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New partnership brings Harvard, UPenn classes to IPS students
The Indianapolis Public School district will partner with the National Education Equity Lab to allow high school students to remotely enroll in Penn courses.
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Stressed by work? You can tap your own resilience
Martin Seligman of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses his new co-authored book, “TOMORROWMIND,” which shows how people can meet future challenges while thriving in the workplace.
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Human neurons implanted into a rat’s brain respond to flashing lights
Isaac Chen of the Perelman School of Medicine and colleagues found that lab-grown neurons transplanted into rat brains with damaged visual cortexes responded when the rats saw flashing lights.
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For my low-income family, biking is not recreation. ‘It’s survival’
In an Op-Ed, Sarahi Franco-Morales describes her immigrant family’s use of bikes to survive on a low income and her recent acceptance at Penn.
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Three Black women who shattered the academic ceiling
Penn Carey Law alumna Sadie Tanner Mossell is celebrated for standing against racism on campus and becoming the first Black woman to graduate from Penn.
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Penn Medicine is going all in on proton therapy, a costly treatment that is unproven for most common cancers
A profile examines Penn Medicine’s commitment to the advancement of proton therapy, a new radiation cancer treatment, with remarks from James Metz and Justin E. Bekelman of the Perelman School of Medicine.
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Basketball’s greatest scorer doesn’t have a go-to move
Eric Bradlow of the Wharton School says that Lebron James improved his efficiency through shot selection, getting better at finishing at the rim.
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Penn’s Kayla Padilla credits a WNBA coach with helping her rise to stardom
Point guard Kayla Padilla played for the Seattle Storm's Noelle Quinn in high school. “She’s a big reason I’m the player I am today,” she says. Padilla has started for the Quakers for three seasons but will play elsewhere next season as a graduate student.
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For breast cancer patients, Penn researchers are comparing costly proton therapy with standard radiation
The Perelman School of Medicine’s Justin E. Bekelman is leading a $12 million study to compare the effects of proton therapy and standard radiation treatment on breast cancer.
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The majority of America’s top-ranked colleges will be led by a woman or person of color this fall
Eleven of the top 20 colleges in America will be led by a woman or person of color by next fall, with Penn helmed by President Liz Magill.