Tag: university_of_pennsylvania

• Penn Engineering Dean Vijay Kumar Reappointed Through June 2029

  9 Nov 2026 2:11 a.m.

  President J. Larry Jameson and Provost John L. Jackson, Jr. credited Kumar with advancing research, education and innovation at the school.

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• Penn Engineers Build Placenta-on-a-Chip to Study Toxic Metal Exposure in Pregnancy

  9 Nov 2026 2:23 a.m.

  University of Pennsylvania bioengineers have developed a placenta-on-a-chip device that could allow ethical, safe study of how toxic metals like cadmium affect pregnancy, says researcher Dan Huh.

  HealthScience & TechnologyBusinessEducationMedical ScienceComputers and InternetEmployment and LaborSocial Issues University of Pennsylvaniaplacenta-on-a-chipcadmiumpregnancy healthDan Huhenvironmental toxinsbioengineering

• Penn Medicine Course Teaches Nutrition Literacy Through Hands-On Cooking

  5 Nov 2026 2:24 a.m.

  Penn Medicine's Community Nutrition and Culinary Medicine course pairs classroom lectures with cooking sessions in the Quaker Kitchen and workshops with West Philadelphia high school students.

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• Penn Students and Philadelphia Voters Cast Ballots on Election Day 2026

  4 Nov 2026 2:23 a.m.

  Philadelphia residents voted for governor, lieutenant governor, charter amendments and congressional and state legislative seats on Election Day, with many first-year Penn students casting their first-ever ballots at College Houses.

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• Penn Professor's New Book Puts Jack Kerouac's French-Canadian Roots at the Center

  3 Nov 2026 2:31 a.m.

  Jean-Christophe Cloutier's "Big American Writer: The Bilingual Jack Kerouac" dispels myths about the Beat icon and traces his French-Canadian identity and bilingualism through years of archival research.

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• Penn Research Links Voting to Lower Mortality Risk in Older Adults

  2 Nov 2026 2:22 a.m.

  Ahead of Election Day, Penn Today revisits research showing voting is tied to reduced mortality risk in older adults, with researcher Femida Handy calling the findings key to boosting turnout.

  HealthEducationScience & TechnologyMedical ScienceSocial IssuesElection University of PennsylvaniaVotingMortality RiskOlder AdultsFemida HandyVoter TurnoutPublic Health

• Troiano Gift Launches $35 Million Brain Tumor Center at Penn Medicine

  2 Nov 2026 2:11 a.m.

  A lead gift from Wharton alumnus John G. Troiano and Rosanna Troiano has established the Troiano Brain Tumor Center at Penn Medicine, launching a $35 million initiative for research and first-in-human clinical trials.

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• Troiano Gift Establishes Brain Tumor Center at Penn Medicine

  30 Oct 2026 2:31 a.m.

  A lead gift from Wharton alumnus John G. Troiano and Rosanna Troiano has created the Troiano Brain Tumor Center at Penn Medicine, launching a $35 million initiative.

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• Penn Medicine Combines CRISPR and Lipid Nanoparticles to Target Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

  29 Oct 2026 2:23 a.m.

  Penn Medicine researchers say a system pairing CRISPR gene editing with lipid nanoparticle delivery could halt or even reverse Duchenne muscular dystrophy progression, according to work led by Tejvir S. Khurana.

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• Penn Medicine Framework Calls for Lifelong Care After Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries

  28 Oct 2026 2:36 a.m.

  A new Penn Medicine framework recommends treating traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries as chronic conditions, with lifelong monitoring to address neurological, cardiovascular, endocrine and metabolic risks.

  Science & TechnologyHealthEducationMedical ScienceArtificial IntelligenceComputers and InternetSocial Issues Penn Medicinetraumatic brain injuryspinal cord injuryAndrea L. SchneiderUniversity of Pennsylvaniachronic careMedical Research

• Penn Medicine Study Finds 1,260 Genetic Variants Linked to Personality Traits

  27 Oct 2026 2:31 a.m.

  In the largest genetic study of personality to date, Penn Medicine researchers identified 1,260 genetic variants tied to the "Big Five" traits, finding no single gene drives personality.

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• Ahead of Halloween, Penn Researchers Explain What Science Tells Us About Fear

  26 Oct 2026 2:32 a.m.

  Penn Today marked Halloween by asking University of Pennsylvania researchers and clinicians about fear, from primal world beliefs and phobia treatment to child development and persuasive messaging.

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• Penn Launches Schlein Center for Cybersecurity to Tackle AI-Fueled Threats

  26 Oct 2026 2:04 a.m.

  The University of Pennsylvania's new Schlein Center for Cybersecurity, funded by trustee Ted Schlein, unites engineers, lawyers and policy experts to confront AI-driven cyber threats.

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• Penn Launches Schlein Center for Cybersecurity to Tackle AI-Fueled Threats

  23 Oct 2026 2:09 a.m.

  The University of Pennsylvania's new Schlein Center for Cybersecurity, funded by trustee Ted Schlein, unites engineers, lawyers, policy experts and industry and government partners to confront AI-driven cyber threats.

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• Penn Researchers Examine AI's Promise and Pitfalls for Social Work

  22 Oct 2026 2:24 a.m.

  Penn's Sara S. Bachman and Siva Mathiyazhagan co-authored chapters in a new book on AI and social work, discussing what the technology means for a field built on human interaction.

