Dental students organize walk for oral cancer awareness Dental students organize walk for oral cancer awareness Each year in the United States, more than 40,000 people are diagnosed with oral cancer, and more than 8,000 will die from the disease.
30 minutes outdoors for 30 straight days 30 minutes outdoors for 30 straight days The Environmental Protection Agency reports that Americans, despite the country’s beautiful spacious skies, purple mountain majesties, and amber waves of grain, spend 90 percent of their time indoors.
Shelter dogs get second chance at Penn Vet Shelter dogs get second chance at Penn Vet Animal shelters are often pressed for resources as they work to find homes for as many pets as possible. That means when a shelter animal has a medical problem that requires specialty care, the facility might not have the time, money, or staff to address that need—putting the animal’s life in danger.
President Gutmann announces winners of Penn’s 2015 President’s Engagement Prize President Gutmann announces winners of Penn’s 2015 President’s Engagement Prize Penn President Amy Gutmann announced on Wednesday, March 25, the selection of five undergraduates at the University as recipients of the inaugural President’s Engagement Prize.
Student engineers make strong showing at Cornell Cup Student engineers make strong showing at Cornell Cup Each of the six departments in the School of Engineering and Applied Science features a senior design class, where students team up to put their skills to the test, picking a real-world problem and solving it with a new piece of technology.
Penn Senior Investigates the State of Airport Security Penn Senior Investigates the State of Airport Security By Sarah Welsh Ever since the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, airport security has been at the forefront of national concern. The United States has since taken numerous measures to tighten security in airports, hoping to prevent similar attacks.
Penn Dental Medicine to Host 7th Annual Oral Cancer Walk and 5K Penn Dental Medicine to Host 7th Annual Oral Cancer Walk and 5K WHO: Penn Dental Medicine University of Pennsylvania
President Gutmann Announces 2015 President’s Engagement Prize Winners at Penn President Gutmann Announces 2015 President’s Engagement Prize Winners at Penn President Amy Gutmann today announced the selection of five undergraduates at the University of Pennsylvania as the inaugural President’s Engagement Prize recipients. Awarded annually to Penn students to design and undertake fully-funded local, national or global engagement projects during the first year after they graduate, the President’s Engagement Prizes underscore the high priority that Penn places on educating students to put their knowledge to work for the betterment of humankind.
Jay Kaufman to Speak in Penn Program on Race, Science & Society Lecture Jay Kaufman to Speak in Penn Program on Race, Science & Society Lecture WHAT: University of Pennsylvania Program on Race, Science & Society, “How Do We Study Racial Disparities in Health and What Have We Learned?” Public Lecture