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Two Penn Seniors Named Rhodes Scholars

    • Two Penn Seniors Named Rhodes Scholars

    Two University of Pennsylvania seniors have been awarded Rhodes Scholarships for graduate study at the University of Oxford. Christopher D’Urso, of Colts Neck, N.J., has been awarded an American Rhodes and Adnan Zikri Jaafar, of Malaysia, has been awarded a Malaysian Rhodes.
    In the Quest for Lasting Behavior Change, Two Researchers Lead the Charge
    A person sitting at a desk covered in papers, with a computer screen in the background. Four people are blurry, in the foreground. They are all engaged in conversation.

    The BCFG initiative’s educational component, which will measure success via factors like the students’ grade point average and personal goals, will rely heavily on groundwork laid by The Character Lab, a 501(c)(3) non-profit founded and run by Duckworth, who was a middle- and high-school teacher before turning to academia.

    In the Quest for Lasting Behavior Change, Two Researchers Lead the Charge

    Have you ever made a commitment to exercise more often? You sign up with a gym and succeed for a time but soon, too soon, the enthusiasm fades. Eventually, your workout clothes gather dust and your gym membership does nothing but empty your wallet.  

    Michele W. Berger

    Thrashed by Hurricane Maria, Monkey Island Tries to Rebuild, Bolstered by Support From Scientific Community

    • Thrashed by Hurricane Maria, Monkey Island Tries to Rebuild, Bolstered by Support From Scientific Community

    Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and other international universities are working to save an invaluable scientific resource badly damaged during Hurricane Maria: a population of rhesus macaques living on a remote island, as well as the staff and facilities that support them.

    Michele W. Berger

    Penn Experts Offer Advice Following Hurricanes Harvey, Irma

    • Penn Experts Offer Advice Following Hurricanes Harvey, Irma

    The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season, which runs through November, has already seen two of the strongest storms on record, with hurricanes Irma and Harvey bringing extreme winds, torrential rain and significant flooding to the population centers in their paths.

    Michele W. Berger