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• Seven Penn Faculty Elected to National Academy of Medicine

  21 Oct 2026 2:24 a.m.

  Seven University of Pennsylvania researchers have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine for leadership in genetics, anesthesiology, veterinary medicine and reproductive health, among 100 new members.

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• Wharton Experts Weigh LeBron James's Economic Impact on Philadelphia as 76ers Open Season

  20 Oct 2026 2:31 a.m.

  As LeBron James makes his regular-season debut for the Philadelphia 76ers, three Wharton experts discuss the economic impact the NBA great could have on Philadelphia and the wider region.

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• Pennovation Works Marks 10 Years of Helping Companies Launch, Build, and Raise Capital

  19 Oct 2026 2:32 a.m.

  The University of Pennsylvania's innovation hub Pennovation Works turns 10, with Executive Vice President Mark Dingfield saying its next decade will focus on sustaining and scaling investment.

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• Penn Launches Cost Calculator to Show Families Their Individualized Price

  19 Oct 2026 2:11 a.m.

  The University of Pennsylvania has launched the Penn Cost Calculator, a tool giving prospective students and families personalized estimates of the cost of a Penn education and greater transparency around financial aid.

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• Penn Chemists Use Light to Switch Opioid Pain Relief On and Off

  16 Oct 2026 2:25 a.m.

  Chemist and pharmacologist Dirk Trauner and collaborators developed a platform that turns opioid activity in the central nervous system on or off with light, aiming to bypass addiction and other side effects.

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• Penn Launches Cost Calculator to Help Families Estimate Individualized Cost of Attendance

  15 Oct 2026 2:32 a.m.

  The University of Pennsylvania has launched the Penn Cost Calculator, a tool offering personalized estimates of the cost of a Penn education, alongside a $20 million gift expanding undergraduate financial aid.

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• Penn Launches Center for Climate Resilience, AI Platform for Medical Devices

  14 Oct 2026 2:24 a.m.

  University of Pennsylvania announces new climate resilience center, an AI platform enabling real-time patient-device conversation, free eye screenings in Philadelphia, and campus sexual assault prevention work.

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• Patients Talk Back to Epilepsy Monitors in Real Time, Cutting False Alarms by 80%

  13 Oct 2026 10:08 a.m. · Source: National Institutes of Health

  NIH-funded study at the University of Pennsylvania let 13 epilepsy patients query their own brain data via a conversational super intelligence, which learned from their feedback and cut false alarms by 80%.

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• Penn Engineers Build Biodegradable Sensors to Help Farmers Assess Crop Health Earlier

  13 Oct 2026 2:09 a.m.

  Electrical engineer Cherie Kagan and researcher Akhila Mallavarapu are developing biodegradable sensors and farm-roving robots through Penn's Internet of Things for Precision Agriculture center to give growers earlier crop data.

  Science & TechnologyHealthEducationPolitics and GovernmentUSAAgricultureRoboticsArtificial IntelligenceMedical ScienceEmployment and LaborGeneral Politics University of PennsylvaniaCherie KaganInternet of Things for Precision Agriculturebiodegradable sensorsprecision agricultureRoberto GonzalesAndy Kim

• Penn's Linguistic Data Consortium, Built Over 35 Years, Shaped Modern AI

  12 Oct 2026 2:32 a.m.

  Penn-hosted Linguistic Data Consortium has amassed over 1,000 language resources in more than 90 languages, and its director says modern large language models wouldn't exist without it.

  Science & TechnologyHealthPolitics and GovernmentEducationArtificial IntelligenceMedical ScienceElectionComputers and Internet Linguistic Data ConsortiumUniversity of PennsylvaniaMark Libermanlarge language modelsPenn MedicineJalpa A. DoshiPenn Libraries

• $25M Smilow Foundation Gift Establishes Precision Therapeutics Center at Penn Medicine

  9 Oct 2026 2:23 a.m.

  A $25 million gift from the Smilow Foundation establishes the Smilow Center for Precision Therapeutics at Penn Medicine, advancing gene editing and precision therapies for cardiovascular disease.

  HealthScience & TechnologyEducationMedical ScienceAstronomy and SpaceSocial Issues Smilow FoundationSmilow Center for Precision TherapeuticsPenn Medicinegene editingcardiovascular diseaseUniversity of Pennsylvaniaprecision medicine

• Penn Astronomers Use Webb and Hubble to Map Icy Relics at the Solar System's Edge

  8 Oct 2026 2:32 a.m.

  Astronomer Gary Bernstein and colleagues used the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes to find some of the smallest, faintest icy bodies beyond Neptune and inventory how that material is divided.

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• Penn Researchers Dive Deep for Coral and Shipwreck Science

  7 Oct 2026 2:23 a.m.

  Penn Today profiles four scuba-diving researchers studying heat stress on coral and shipwreck archaeology, alongside news of a $26 million ALS and dementia grant and a new AI education lab.

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• Penn Computer Scientist Linh Thi Xuan Phan Explains How Hackers Could Target Space Missions

  6 Oct 2026 6:40 a.m.

  A University of Pennsylvania cybersecurity expert discusses how attackers could manipulate the timing of mission-critical messages, a simulated NASA capsule that sailed past its dock, and AI's role.

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• Golkin Family Foundation Gift Launches Law and Technology Initiative at Penn Carey Law

  5 Oct 2026 10:07 a.m.

  A leadership gift from the Perry and Donna Golkin Family Foundation will advance legal education at the intersection of law and technology, catalyzing Penn Carey Law's new TRAIL initiative.

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