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Brown fat could help fight obesity. This Penn scientist is looking to harness its power
Patrick Seale of the Perelman School of Medicine discussed differing types of human fat: “white fat,” which stores energy, and “brown fat,” which burns it. Seale was recently awarded the Richard E. Weitzman Outstanding Early Career Investigator Award for his research on the subject.
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Wharton professor Amir Yaron chosen as Bank of Israel governor
The Wharton School’s Amir Yaron has been selected as the new Bank of Israel governor. “We want to ensure that the head of the Bank of Israel will be a person with great ability, independence and top professional capabilities,” said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Unlocking the mystery of a 2,000-year-old child mummy
The Penn Museum, in collaboration with CHOP, conducted a CT scan on an Egyptian child mummy with hopes of learning more about the ancient remains. “She looks like she's the size of a 2-year-old, but her skeletal development, the growth of her teeth and bones, is more like a 5-year-old,” the Museum’s Samantha Cox said. “Maybe a type of dwarfism.”
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Bitter partisan battle wounded Kavanaugh and the Supreme Court he’s joined
The confirmation process for Brett Kavanaugh was contentious, but the Law School’s Kermit Roosevelt said, “There is a very strong norm of congeniality on the Supreme Court, which I think has only gotten stronger.”
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Larry Culp’s long to-do list to fix GE
The Wharton School’s Michael Useem discussed GE’s efforts to reinvigorate itself. Useem compared the scale of the necessary changes to “turning around an aircraft carrier in high seas.”
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Nasdaq chief calls Philly a fertile place for tech to grow
President Amy Gutmann interviewed Nasdaq’s chief executive, Adena Friedman, at the annual Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia breakfast conclave. Friedman said that tech jobs “start with higher education.”
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There’s new evidence confirming bias of the ‘father of scientific racism’
Paul Wolff Mitchell, a graduate student in the School of Arts and Sciences, further analyzed the work of 19th-century doctor Samuel Morton, whose work attempted to link cranial capacity to a racial hierarchy.
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How scientists are treating breast cancer using the immune system
The Abramson Cancer Center’s Robert Vonderheide described challenges in treating breast cancer. Most cases, he said, “fit into a category we call ‘cold’ immunological tumors, meaning the tumor has the ability to either exclude the immune system or hide from it altogether. That kind of cancer isn’t easily treated with current immunotherapies.”
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Joe Biden to offer contrast to Trump in London foreign policy speech
Joseph Biden of the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement challenged the current administration’s approach to foreign policy when he spoke on campus last month. “The worst thing in the world we can have is this new naked nationalism America first. I believe making America first, in the way we're doing it, will make America last,” he said.
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Planning for your retirement? Many Americans aren’t financially prepared for how long they may live
Lyle Ungar of the School of Arts and Sciences and Lisa Walke of the Perelman School of Medicine discussed the effects of healthy behavior on the human lifespan. The best way to extend one’s life, apart from quitting smoking, is exercise. “I know no one wants to hear that,” said Walke.