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Wednesday, August 22, 2018
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#https://www.pennmedicine.org/news/news-releases/2018/august/penn-medicines-carl-june-receives-2018-albany-prize
High honor (https://www.pennmedicine.org/news/news-releases/2018/august/penn-medicines-carl-june-receives-2018-albany-prize?utm_source=Primary&utm_campaign=807e5c5a33-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_16_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3777f2ca8f-807e5c5a33-44504553)
Gene-therapy pioneer Carl June of the Perelman School of Medicine will receive the 2018 Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research. The honor is reserved for those “who have altered the course of medical research” and is one of the largest prizes in medicine and science in the United States. June and his team developed CAR T therapy, which became the nation’s first FDA-approved personalized cellular therapy for cancer in August 2017 and was approved for additional indications earlier this year.
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#https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/michelle-nwokedi-nominated-ncaa-woman-year
Hoops standout (https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/michelle-nwokedi-nominated-ncaa-woman-year?utm_source=Primary&utm_campaign=807e5c5a33-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_16_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3777f2ca8f-807e5c5a33-44504553)
Michelle Nwokedi of Missouri City, Texas, a former superstar on the women’s basketball team who graduated in May, has been chosen by the Ivy League as one its two nominees for the NCAA Woman of the Year award. The honor recognizes graduating female student-athletes who have made an impact in academics, athletics, service, and leadership throughout the course of their collegiate careers.
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#https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/making-hepatitis-c-infected-organs-safe-transplantation
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Twenty patients have been cured of hepatitis C following lifesaving kidney transplants from deceased donors infected with the virus. The work, conducted by Peter Reese and David Goldberg of the Perelman School of Medicine, is part of a clinical trial started in 2016 to test the effectiveness of such a transplant for people on the waitlist who do not have the virus.
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#https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/only-two-american-cities-protect-rights-employed-breastfeeding-mothers
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Research from Diane Spatz and Elizabeth Froh of the School of Nursing and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia found that, among the 151 largest cities in the United States, only Philadelphia and New York City have local legislation that protects a nursing mother who returns to work outside the home and who wants to continue breastfeeding.
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#https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/novel-history-penn-doctoral-student-uncovers-first-bill-sale-jane-austen-work
Novel history (https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/novel-history-penn-doctoral-student-uncovers-first-bill-sale-jane-austen-work?utm_source=Primary&utm_campaign=807e5c5a33-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_16_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3777f2ca8f-807e5c5a33-44504553)
This summer, while digging through the Royal Archives in Windsor in the U.K., doctoral student Nick Foretek of the School of Arts and Sciences made a surprising discovery: A receipt pointing to the Prince Regent, the future King George IV, as the first person to purchase a copy of Jane Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility,” two days before it was advertised.
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#https://penntoday.upenn.edu/index.php/news/guinness-recognizes-piccolissimo-worlds-smallest-self-powered-flying-robot
Tiny bot (https://penntoday.upenn.edu/index.php/news/guinness-recognizes-piccolissimo-worlds-smallest-self-powered-flying-robot?utm_source=Primary&utm_campaign=807e5c5a33-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_16_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3777f2ca8f-807e5c5a33-44504553)
Piccolissimo, the brainchild of the School of Engineering and Applied Science’s Mark Yim (left) and grad student Matt Piccoli, is small but powerful. Weighing less than 2.5 grams and no bigger than a quarter, it has been recognized as the smallest self-powered flying robot by Guinness World Records.
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#https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/social-work-students-help-refugees-europe
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Doctoral students from the School of Social Policy & Practice traveled to Athens this summer to share their expertise as social workers with The Melissa Project, a non-governmental organization that provides trauma-informed services to female refugees. Lina Hartocollis (second row, left), director of the DSW Program, says, “It’s a place where we could offer a meaningful experience for students to deepen their learning.”
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#https://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/feature/science-media-monitor-report-1/
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How well does the media write about scientific discoveries? That’s what the Annenberg Public Policy Center’s new Annenberg Science Media Monitor aims to learn. The project’s first report examines how The Washington Post, The New York Times, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal covered 165 scholarly studies from 2015 to 2017.
