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Penn’s quest to battle Alzheimer’s
Penn’s quest to battle Alzheimer’s
John Trojanowski and Virginia Man-Yee Lee of the Perelman School of Medicine have been conducting Alzheimer’s research for more than 30 years, and have made three major discoveries—all of which have become strong foundations for those working on Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders around the world.
Turning students’ dream jobs into reality
Almost daily, Patricia Rose finds herself quoting education specialist Tony Wagner: “The world doesn’t care what you know.
New Penn clinic offers no-cost mental health services for military vets
New Penn clinic offers no-cost mental health services for military vets
In early September, Penn Medicine opened the nation’s fifth Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic.
Art collection in Perry World House helps to enhance the global story of Penn
It’s an image unlike many others, revealing what looks like a tranquil state from afar but representing a dangerous border: The Korean Demilitarized Zone. Contemporary photographer Atta Kim’s powerful print, which he exposed for eight hours, is displayed in Penn’s new
Thriving program makes Penn a Quechua language hub
With nearly 8 million speakers throughout the Andes, Quechua is the most spoken indigenous language in the Americas. In the world, that number rises, making it as prevalent as Swedish or Hebrew. Yet, it’s unrecognizable to most people, and even declared by UNESCO as an endangered language.
Penn Program Preps Military Veterans for College
Without Penn’s Veterans Upward Bound (VUB) program, Glenn Forte Jr., an Army veteran, says he wouldn’t “in a million years” be where he is today—working as an Independence Blue Cross financial investigator, and only a year away from earning his master’s degree from
Penn researchers participate in Habitat III, bringing attention to urbanization
A delegation of 24 students, faculty, and staff from Penn recently attended the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, better known as Habitat III.
Penn lecturer to teach course on Bob Dylan
Earlier this month, iconic musician Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Dylan’s silence since has been deemed ill-mannered, and some people are even questioning if he’ll attend the award ceremony in Sweden in December.
Penn’s OGCA helps drive campus get-out-the-vote efforts
In just over a week, United States citizens will take to the polls and vote for a slew of new political leaders. Often termed a “battleground state,” Pennsylvania is expected to play a major role in the presidential race between Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump.