5/18
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Just Out of the Gate: A CT Scanner Fit for a Horse
Dean Richardson, Barbara Dallap Schaer and Thomas Schaer of the School of Veterinary Medicine are quoted about a new robotic system for taking CT scans of animals while standing.
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Health Startups Shine at Angel Venture Fair
MBA student Anastasia D’Orazio and Andrew Barnell, and undergraduates Max Reed and Anders Larson are highlighted for participating in the 18th Angel Venture Fair.
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Voorhees Student First Winner of New Award for Women in Science
Undergraduate Sona Dadhania is highlighted as the first recipient of the Science Ambassador Scholarship, which is funded by Cards Against Humanity.
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Penn Contest Singles Out Two Apps
Participants at Penn’s third AppitUp Demo Day are highlighted.
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Heavy-metal Mashup: Penn Scholar Collaborators With Iron Maiden
Simon Martin of the Penn Museum is featured for collaborating with Iron Maiden on their latest album, The Book of Souls.
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SEPTA to Add 25 Electric Buses Next Year
Christina Simeone of the School of Design’s Kleinman Center for Energy Policy comments on how Philadelphia’s ozone levels do not meet federal standards.
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Penn’s Gutmann Awards Inaugural ‘Innovation Prize’
President Amy Gutmann is quoted about the inaugural President’s Innovation Prize winners.
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Does American Medical Education Have To Be Endless?
Undergraduate Madhavi Muralidharan compares the length of time U.S. physician hopefuls spend in medical education to students in the United Kingdom, India and several European countries.
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Penn, CHOP Researchers Find Major Clue to Crippling Genetic Disorder
Eileen Shore and Frederick Kaplan of the Perelman School of Medicine and Masahiro Iwamoto of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia are featured for their collaborative research that found a drug candidate that may treat a rare disabling bone disease.
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Keeping a Watchful Eye Drives Up College Costs
When college tuition rates go up this year - as they will at most schools - one of the driving forces will be the cost to prevent football concussions, combat sexual assault, and keep hackers out of school networks. Responding to growing legal and regulatory requirements and wary of becoming the next crisis in the headlines, colleges and universities have added staff, increased employee training, and overhauled policies. Complying with new laws and regulations has "created a much better environment," said Harvey Kesselman, the president of Stockton University.