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Wednesday, July 18, 2018
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For Libraries fellow Erin Connelly (left), stains are among the most exciting features of medieval manuscripts. She is part of a national team of researchers taking an innovative approach to analyzing stains using modern multispectral imaging. An exhibition at Van Pelt-Dietrich Library displays some of their discoveries.
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On TEDxPenn, Americus Reed of the Wharton School argues that branding need not be seen as an evil enterprise. Brands, rather, are symbols of self-expression that can help people improve their lives when harnessed properly. (Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvDpKuyuARc&utm_source=Primary&utm_campaign=9fc4bb2de8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_16_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3777f2ca8f-9fc4bb2de8-44504553) )
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About half of parents talk on a cell phone while driving with their children in the car, one in three reads text messages, and one in seven uses social media, according to research led by Catherine McDonald of the School of Nursing and CHOP. The study also found a link between this behavior and risky conduct like not wearing a seat belt or driving under the influence.
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Philadelphia has a long, rich history ripe for scientific inquiry. Researchers from across the University, like John MacDonald of the School of Arts and Sciences and Eugenia South of the Perelman School of Medicine, are studying topics from lead in the water pipes to abandoned lots, in an effort to better understand the relationship between health and the local environment.
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Writing in The Washington Post, incoming law student Victoria Ochoa describes her hometown in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley along the southern border. Far from the land of terror and crime that some might imagine, it’s a place where Latino communities work hard and children of dual identities attend school.
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Hack4Impact, a student-led club in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, has helped nearly 40 nonprofits in Philadelphia and beyond. Participants select five coding projects each semester, prioritizing opportunities to create useful and replicable programs for nonprofits whose missions they are passionate about advancing.
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Through the Warrior-Scholar Project, 13 enlisted military personnel and veterans learned how to succeed in higher education in a one week, immersive academic boot camp taught by faculty from the School of Arts and Sciences, along with instructors from the Critical Writing Program.
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James Ferrara, a third-year student in the School of Veterinary Medicine, will lead an interdisciplinary team conducting research in Nepal on Campylobacter bacteria, which can spread between animals and humans. The team will use a One Health approach, which analyzes the intersections of human, animal, and environmental health.
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Ebola has made a resurgence in West Africa, possibly due in part to sexual transmission of the virus. In a new study, the Perelman School of Medicine’s Paul Bates and colleagues found that protein fragments in semen, called amyloid fibers, significantly increase Ebola infection. The fibers could serve as targets to stem the spread of disease.
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As part of the track-and-field teams’ visit to the U.K., senior Candace Taylor of Westbury Hills, N.Y., writes about her adventures in London. Between strolling outside Buckingham Palace and eating ice cream at the London Eye, she reflects on the memories she’s made across the Atlantic Ocean.
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Eating ice cream too quickly can lead to “brain freeze,” along with tooth sensitivity and pain. Roderick Spears of the Perelman School of Medicine and Panagiota Stathopoulou of the School of Dental Medicine weigh in on how to avoid these discomforts and how to tell when something more serious is at stake.
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This summer, Ryan Leone, a rising senior in the Vagelos Program in Life Sciences and Management from Long Island, N.Y., is laying the foundation for his future as a surgeon in the U.S. Army by working as an intern at the Defense Health Agency in Falls Church, Va.
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