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Brigitte Weinsteiger sits with hands crossed on a park bench

Brigitte Weinsteiger named director of the Penn Libraries

Weinsteiger has been at Penn Libraries since 2008. She assumed the new role on June 1.

‘Toll the Bell’ project asks Philadelphians to be ‘called back into caring’ about gun violence

Led by Penn Live Arts, more than 50 partnering organizations in Philadelphia will “toll the bell” on June 7 for National Gun Violence Awareness Day.

Photograph of researcher, China Byrns, in front of monitor showing microscopy images of fly brain

Fruitful insights on the brain

Research led by China Byrns of the lab of Nancy M. Bonini in the School of Arts & Sciences have uncovered new details about the role of zombie-like cells in brain aging, using the fruit fly as a model.

Hajishengallis, an expert in the immune mechanisms behind the gum disease periodontitis

New insights on cellular clones and inflammation in bones

Research led by George Hajishengallis of Penn Dental sheds light on an aging-related condition that drives inflammation in older populations.

Fungi on the front lines against environmental injustice

The collective efforts of the Symbiotic Architecture for Environmental Justice research community are making former industrial sites reborn as vibrant community gardens, and safe, green spaces for children to play a reality.

New ‘armored’ CAR therapy produces significant responses in cancer patients

For patients whose cancers don't respond to current CAR T cell therapies, a new, modified CAR T cell therapy by Penn’s Carl June shows promise in a phase 1 clinical trial.

Jing-Jing Piriyalertsak standing outside a building with trees

Penn alum named 2024 Yenching Scholar

Chonnipha (Jing Jing) Piriyalertsak, a 2023 graduate, has been selected as a 2024 Yenching Scholar, with full funding to pursue an interdisciplinary master’s degree in China studies at the Yenching Academy of Peking University in Beijing.

How ‘invitations’ from Penn Medicine restored mammogram completion rates

To correct a COVID-caused lag in breast cancer screenings, Penn Medicine messaged every patient who was overdue. The rate of completed mammograms improved to 74%.

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Unlocking the next generation of wireless communications

Penn Engineers have developed an adjustable filter, about the size of a quarter, with potential to revolutionize wireless communications.

Image is of the Delaware County courthouse, a Classical Revival/Neo-Classical style building made of white marble,with a six column portico and clock in the pediment, located in Media, Pennsylvania.

Public defender shortages

A new report by Paul Heaton, director of the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice, shows that nearly every county in Pennsylvania has a shortage of public defenders.

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