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Two From Penn Named Pulitzer Center Student Fellows

    • Two From Penn Named Pulitzer Center Student Fellows

    Natalie Au and Rachel Townzen of the University of Pennsylvania have received International Student Reporting Fellowships from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting in partnership with Penn’s Middle East Center and South Asia Center.

    Jacquie Posey

    Penn Joins in $40 Million Grant to Establish Simons Observatory

    • Penn Joins in $40 Million Grant to Establish Simons Observatory

    The Simons Foundation has awarded a $38.4 million grant to establish the Simons Observatory, a new astronomy facility in Chile’s Atacama Desert that will merge and expand existing efforts to explore the evolution of the universe from its earliest moments to today.

    Evan Lerner

    Omega-3 Lowers Childhood Aggression in Short Term, Penn Research Shows

    • Omega-3 Lowers Childhood Aggression in Short Term, Penn Research Shows

    Incorporating omega-3, vitamins and mineral supplements into the diets of children with extreme aggression can reduce this problem behavior in the short term, especially its more impulsive, emotional form, according to University of Pennsylvania researchers who published their findings in the Journal of

    Michele W. Berger

    Fossil Dog Represents a New Species, Penn Paleontology Grad Student Finds

    • Fossil Dog Represents a New Species, Penn Paleontology Grad Student Finds

    A doctoral student at the University of Pennsylvania has identified a new species of fossil dog. The specimen, found in Maryland, would have roamed the coast of eastern North America approximately 12 million years ago, at a time when massive sharks like megalodon swam in the oceans.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    Penn Global Seminar Readings and Study Abroad Transport Students to Paris

    • Penn Global Seminar Readings and Study Abroad Transport Students to Paris

    (In the second of a two part series on the University of Pennsylvania’s inaugural Penn Global Seminars, two professors share how they crossed schools and disciplines to co-teach a course with an embedded short study-abroad trip to Paris.)

    Jacquie Posey

    The Journey Is the Destination in Penn Global Seminar

    • The Journey Is the Destination in Penn Global Seminar

    (In the first of a two part series on the University of Pennsylvania’s inaugural Penn Global Seminars, undergraduates share what they learned traveling to Morocco and Zanzibar as part of the study-abroad component of one of the seminar courses.)

    Jacquie Posey