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Penn Senior Counters Islamophobia With ‘Act of Love’ for Kids Affected by 9/11

Penn Senior Counters Islamophobia With ‘Act of Love’ for Kids Affected by 9/11

Over the summer, as University of Pennsylvania senior Adam Adnane was riding the train with his father on the way home from his research position at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, he quickly consulted his phone to find out when the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha was going to fall this year.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Penn Sociologist Links Unstable, Unpredictable Schedules to Health Problems

Penn Sociologist Links Unstable, Unpredictable Schedules to Health Problems

For people who work in the service sector, unpredictable, unstable schedules have a range of negative consequences, including psychological stress and poor health, according to a new working paper from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California, Berkeley.

Michele W. Berger

Penn Study Finds Straightforward Way to Model Growth of Vein Networks

Penn Study Finds Straightforward Way to Model Growth of Vein Networks

By Patrick Ammerman Evolution tends to create simple rules that can work in organisms of all kinds. These rules are often all that nature needs to build some of the most complicated parts of biology through thousands of years of adaptation.

Evan Lerner

Penn’s EnerFront Sparks New Ideas on Energy Sustainability

Penn’s EnerFront Sparks New Ideas on Energy Sustainability

By Patrick Ammerman Scientists can seem set apart from other disciplines, interpreting the rules of the natural world without the involvement of the social sciences and the humanities. But a new initiative at the University of Pennsylvania is trying to change that by fostering new collaborations around the lynchpin issue of energy.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Penn Study: Today’s Most Successful Fish Weren’t Always Evolutionary Standouts

Penn Study: Today’s Most Successful Fish Weren’t Always Evolutionary Standouts

Take a glance around the oceans, rivers and lakes of today and you’ll confront an astonishing diversity of fish, from narrow-bodied eels to the 25-foot-long giant oarfish to delicate, fluttering seahorses. The vast majority of fish alive today — approximately 96 percent — are known as teleosts, a group of ray-finned fish that emerged 260 million years ago.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Philly Sisters, Mentorship Program Graduates, Return to Penn as Students

Philly Sisters, Mentorship Program Graduates, Return to Penn as Students

By Patrick Ammerman  A high school mentoring program at the University of Pennsylvania designed for local first-generation students helped two sisters navigate the college-appication process. That path ultimately led both back to Penn.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Witnessing Geology’s Impact Firsthand With Penn in the Alps

Witnessing Geology’s Impact Firsthand With Penn in the Alps

Just as summer was winding down, around the time when many students were wrapping up internships and checking packing lists for a return to campus, 13 University of Pennsylvania undergraduates flew across an ocean and began acclimating to the thin air of the Swiss and Italian Alps.

Katherine Unger Baillie