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Jonathan A. Epstein named head of Perelman School of Medicine and Penn Health System
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Penn prepares to mark America’s 250th birthday
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A rare on-campus assignment for preservation students holds ‘small revelations’
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Vanessa Chan bridges the gap between innovation and the market
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Looking to the past to understand the impacts of human land use in South Asia
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Penn prepares to mark America’s 250th birthday
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European Studies Institute aims to center the continent for interested undergrads
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A rare on-campus assignment for preservation students holds ‘small revelations’
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The monstrous and mythical
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Can sports fandom be a religious experience?
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A Q&A with Mike Petrocelli from the Penn Ice Rink
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Fifth Energy Week to bring Penn community together around solutions
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Art Matters: ‘Fantine’ collage in Ryan Veterinary Hospital
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Amy Gutmann receives Yale Legend in Leadership Award
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New campus choir finds harmony
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Winter blooms at the Morris Arboretum & Gardens
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Finding the rhythm behind business fundamentals
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Gobhanu Sasankar Korisepati is making an impact around the world
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How will the workplace change in 2025?
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Nelson Flores looks back on decades of bilingual education
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Forging pathways to careers in legislation and public policy
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Dorothy Roberts on reproductive rights and justice
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Researchers create genetic map tied to kidney disease
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Rate of suicide higher in individuals with headaches
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Catherine and Anthony Clifton make transformational gift to accelerate patient care, research, and education at Penn Medicine
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Jonathan A. Epstein named head of Perelman School of Medicine and Penn Health System
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No evidence that CAR T cell therapy causes secondary cancers
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Psychiatric faculty mentorship programs are key to this expert’s journey
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Is Moore’s Law really dead?
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Quantum communications
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Borrowing nature’s blueprint: How scientists replicated bone marrow
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BEND lipids improve LNP mRNA delivery and gene editing
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Who to vaccinate first? Answering a life-or-death question with network theory
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Revolutionizing data centers: Penn Engineers’ breakthrough in photonic switching
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Campus & Community
Penn Center for Innovation celebrates 10 years
The University’s nexus for technology transfer supports researchers in their innovative efforts, from CAR T to mRNA advancements that have dramatically reshaped the world.
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Managing Presentation Anxiety
Communication Within the Curriculum Associate Director Sue Weber offers tips and tricks to control anxiety during public speaking. A Penn graduate student ID is required.
Historic Pennsylvania Hospital Tour
Holman Biotech Commons hosts a public tour of Pennsylvania Hospital, the nation's first hospital. Attendees will tour the Great Court, Historic Library, and Surgical Amphitheatre. Registration is required.
Jesse Rothstein
Jesse Rothstein, a professor of public policy and economics at the University of California, Berkeley, hosts a seminar about the role of social safety net programs in college student success.
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