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Wednesday, June 6, 2018
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#https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/product-1980s-qa-english-professor-dagmawi-woubshet
‘African-Americanist’ (https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/product-1980s-qa-english-professor-dagmawi-woubshet?utm_source=Primary&utm_campaign=caf96c10c2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_16_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3777f2ca8f-caf96c10c2-44504553)
English professor Dagmawi Woubshet of the School of Arts and Sciences, who just completed his first year at Penn, describes himself an “African-Americanist” in his literary pursuits. An immigrant from Ethiopia, he focuses on the 1980s in his research and his courses.
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#https://omnia.sas.upenn.edu/story/scoring-unfinished-work-video
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For his honors thesis, May graduate Nicholas Escobar of Villanova, Pa., composed an original score to an unfinished 17th-century opera. The project, inspired by “Paradise Lost” and furthered by his study of contemporary musical productions, was the culmination of Escobar’s love of English and music. (Video (https://vimeo.com/270217107?utm_source=Primary&utm_campaign=caf96c10c2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_16_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3777f2ca8f-caf96c10c2-44504553) )
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#https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/mathematical-model-explains-why-metastasis-can-occur-even-when-cancer-caught-early
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Leaning on evolutionary and ecological theory, rising senior Jimmy Qian of Fremont, Calif., and biology professor Erol Akçay of the School of Arts and Sciences modeled how a tumor’s cancer-cell lineages compete for dominance. The findings help explain a surprising observation: Most metastatic tumors derive from lineages that emerge at early stages of the disease.
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#https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/leveraging-penns-expertise-meet-challenges-water-sector
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With its launch this year, the Water Center at Penn, led by Howard Neukrug of the School of Arts and Sciences, has begun a process of partnership-building and education with an aim of bringing cutting-edge research to bear on the pressing challenges of the water sector. One such issue, ensuring affordability of water, is on the agenda at a conference being held on campus today.
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#https://www.pennmedicine.org/news/news-releases/2018/may/social-media-usage-linked-to-underage-drinking
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Adolescents and young adults who engaged with alcohol-related social media were more likely to report underage drinking, according to a study led by the Perelman School of Medicine’s Brenda Curtis. “Substance use, particularly alcohol, is frequently displayed on social media sites—this normalizes drinking for teens and young adults,” Curtis said.
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#https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/english-professor-explores-poetic-expressions-japanese-american-internment
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Josephine Park of the School of Arts and Sciences is analyzing the aesthetics of poetry written by interned Japanese-Americans during World War II. Her work, to culminate in a book, will explore poetics through the broader tradition of prison poetry. “The adults who endured internment didn’t always talk about it with their families, in subsequent generations,” she says. “I’m interested in that adult.”
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#https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/radical-innovative-approach-bioengineer-takes-big-step-forward
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D. Kacy Cullen, an associate professor of neurosurgery in the Perelman School of Medicine, and his team have spent a decade developing technology to create the first implantable tissue-engineered brain pathways. It’s an effort that, if translated, could essentially reverse the clock on disease progression for patients with neurodegenerative disorders, such as Parkinson’s disease. Now, Cullen’s ready to take his project to the next level with the creation of a brand new startup: Innervace. (Video (https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/radical-innovative-approach-bioengineer-takes-big-step-forward?utm_source=Primary&utm_campaign=caf96c10c2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_16_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3777f2ca8f-caf96c10c2-44504553) )
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#https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/detecting-distant-stars-qa-jose-maria-diego-and-jesus-vega
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While observing an exploding star in a galaxy cluster billions of light-years away, visiting scholars Jose Maria Diego and Jesús Vega in the School of Arts and Sciences, part of a team of astronomers, noticed a curious speck of light in their images. The light was emitted from an ancient star more than 9 billion years ago. This makes the star they named Icarus the most distant individual star ever detected, 100 times farther away than the next most distant star.
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#https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/protecting-littlest-victims-opioid-crisis
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A newborn exposed to an addictive substance like opioids in the mother’s womb can develop what’s called Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. These babies can have tremors and become inconsolable. In response, Penn Medicine care teams have launched several initiatives to help, including one called Mothers MATTER that offers comprehensive care for pregnant and postpartum women touched by drug dependence.
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#https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/paving-way-safer-smaller-batteries-and-fuel-cells
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A new material developed by the School of Engineering and Applied Science’s Karen Winey and lab member Edward Trigg could make for smaller, more efficient batteries and fuel cells. Their design allows protons, and potentially other ions, to zip through the material in straight lines.
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#https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/early-life-seizures-prematurely-wake-brain-networks-tied-autism
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Childhood seizures have been linked to a higher risk of autism and intellectual disabilities, and now researchers think they understand why. Frances Jensen of the Perelman School of Medicine led a study showing that early-life seizures prematurely “wake up” critical synapses in the brain, interfering with normal development. Quieting these synapses in the wake of seizures may help avoid future impairments.
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#http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/can-innovation-spread-faster-through-social-networks/
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Some innovations promise very clear benefits. Others, dubbed “unproven technologies,” require social validation to become mainstream. On Knowledge@Wharton, Valentina Assenova looked at how certain social networks are more conducive than others to the diffusion of a complex innovation. (Audio (http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/can-innovation-spread-faster-through-social-networks/?utm_source=Primary&utm_campaign=caf96c10c2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_16_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3777f2ca8f-caf96c10c2-44504553) )
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