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#https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/deidre-woods-commitment-and-compassion-earns-pillar-excellence-award
Team player (https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/deidre-woods-commitment-and-compassion-earns-pillar-excellence-award?utm_source=Primary&utm_campaign=807e5c5a33-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_16_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3777f2ca8f-807e5c5a33-44504553)
Deidre Wood has been honored with a 2018 Pillar of Excellence Award for her work with Facilities and Real Estate Services. A fixture at Penn since 1997, Wood is known for her positive attitude and her willingness to go above and beyond in support of those around her. “The Models of Excellence is an amazing part of Penn because everyone from a young lady working in robotics to a housekeeper are important and they are recognized,” says Wood.
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#http://www.vet.upenn.edu/about/press-room/press-releases/article/penn-vet-teams-with-merck-animal-health-to-educate-young-swine-veterinarians
Hog health (http://www.vet.upenn.edu/about/press-room/press-releases/article/penn-vet-teams-with-merck-animal-health-to-educate-young-swine-veterinarians?utm_source=Primary&utm_campaign=807e5c5a33-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_16_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3777f2ca8f-807e5c5a33-44504553)
The School of Veterinary Medicine hosted Swine University, a unique training program that addresses diseases impacting the modern farm and marketplace. Faculty, including Gary Althouse (left), shared expertise with swine veterinarians such as José Naranjo Rativa from Colombia.
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#https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/snow-graphics-frozen-can-predict-mechanics-real-avalanches
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Understanding the math behind the snow in animated films such as “Frozen” can save lives. Chenfanfu Jiang of the School of Engineering and Applied Science, who developed computer graphics for the entertainment industry prior to coming to Penn, uses his icy simulations to predict the real-world perils that skiers might face. (Video (https://youtu.be/pza5mz5Dn4Q?utm_source=Primary&utm_campaign=807e5c5a33-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_16_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3777f2ca8f-807e5c5a33-44504553) )
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#https://www.penn.museum/blog/museum/puabis-ever-evolving-diadems/
Royal jewels (https://www.penn.museum/blog/museum/puabis-ever-evolving-diadems/?utm_source=Primary&utm_campaign=807e5c5a33-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_16_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3777f2ca8f-807e5c5a33-44504553)
Rising senior Idil Demirdag, a psychology major from Istanbul, just completed 11 weeks working in marketing and communications at the Penn Museum through CURF’s summer humanities internship program. In a blog post, she explores the history of Queen Puabi’s lapis lazuli and gold diadems, now on display in the new Middle East Galleries.
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#http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/jenice_armstrong/black-lives-matter-marybeth-gasman-penn-racism-tshirt-jenice-armstrong-20180809.html
Speaking out (http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/jenice_armstrong/black-lives-matter-marybeth-gasman-penn-racism-tshirt-jenice-armstrong-20180809.html?utm_source=Primary&utm_campaign=807e5c5a33-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_16_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3777f2ca8f-807e5c5a33-44504553)
When Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education wore a Black Lives Matter T-shirt in Cherry Hill, N.J., she got a variety of reactions. “I think what people don’t understand is that saying that Black Lives Matter doesn’t mean that other lives don’t matter,” she says. “What it means is that at this moment in time African-Americans are experiencing escalated racism, escalated hate.”
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#https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/navigating-urban-waters-interdisciplinary-approach
Riverside research (https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/navigating-urban-waters-interdisciplinary-approach?utm_source=Primary&utm_campaign=807e5c5a33-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_16_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3777f2ca8f-807e5c5a33-44504553)
For 10 weeks this summer, student fellows with the Penn Program in the Environmental Humanities have spent time in archives, on riverbanks, and floating atop rivers to build an interdisciplinary understanding of urban waterways. Led by the School of Arts and Sciences’ Bethany Wiggin, the students’ experience will culminate with presentations of independent research projects intended to engage the public.
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#https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/after-recessions-why-do-some-jobs-disappear-forever
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On Knowledge@Wharton, Nikolai Roussanov discussed his research on recessions and economic transformation. His recent paper, co-authored by Wharton doctoral candidate Alex Kopytov and a Cornell professor, found that many jobs lost in recessions don’t return when the economy recovers due to a phenomenon called “job polarization,” in which high- and low-skill work remains in demand but mid-level jobs disappear amid technological advances.
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#https://penntoday.upenn.edu/index.php/news/bringing-nursing-most-remote-places
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Nurse Nancy Bonalumi of Penn Presbyterian Medical Center has traveled the world to bring medical care and health education to underserved communities. She most recently completed a trip to Bolivia, where she visited eight remote villages along the Amazon Basin and ran free clinics that saw more than 1,500 patients.
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