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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Medical Mystery: Treatment-resistant Mouth Sores
Eric Stoopler and Thomas Sollecito of the School of Dental Medicine solve a “medical mystery” involving mouth sores.
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LEGO Robots Battle, Block to Block
The annual Lego League regional championship held at Penn is highlighted.
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Lead Poisoning in Pa., N.J. May Be Worse Than Flint
Marilyn Howarth of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on lead poisoning in the Pennsylvania and New Jersey region.
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Campus Cops’ ‘Rap Sheet’ Is a Hit
The cops at the University of Delaware are really hitting the rap sheet. And students, among others, apparently love it. The campus cops have created a rap to Drake’s hit “Hotline Bling” that tells students how to connect to safety and security help when they need it. Their new code name is #CopLineBling. “You can all us on the blue phone,” they coo, as they groove and swivel. (The blue phone refers to the blue light emergency phones on campus.) “Call us your cell phooonnneee.
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Food Trust, Penn Student Group Launch ‘Healthy Food Truck Certification Program’
A Penn student-led organization, Healthy Food Truck Initiative, is highlighted for partnering with The Food Trust to develop and run the Healthy Food Truck Certification Program.
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Animal Planet Greenlights Series on Penn Vet School
A new docu-series called Penn Vet on the Animal Planet television network will focus on Ryan Hospital and New Bolton Center.
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Bringing Medieval Works to the Digital World
The University is mentioned for collaborating with Leigh University and the Free Library of Philadelphia to lead a project called Bibliotheca Philadelphienis that will digitalize “the largest regional collection of medieval and early modern manuscripts in the country.”
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Temple’s President: Let’s Proceed With the Stadium
Temple University's board of trustees will hold a special meeting Monday to consider plans to move forward on a campus football stadium. President Neil D. Theobald told student government leaders at a packed meeting Monday that he would recommend that the project proceed. His announcement came as protesters demonstrated against the proposed 35,000-seat stadium, slated for the northwest corner of campus. The objections and chants became so loud and raucous that the university shut down the meeting 15 minutes early.
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Penn Museum Moves History (Carefully) to Make Way for Future
The preservation process and removal of Museum artifacts due to the demolition of the Penn Tower complex are highlighted.
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Zika Concern Rising, but Region ‘Should Be Just Fine’
Neil Fishman of the Perelman School of Medicine and Michael Weisberg of the School of Arts & Sciences are quoted about the Zika virus.