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Preventing benign moles from turning cancerous
Human moles are generally similar in size, color, and shape. Usually absent at birth, they start out as tiny little dots that grow slowly for one to two years to a few millimeters, about the size of a pencil eraser, and then stop. The cells don’t die; they just exist.
Student Spotlight with Farzana Shah
PULITZER FELLOW: Farzana Shah, a master’s student in the School of Nursing, was recently awarded a Pulitzer International Student Reporting Fellowship from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, a non-profit organization
Eliminating food deserts may not lead to healthy eating
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), 23.5 million people in the United States live in food deserts—urban neighborhoods and rural towns without ready access to fresh, healthy, and affordable food. More than half of these individuals live in low-income households.
Penn institute stimulates study of imagination
The human imagination has no boundaries. It is capable of traveling at the speed of light to galaxies far, far away, and falling, very slowly, down, down, down the rabbit hole. It has put a man on the moon and in the deepest parts of the ocean. It has built the computer, video games, and the internet. It has made phones that are smart, self-driving cars, and unmanned aerial vehicles.
Q&A with Paul Offit
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RealArts@Penn connects students with creative summer internships
WHAT: Founded in 2008, RealArts@Penn, a project at the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing (CPCW), helps Penn students interested in the creative arts build their network of connections through paid, off-campus summer internships during which the
Hyperbaric therapy treats patients with pure oxygen
Oxygen makes up about 21 percent of the air we breathe, with each breath bringing luxuriant, life-sustaining nutrients to the lungs, blood, brain, and body. In its purest form, oxygen, when inhaled at high pressure, can have rejuvenating therapeutic and physiological effects, such as treating radiation damage from cancer treatment and non-healing wounds.
Study documents workplace bias against obese people
For a host of health reasons, such as a decreased risk for heart disease, stroke, and cancer, it is vital for people who are obese to lose weight. A new study from the Wharton School finds that there are professional and career reasons for losing weight, as well.
Q&A with Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw
The “Gwendolyn” in Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw is a salute from her parents to Gwendolyn Brooks, the celebrated poet who in 1950 became the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize.
Staff Q&A with Michelle Majeski
Residents and guests entering Rodin College House are greeted with pleasant professionalism and enthusiastic support exuded by Residential Services Manager Michelle Majeski, who leads the Rodin Information Center.