Penn becomes first Ivy to partner with KIPP schools Penn becomes first Ivy to partner with KIPP schools Chevon Boone’s story is the sort of against-all-odds tale they make TV movies about. She grew up in the tiny rural town of Garysburg, North Carolina, about a six-hour drive from Penn and the Ivy League. Yet for Boone and other underserved kids in Garysburg, that stretch of highway may as well have been an ocean.
Getting a crash course in cow care and feeding Getting a crash course in cow care and feeding Wear washable boots. That may be one of the most important tips offered to a group of 19 incoming Penn Vet students who took part in a three-day seminar introducing them to the daily care of dairy cows.
Q&A with Anne Papageorge on Penn Connects 2.0 Q&A with Anne Papageorge on Penn Connects 2.0 In 2006, Penn had a vision.
Staff Q&A with Dennis Pierattini Staff Q&A with Dennis Pierattini Above classrooms, galleries, and professors’ offices on the fourth floor of Meyerson Hall sits a room filled with table saws, sanders, hand tools, metal bandsaws, a 3-D printer, and laser cutter.
Compound Derived From a Mushroom Lengthens Survival Time in Dogs With Cancer, Penn Vet Study Finds Compound Derived From a Mushroom Lengthens Survival Time in Dogs With Cancer, Penn Vet Study Finds PHILADELPHIA — Dogs with hemangiosarcoma that were treated with a compound derived from the Coriolus versicolor mushroom had the longest survival times ever reported for dogs with the disease. These promising findings offer hope that the compound may one day offer cancer patients — human and canine alike — a viable alternative or complementary treatment to traditional chemotherapies.
Penn Team Finds Key Molecules Involved in Forming Long-term Memories Penn Team Finds Key Molecules Involved in Forming Long-term Memories PHILADELPHIA — How does one’s experience of an event get translated into a memory that can be accessed months, even years later? A team led by University of Pennsylvania scientists has come closer to answering that question, identifying key molecules that help convert short-term memories into long-term ones.
Center for the Advanced Study of India at Penn to Celebrate 20th Anniversary With Symposium Center for the Advanced Study of India at Penn to Celebrate 20th Anniversary With Symposium PHILADELPHIA -– The Center for the Advanced Study of India at the University of Pennsylvania will hold a 20th Anniversary Symposium on “India: Two Decades of Transformation.”
Penn IUR Co-Director Eugenie Birch Helping to Shape World Agenda on Urban Issues Penn IUR Co-Director Eugenie Birch Helping to Shape World Agenda on Urban Issues NAPLES, Italy -- Eugenie Birch, co-director of the Penn Institute for Urban Research at the University of Pennsylvania, was re-elected co-chair of the
Penn to Mark Constitution Day Penn to Mark Constitution Day PHILADELPHIA – Events on the University of Pennsylvania campus on Sept. 17 and 19 will honor the nation’s constitution. Sept. 17 is Constitution Day.
Edward Rock Appointed Senior Advisor for Open Course Initiatives at University of Pennsylvania Edward Rock Appointed Senior Advisor for Open Course Initiatives at University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA -- Edward B.