disastrous debate with Donald Trump that raised doubts about his fitness for office just four months before the election.

    (Image: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

    Q&A with David Eisenhower on Biden’s decision to bow out

    Eisenhower, professor at the Annenberg School and grandson of the former president, offers his take on Biden’s announcement, Vice President Harris’ next step, and the upcoming Democratic National Convention.

    Kristen de Groot

    What’s That? Penn’s first stroke oar
    rowing oar mounted on the wall of Penn Boathouse

    Image: Penn Athletics

    What’s That? Penn’s first stroke oar

    On the wall of the Grand Hall of Penn’s Burk-Bergman Boathouse on Boathouse Row lies a wooden oar used in the first intercollegiate race ever rowed by the crew team.
    Sound research as a lens to understanding the world
    Illustration of a person wearing headphones with swirling whales and birds surrounding them.

    Image: Maggie Chiang for OMNIA

    Sound research as a lens to understanding the world

    Researchers across Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences are turning to sound for new answers to questions on subjects from birdsong to the benefits of music exposure.

    Laura Dattaro

    How a bacterium supports healing of chronic diabetic wounds
    A researcher holding up a petri dish with bacteria in it.

    Image: iStock/Manjurul

    How a bacterium supports healing of chronic diabetic wounds

    New research from Penn Medicine shows that a certain bug could be used to develop topical or bacterial-based treatments for patients with wounds that do not heal well on their own.

    From Penn Medicine News

    Drawn to ArtWell
    Natalie Cheng hanging paper artworks on a wall

    Natalie Cheng, a rising second-year student, is focusing on communications and design during a summer internship with the Philadelphia nonprofit ArtWell. She is one of two Penn interns there this year, supported by the University's Summer Humanities Internship Program. 

    (Image: Courtesy of ArtWell) 

    Drawn to ArtWell

    Drawn by their interests in art, design, and support for children in Philadelphia, two Penn students in the College of Arts and Sciences, Natalie Cheng and Aled Dillabough, are working as interns this summer at the nonprofit ArtWell.