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Neurocriminology: How early can we see a brain basis for crime?

Adrian Raine, a Penn Integrates Knowledge professor in the Departments of Criminology, Psychiatry and Psychology, presented a collection of his work on neurocriminology that broadly attempts to connect criminal, psychopathic and aggressive behavior to physical characteristics of the brain at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Associat

Penn Physicists Develop Scalable Method for Making Graphene

PHILADELPHIA — New research from the University of Pennsylvania demonstrates a more consistent and cost-effective method for making graphene, the atomic-scale material that has promising applications in a variety of fields, and was the subject of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics. As explained in a recently published study, a Penn research team was able to create high-quality graphene that is just a single atom thick over 95% of its area, using readily available materials and manufacturing processes that can be scaled up to industrial levels.

Call for Medical Schools to Teach Students Health Policy Issues Facing Patients

PHILADELPHIA -- How would you like your car to be fixed by someone who had no knowledge of what it was like to drive? That’s the dilemma facing medical students whose training is focused on learning about medicine in medical school, but spend practically no class time learning about the real life obstacle course of the health care system which every one of their patients must learn to navigate.

Penn’s Annenberg School to Assist in Developing News Media Infrastructure in Afghanistan

The University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication is involved with an effort to build a more robust media system in war-torn Afghanistan.

Penn Center for High Impact Philanthropy Issues Special Report on Improving Teaching Quality

PHILADELPHIA –- The Center for High Impact Philanthropy at the University of Pennsylvania has released a special report highlighting how donors can improve the single biggest in-school factor affecting students: teaching quality. 

Penn Research Predicts Future Evolution of Flu Viruses

PHILADELPHIA -- New research from the University of Pennsylvania is beginning to crack the code of which strain of flu will be prevalent in a given year, with major implications for global public health preparedness. 

Student Spotlight with Nate Adler

KITCHEN AT PENN: Nate Adler is a foodie at heart. And his love is not for just any food—but grub that’s local and fresh. To that end, Adler has started Kitchen at Penn, a delivery/takeout joint that features freshly made, home cooked, simple food. “‘Fresh’ is the most important word in the vocabulary of Kitchen,” says Adler.

Guiding donors to improve teacher quality

For years, educators, parents, researchers and policy makers have discussed and debated ways to improve student achievement in America’s schools. They’ve focused on class size, achievement testing, state funding and teacher quality. But rarely has the discussion focused on what specific area of improvement philanthropists and non-profits may want to pay particular attention to at this time.

Penn Transit celebrates new home with open house

With Penn in the midst of the nationwide RecycleMania competition, the University community can find a model campus reuse-and-recycle project right here in West Philadelphia.

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