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Penn Vet launches mRNA Research Initiative
Microscopic view of DNA.

Messenger RNA’s (mRNA) flexibility offers promising therapeutic and preventative solutions for a wide array of veterinary pathogens. Penn Vet is unlocking this potential by harnessing mRNA technology for the development of tailored veterinary vaccines.

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Penn Vet launches mRNA Research Initiative

The University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine today announced the mRNA Research Initiative to advance veterinary vaccine science.

Martin Hackett

Quakers puff Dragons
A Drexel lacrosse player against a Penn lacrosse player.

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Quakers puff Dragons

In their season opener on Saturday at Franklin Field, the No. 14-ranked women’s lacrosse team defeated Drexel 11-8.
Going head-to-head with the new health care AI revolution
Hamsa Bastani.

Hamsa Bastani is the co-director of the new Wharton Healthcare Analytics Lab, a Penn LDI senior fellow, and an Associate Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions at Wharton.

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Going head-to-head with the new health care AI revolution

Penn LDI senior fellow and Wharton School researcher Hamsa Bastani is the co-director of the Wharton Healthcare Analytics Lab, a new data initiative focused on health care delivery systems.

Hoag Levins

Lech Wałęsa on the state of democracy
Lech Walesa and Trudy Rubin sit on a stage at Perry World House.

Former Polish president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Lech Wałęsa (left) in a discussion with Trudy Rubin at Perry World House.

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Lech Wałęsa on the state of democracy

The former Polish president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate had a wide-ranging chat with Philadelphia Inquirer columnist and Perry World House Visiting Fellow Trudy Rubin, tackling topics like Russia, Ukraine, and how to build democracies.

Kristen de Groot

What makes a breakthrough? ‘Eight steps back’ before making it to the finish line
Drew Weissman, Virginia M-Y Lee, Katalin Karikó, and Carl June.

(From left to right) Breakthrough Prize recipients Drew Weissman, Virginia M-Y Lee, Katalin Karikó, and Carl June at a reception on Feb. 13.

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What makes a breakthrough? ‘Eight steps back’ before making it to the finish line

Four of Penn’s Breakthrough Prize recipients, Carl June, Katalin Karikó, Virginia M-Y Lee, and Drew Weissman, were honored at a reception on Feb. 13.

Meagan Raeke

After #MeToo, sexual assault survivors still fight to be believed
Sarah Banet-Weiser signs copies of the book she co-authored, “Believability.”

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After #MeToo, sexual assault survivors still fight to be believed

In their new book, Annenberg School for Communication Dean Sarah Banet-Weiser and former postdoctoral fellow Kathryn Claire Higgins explore the work victims of sexual violence go through to be believed.

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Penn named a ‘top producer’ of 2023-24 Fulbright Scholars 
students gathered on lawn under flowering trees

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Penn named a ‘top producer’ of 2023-24 Fulbright Scholars 

The U.S. Department of State has named Penn a Fulbright U.S. Student Program “top producing institution” for the 2023-24 academic year, as one of the colleges and universities with the highest number of recipients selected.
Lessons from the 17th century ‘New Netherland’
Molly Leach.

Molly Leech is a fourth-year doctoral candidate in the School of Arts &N Sciences Department of History.

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Lessons from the 17th century ‘New Netherland’

Through study of the fur and wampum trade between the Lenape and Dutch in the 1600s, fourth-year history Ph.D. candidate Molly Leech is aiming to recenter Indigenous contributions to global trade.

Michele W. Berger

‘Natural’ deaths likely COVID-19 related
White flags honoring lives lost to the COVID-19 virus on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

Many deaths during the pandemic which were not listed as /COVID-related may have, in fact, been as a result of COVID. In a collaborative study, researchers in the School of Arts & Sciences found that increases in non-COVID excess deaths occurred at the same time or in the month prior to increases in reported COVID-19 deaths in most U.S. counties, indicating that many COVID deaths went uncounted as such.

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‘Natural’ deaths likely COVID-19 related

New study led by Penn and Boston University provides the most compelling data yet to suggest excess mortality rates from chronic illnesses and other natural causes were driven by COVID-19 infections.