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Penn Researcher Studies Effects of Common Anti-depressant on Brain Peptide Thought to be Responsible for the Development of Alzheimer's
A University of Pennsylvania researcher has discovered that the common selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) citalopram arrested the growth of amyloid beta, a peptide in the brain that clusters in plaques that are thought to trigger the development of Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
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For Five Penn Students, Service-Learning Course Leads to a Lesson in Effecting Institutional Change
When political science majors Alyssa Dickinson, Conor Nickel and Yamini Nabar graduate from the University of Pennsylvania on May 19, they will be leaving behind a legacy on campus.The three seniors along with juniors Joyce Kim and Cynthia Plotch are the successful arbiters of a new food recovery program set to launch as a pilot at Penn next fall.
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As Both Student and Teacher, Penn’s Trey Smith Impacts Philadelphia Education
By Marjorie FerroneFrom Beauregard, Ala., to Washington, D.C., John “Trey” Smith III is invested in the success of America’s education system.
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Penn Ph.D. Student, Two Alumnae Awarded 2014 Charlotte W. Newcombe Fellowships
The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation has awarded a Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship to a University of Pennsylvania doctoral candidate and two alumnae.
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PEARLS Fellow at Penn Gives Back to Other Veterans
Twenty years ago, Pete Freudenberger took an oath when he enlisted in the United States Army. Now, the veteran and non-traditional student has graduated with his master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy & Practice, taking a pledge of a different sort, to empower others. As a boy growing up in Cincinnati, Freudenberger was taught to care for others and support anyone in need.
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Penn GSE Researcher Helps MTV Launch Anti-Bias Campaign
One researcher at the University of Pennsylvania wants her MTV -- and has contributed to the development of the network’s new anti-bias campaign, Look Different.
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Social Work Student at Penn Helps in West Philadelphia and Overseas
Some University of Pennsylvania students are determined to change the world, while others set their sights closer to home by focusing on improving their local communities. Kristen Smith, a social work student at the School of Social Policy & Practice, wants to do it all.
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Two Penn Professors Receive Humboldt Awards
Two University of Pennsylvania professors have been awarded Humboldt Research Awards to fund year-long collaborations with colleagues in Germany.
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Penn Ph.D. Student Jeannie Kenmotsu Awarded Rare Book School Mellon Fellowship
Jeannie Kenmotsu, a doctoral candidate in the History of Art Department at the University of Pennsylvania, has been awarded a Rare Book School Mellon Fellowship in Critical Bibliography. She is among 20 early-career academics receiving fellowships to attend RBS at the University of Virginia.
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Staff Q&A with Silvana Burgese
In their November letter to the Models of Excellence Committee nominating their manager, Silvana Burgese, for the Model Supervisor Award, members of the Faculty Support Staff Office at Penn Law School wrote that they have never had a supervisor “as supportive, intelligent, and dedicated to their employees as Silvana.”