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Wednesday, August 8, 2018
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#https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/leading-within-madison-dawkins-brings-health-and-mindfulness-prison
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In the spring of her freshman year, rising senior Madison Dawkins of Wynnewood, Pa., took a seminar called “Race, Crime, and Punishment.” The course inspired her to create her own minor in race and criminal justice and to launch a student organization that educates others about criminal-justice reform. (Video (https://vimeo.com/280225144?utm_source=Primary&utm_campaign=616e9d6dd8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_16_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3777f2ca8f-616e9d6dd8-44504553) )
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#https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/culture-and-technology-scholar-julia-ticona-studies-promise-and-perils-gig-economy
Cell-phone lifelines (https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/culture-and-technology-scholar-julia-ticona-studies-promise-and-perils-gig-economy?utm_source=Primary&utm_campaign=616e9d6dd8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_16_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3777f2ca8f-616e9d6dd8-44504553)
Julia Ticona of the Annenberg School for Communication has spent many hours interviewing nannies, housekeepers, and other participants in the gig economy to understand the role of technology in their lives. For many, it has created opportunities for flexible work but also introduced job insecurity.
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#https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/studying-human-remains-biblical-site-Gibeon
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Starting this summer, rising senior Fiona Jensen-Hitch of Santa Fe, N.M., is sorting and photographing human remains from the biblical site of Gibeon. Mentored by Janet Monge of the Penn Museum and the School of Arts and Sciences, Jensen-Hitch hopes to enrich our understanding of history with the once-absent data.
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#https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/fight-eliminate-hepatitis-c-philly-qa-stacey-trooskin
Fighting hep C (https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/fight-eliminate-hepatitis-c-philly-qa-stacey-trooskin?utm_source=Primary&utm_campaign=616e9d6dd8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_16_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3777f2ca8f-616e9d6dd8-44504553)
Despite the availability of a life-saving cure, nearly 53,000 Philadelphians are living with hepatitis C. In a Q&A, the Perelman School of Medicine’s Stacey Trooskin, also of the health-services nonprofit FIGHT, highlights who is at risk, the challenges in connecting patients with treatment, and the work that she and others are doing to eliminate the disease once and for all.
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#https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/dental-plaque-no-match-catalytic-nanoparticles
Targeted disruption (https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/dental-plaque-no-match-catalytic-nanoparticles?utm_source=Primary&utm_campaign=616e9d6dd8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_16_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3777f2ca8f-616e9d6dd8-44504553)
Twice-daily rinses with a solution containing FDA-approved nanoparticles broke up plaque and prevented tooth decay, according to studies led by the School of Dental Medicine’s Hyun (Michel) Koo and doctoral student Yuan Liu in collaboration with David Cormode of the Perelman School of Medicine and School of Engineering and Applied Science. The particles could eventually find their way into mouthwash or toothpaste.
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#https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/alarm-response-emerging-health-threats-social-media-news-zika
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When a novel health threat such as the Zika virus emerges, traditional news media and social media play complementary roles. Twitter, for example, raises public risk awareness, while news stories educate people and allow them to protect themselves, according to researchers in the Annenberg Public Policy Center.
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#https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/report-shows-msi-leaders-connecting-students-through-social-media
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Presidents of colleges serving racial and ethnic minorities benefit from creating social media accounts, according to a new report from Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education. Social media platforms, she says, provide a unique avenue to share important updates, spread school spirit, and highlight student achievement all while “humanizing” the president among the student population.
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#https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/vet-students-goat-dairy-aims-fill-nutrition-gap-gambia
Sustainable dairy (https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/vet-students-goat-dairy-aims-fill-nutrition-gap-gambia?utm_source=Primary&utm_campaign=616e9d6dd8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_16_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3777f2ca8f-616e9d6dd8-44504553)
Briana Wilson (above), a rising third-year at the School of Veterinary Medicine, is assisting in launching a commercial goat dairy in the Gambia, a project developed by fourth-year Corey Spies and recent grad Brianna Parsons. Engineering senior Madeline McGovern of Scotts Plains, N.J., has also joined the team. Their vision is to address malnutrition and improve livelihoods in rural Africa.
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#https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/red-blood-cell-hitchhikers-offer-new-way-transport-drugs-specific-targets
Hitchhikers (https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/red-blood-cell-hitchhikers-offer-new-way-transport-drugs-specific-targets?utm_source=Primary&utm_campaign=616e9d6dd8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_16_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3777f2ca8f-616e9d6dd8-44504553)
Side effects can arise when drugs land in organs and tissues they weren’t intended to treat. An innovative development led by Perelman School of Medicine researchers Jake Brenner and Vladimir Muzykantov avoids off-target effects. Using nanoscale drug delivery vehicles that hitch a ride on red blood cells, their therapies shuttle high concentrations of pharmaceuticals to exactly where they’re meant to go.
