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India, culture, and society
In a class taught by doctoral candidate Akhil P. Veetil, students explore the culture that defines a nation.
News・ Science & Technology
The commonalities of common sense
Researchers from Penn develop a framework for quantifying common sense, findings address a critical gap in how knowledge is understood.
News・ Science & Technology
Mechanics of knitting
Randall Kamien of the School of Arts & Sciences and Geneviève Dion of Drexel University share how combining traditional origami techniques with modern textile science can lead to practical applications in various industries.
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Philanthropy and social change
With its free annual toolkit, the Center for High Impact Philanthropy helps donors create a bigger impact.
News・ Health Sciences
Mega-analysis identifies gene variants associated with glaucoma in people of African ancestry
A Penn Medicine analysis aims to fill knowledge gaps and help guide clinical decisions for a group particularly vulnerable to developing glaucoma.
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Bioengineers on the brink of breaching blood-brain barrier
A team of researchers in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has devised a method to deliver mRNA into the brain using lipid nanoparticles, potentially advancing treatments for Alzheimer’s disease and seizures.
News・ Education, Business, & Law
Penn Carey Law students explore issues affecting women’s equality in sports
Students from Rangita de Silva de Alwis’s class on women, law, and leadership produced the report, “Putting Women Back in the Game.”
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Two-and-a-half decades of research in Malawi
As the country’s life expectancy has risen, the Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health has shifted its current and future research to aging.
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A successful new experiment opens potential for future bridge-to-transplant approach
A team at Penn Medicine has achieved the first successful external liver perfusion using a porcine liver, raising hopes for a possible effective option to “bridge” critically ill patients to liver transplant.
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Ecuador’s state of emergency
In a Q&A, political scientist Jane Esberg discusses democracy and organized crime in Latin America.