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Inside the mind of David Hollenberg, the guiding hand behind Penn’s building projects
A Q&A with the visionary University Architect in the Division of Facilities and Real Estate Services behind such projects as the Pennovation Center and Robbins House.
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Reexamining the Vietnam War, four decades after America’s defeat
An Asia expert looks back on lessons learned and unlearned, and the war’s effect on the Vietnam generation and the country today.
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Honoring the fallen: a Q&A with Ken Lum
The School of Design professor and chair of the Fine Arts Department discusses the challenge of designing a war memorial, and shares which memorials he finds most compelling.
News・ Health Sciences
The transforming power of global aid on health care—and care giving
Foreign aid makes up close to half of Mozambique’s national health care budget. In a new book, Ramah McKay of the School of Arts and Science lends a critical eye toward how this influx of global health dollars is felt on the ground, by caregivers and patients alike.
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In new podcast series, the Alice Paul Center asks: ‘What’s left of queer theory?’
The Alice Paul Center for Research on Gender, Sexuality & Women’s new podcast series addresses the question of whether queer theory can still be considered outside of mainstream culture.
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Technology, aging patients, and the people who care for them
In a quest to ease the care process for older adults and the very sick, as well as their family-member caregivers, PIK professor George Demiris is studying the intersection of smart-home technologies and health informatics.
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Immune system function in the microgravity of space
Researchers from the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the Perelman School of Medicine are developing a technology to better understand how microgravity negatively affects immune system function.
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Monumental project rethinks public art in Philadelphia
As part of Monument Lab, a Philadelphia public art and history project, three PennDesign Fine Arts professors joined artists and residents to answer the question, ‘What makes a monument in the 21st century?’
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Throwback: Student Spotlight with Alyssa Baron
Alyssa Baron, the second-leading scorer in Penn women’s basketball history with 1,806 points, starred for the Quakers from 2010-11 to 2013-14.
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Survival of the trees on an urban campus
Since 2015, the Office of the University Architect has been partnering with the Morris Arboretum on a tree donation program in order to determine how particular trees fare in an urban environment.