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  • Concrete panels as teaching tools, materials testing, and outdoor sculptures

    On view outside the Weitzman School of Design are three freestanding concrete slabs designed and made by students in a unique graduate seminar.

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    Concrete panels outside Penn’s Weitzman Plaza.
    Concrete panels on view outside the Stuart Weitzman School of Design at 34th and Walnut streets are the products of a unique graduate architecture course that involves students in fabrication.

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  • Exposure to air pollution worsens Alzheimer’s disease
    Emissions from a power plant.

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    Exposure to air pollution worsens Alzheimer’s disease

    New research from Penn Medicine finds living in areas with high concentration of air pollution is associated with increased buildup of amyloid and tau proteins in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients, accelerating cognitive decline.

    Sep 9, 2025

    What stiffening lung tissue reveals about the earliest stages of fibrosis
    Donia Ahmed prepares tissue for imaging.

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    What stiffening lung tissue reveals about the earliest stages of fibrosis

    A Penn Engineering team has targeted the lung’s extracellular matrix to better understand early fibrosis by triggering the formation of special chemical bonds that increase tissue stiffness in specific locations, mimicking the first physical changes that may lead to lung fibrosis.

    Sep 12, 2025