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Merging Engineering and Imagination, Four Penn Juniors Turn Dreams Into Reality
By Marjorie FerroneIt can take what John Nappo calls “blood, sweat and tears” to materialize a dream, but this is the price he and fellow University of Pennsylvania students Sade Oba, Emre Tanirgan and Gabrielle Patterson say they willingly paid in return for a finalist position in Walt Disney Imagineering’s 23rd Imaginations competition.
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Penn Medicine Stroke Experts Identify Geographic and Gender Disparities Among Stroke Patients, Demonstrate New App to Optimize Acute Stroke Care
Stroke researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania will unveil a map demonstrating geographic hotspots of increased stroke mortality across the United States, among a series of stroke studies being presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 66th Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, April 26 to May 3, 2014.
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Penn Students Try Disengaging With Technology to Build Relationships
No phones, tablets or computers are allowed.At the University of Pennsylvania, the Penn Disconnects student group is encouraging students to unplug from technological devices and instead engage in human contact with friends on campus.
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Three Researchers from Penn Medicine Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Three researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have been elected as new members to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation's most prestigious honorary societies and a leading center for independent policy research.The new honorees, who join 20 other Penn Medicine experts previously elected, are:
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Scientists at Penn Characterize ‘Hot Spots and Hot Moments’ in America’s Tropics
The Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico are prone to extremes. Nearly all the rain for the year pours down in two drenching months. Lush, rolling forests give way to rocky, barren peaks. Even the soil is extreme, storing carbon differently than many other soil types, in highly localized iron minerals.
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Penn Medicine Fellow Receives National Award for Excellence in Interventional Cardiology
The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions Foundation (SCAI) has presented Penn Medicine’s Mitul Kadakia, MD, with the 2014 Gregory Braden Memorial Fellow of the Year Award in recognition of his outstanding performance as an interventional cardiology fellow-in-training. The award is only given to one graduating interventional cardiology fellow in the nation.
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Penn Student Elected to Society of Women Engineers’ Board of Directors
Nicole Woon, a senior at the University of Pennsylvania, has been elected to the board of directors of the Society of Women Engineers. Founded in 1950, SWE is an international professional, educational and service society that aims to support women’s entry and advancement through engineering careers, an area where they have been historically underrepresented. The society is organized into regional sections, with subdivisions at city and collegiate levels.
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Attacking Cancer Indirectly: Penn Researchers Generate Immunity Against Tumor Vessel Protein
Sometimes a full-on assault isn't the best approach when dealing with a powerful enemy. A more effective approach, in the long run, may be to target the support system replenishing the supplies that keep your foe strong and ready for battle.
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Penn stars in West Philly Science Showcase
It’s called University City for a reason: Penn’s academic neighbors include Drexel University, the University of the Sciences, the Monell Chemical Senses Center, the University City Science Center, and the Wistar Institute.
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Penn poised to roll out more modern data-management systems
In 1979, Penn administrators began deploying a series of systems that would digitally manage a triad of University arteries—Student Billing & Receivables, Academic Records & Registration, and Financial Aid. For more than 35 years, these data management systems have helped deliver critical services to the University’s faculty, staff, and students, ranging from tuition billing and payment, to course registration, enrollment verification, and diploma certification.