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#https://www.penn.museum/blog/museum/armenia/
Lost empire (https://www.penn.museum/blog/museum/armenia/?utm_source=Primary&utm_campaign=616e9d6dd8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_16_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3777f2ca8f-616e9d6dd8-44504553)
Christopher Besser of Pittsburgh (third from left) and Colin Roberts of Philadelphia (far right), May graduates of the School of Engineering and Applied Science, have spent the summer in Armenia on an archaeological dig led by the Penn Museum. Using digital technologies and traditional fieldwork, the team identified almost 500 remnants of structures dating from the 1st millennium B.C.E. and the early 2nd millennium C.E.
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#https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/dr-benoit-dube-appointed-chief-wellness-officer
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Benoit Dubé (above) of the Perelman School of Medicine has been named Penn’s first chief wellness officer. He will lead Wellness at Penn, a new division aimed at creating faster access to care for more students across a wider range of options that address emotional, mental, physical, financial, spiritual, and social wellness. The appointment was announced by Provost Wendell Pritchett and Valarie Swain-Cade McCoullum, vice provost for university life.
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#https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-brings-philadelphias-rare-manuscripts-world
BiblioPhilly (https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-brings-philadelphias-rare-manuscripts-world?utm_source=Primary&utm_campaign=616e9d6dd8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_16_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3777f2ca8f-616e9d6dd8-44504553)
Leveraging the University’s expertise with technology and rare centuries-old manuscripts, medieval and early modern texts from 15 Philadelphia-area institutions are being digitized and cataloged by the Penn Libraries. The three-year BiblioPhilly project includes 475 manuscripts and additional individual pages. The images will be available to the public free of charge in the OPenn database. (Video (https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-brings-philadelphias-rare-manuscripts-world?utm_source=Primary&utm_campaign=616e9d6dd8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_16_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3777f2ca8f-616e9d6dd8-44504553) )
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#https://ldi.upenn.edu/sumr-blog/seashore-break-2018-sumr-cohort-and-friends
Beach day (https://ldi.upenn.edu/sumr-blog/seashore-break-2018-sumr-cohort-and-friends?utm_source=Primary&utm_campaign=616e9d6dd8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_16_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3777f2ca8f-616e9d6dd8-44504553)
After a whirlwind of research meetings and conferences, Summer Undergraduate Minority Research scholars took a break on the shores of Margate, N.J. “Diversity pipeline programs like SUMR are essential if the U.S. is to have a properly representative health care system,” says SUMR mentor Arnold Rosoff of the Wharton School, who hosted the scholars in his dockside home.
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#https://global.upenn.edu/pennabroad/blog/finding-love-sydney
Summer love (https://global.upenn.edu/pennabroad/blog/finding-love-sydney?utm_source=Primary&utm_campaign=616e9d6dd8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_16_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3777f2ca8f-616e9d6dd8-44504553)
To Kristine Lai of State College, Pa., Sydney is more than the location of her internship; it’s the city that stole her heart. Blogging for Penn Abroad, she reflects on the two months she’s spent coming face to face with koalas, savoring the harbor views, and bonding with her coworkers.
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#https://casistudentprograms.com/2018/07/26/agra-experience/
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For Makeda Barr-Brown of Hartford, Conn., the city of Agra has been as captivating as it is overwhelming. Barr-Brown wrote that she’ll miss sights like the Taj Mahal as she heads home from her internship in New Delhi.
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#https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/therapy-rare-cancers-receives-fda-approval
True breakthrough (https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/therapy-rare-cancers-receives-fda-approval?utm_source=Primary&utm_campaign=616e9d6dd8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_16_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3777f2ca8f-616e9d6dd8-44504553)
Thanks to extensive trials led by Daniel A. Pryma and other researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine, the FDA has approved the first nonsurgical treatment for rare neuroendocrine cancers. The radiotherapy drug attacks tumors in a noninvasive manner and is a much-needed option for patients.
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#https://global.upenn.edu/pennabroad/blog/learning-new-skill
Lasting impact (https://global.upenn.edu/pennabroad/blog/learning-new-skill?utm_source=Primary&utm_campaign=616e9d6dd8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_16_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3777f2ca8f-616e9d6dd8-44504553)
João Campos do Vale Dourado of Brazil is spending the summer at Ashoka, in Mexico City. He contributed to the NGO’s global mission by creating an interactive map that represents the distinctions and connections between social entrepreneurs throughout Mexico.
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