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Video: Watch as Andrea Mitchell Gives the Commencement Address at UPenn

NBC Foreign affairs correspondent and Penn alumna Andrea Mitchell addressed the class of 2018 on Monday, sharing her experiences and offering the new graduates guidance for life after college.

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  • Extraordinary contributions by extraordinary people

    Highlights of the numerous distinctions and accolades members of the Graduate School of Education were awarded with this season.

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  • Depleted enzyme stores in kidney cancer may get a boost in treatment

    Anew study from the Perelman School of Medicine determined that “clear cell” renal cell carcinoma tumors are found to repress enzyme activity. Treatments that restore the depleted enzymes may expand options for kidney cancer patients. 

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  • Bridging studio and research, students explore Israel-Lebanon border

    Two graduate students explore the physical, political and historical borderlands between two countries in conflict, bringing landscape design concepts outside the studio and embedding them in a physical space that has naturalized war into its terrain.

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    • Philadelphia Inquirer

    Candice Bergen Was Pretty Psyched to Get Expelled from Penn

    In an interview about her new role in “Book Club,” alumna Candice Bergen reminisced about her time at Penn. Bergen, though crowned both Miss University and homecoming queen, “flunked out of opera and art” in the mid-60s. She returned in 1992 to receive an honorary degree for her accomplishments.

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    Baltimore Sun

    Video: As He Graduates From Wharton, Former Ellicott City Resident Thinks of Mom and Reflects on Overcoming Tragedy

    The Wharton School’s Kayvon Asemani overcame a life of challenges to become not just an MBA, but a beloved advocate, speaker, performer, and friend. Now that he’s graduated, Asemani will be joining the staff at Facebook’s California headquarters this June.

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    The New York Times

    Does Hollywood Need a PG-15 Rating?

    Research supported by the Annenberg Public Policy Center explored parental reactions to gun violence in PG-13 movies. Lead study author Daniel Romer said that “the film industry is taking inappropriate advantage of the PG-13 system” by adding justification and omitting the “blood and suffering” of gun violence in order to meet MPAA requirements.

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    Philadelphia Inquirer

    Scans Reveal Secrets of Medieval ‘Harry Potter’ Book and Medical Texts at Penn

    Erin Connelly of the Libraries is working with other experts to identify old stains in a centuries-old medical text using multi-spectral imaging. The results of their studies suggest that the tomes were actively used in medicine and alchemy, a predecessor to chemistry.

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  • Department of Defense grant recipient to lead study of autonomous systems and AI

    A research team led by political science professor Michael C. Horowitz will conduct social science research that is relevant to national security, focusing on human behavior and artificial intelligence. 

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  • Wharton teaching awards 2018

    A list of this year's distinguished recipients of eight teaching awards for Wharton Business School faculty.

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