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Fran McCaffery named new men’s basketball coach
The announcement marks a return to University City for McCaffery, who played three seasons for the Quakers and is a 1982 alumnus of the Wharton School.
Federal science policies pose long-term risk, economists warn
Britta Glennon of the Wharton School says that the U.S. could become less attractive to global talent if foreign students and scientists no longer see the country as welcoming.
Archaeologists discovered a mysterious pharaoh from a war-ridden era of ancient Egypt. Take a look inside his tomb
Josef Wegner of the Penn Museum and School of Arts & Sciences, a leader of the team that uncovered an Egyptian tomb, says, “Discovering king’s tombs, new pharaohs, are few and far between.”
A major evolutionary enigma solved: How simple cells gave rise to complex ones
César de la Fuente of the Perelman School of Medicine and School of Engineering and Applied Science comments on the analogy between biological evolution and computational algorithms.
Hysterectomies are common surgeries, but myths about their impact persist
Monique R. Farrow of the Perelman School of Medicine says that many patients have gaps when it comes to understanding different types of hysterectomies.
John D. Kelly of the Perelman School of Medicine recommends recording landmark events in the lives of loved ones and texting them on those days to stay connected to others.
Maria Oquendo of the Perelman School of Medicine says that many psychiatric conditions have a strong biological basis that psychologists aren’t trained to understand.
Frameworks provide new paradigm for global health law
School of Social Policy & Practice’s Jennifer Prah has written a comprehensive framework that takes a worldwide approach to attaining global health goals.
Anonymous X account shares falsehoods to Elon Musk, top U.S. officials. What we know about ‘Amuse’
Sarah Jackson of the Annenberg School for Communication says that most anonymous X accounts are created for protective or innocuous reasons but can sometimes be used to freely say objectionable things that break social norms without consequence.
