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Penn third-year named 2024 Udall Scholar
Third-year Joey Wu, studying bioengineering and environmental science in the Vagelos Integrated Program in Energy Research (VIPER) program, has been named a 2024 Udall Scholar.
News・ Health Sciences
New grant supports ongoing partnership between Penn Nursing and city of Philadelphia
The multiyear, multimillion dollar grant to The Philadelphia Community Engagement Alliance will focus on chronic disease self-management among Philadelphia residents.
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A world with fewer children? Addressing the despair behind declining fertility
In a Q&A with Penn Today, Michael Platt talks about the socioeconomic and emotional factors leading to plummeting fertility rates.
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Penn Engineering leads in AI: First Ivy League master’s in artificial intelligence
The Raj and Neera Singh Program in Artificial Intelligence Master of Science in Engineering in AI Online is designed to make an Ivy League education accessible to motivated students across the world.
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Uplifting Filipino communities abroad and at home
Fourth-year student Vernon Wells has been working with Indigenous peoples in the Philippines, research they will expand on through a Fulbright award, while strengthening the Southeast Asian community at Penn.
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Organ transplant drug may slow Alzheimer’s disease progression in individuals with seizures
A new study from a team at Penn Medicine finds that inhibiting neuron excitability slows the cognitive effects of Alzheimer’s disease.
News・ Campus & Community
Class of 2025 relishes time together at Hey Day
An iconic tradition at Penn, third-year students were promoted to senior status.
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Educate to Empower aims to break down barriers to breast cancer screenings
With the President’s Engagement Prize, fourth-years Simran Rajpal and Gauthami Moorkanat plan to deliver education and resources directly to community centers in Philadelphia, tackling medical mistrust, health literacy, and more.
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Teaching climate change communication, from the classroom to a conference of journalists
Michael Mann and Kathleen Hall Jamieson are co-teaching the Climate Change and Communication course this spring, tied to the Society of Environmental Journalists annual conference, held this year at Penn.
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Gratz College gifts Gratz-Mandell Jewish music collection to the Penn Libraries
The collaboration to catalog and digitize materials will ensure lasting access to the collection of Jewish Music History.