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  1. 4 hours ago
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  2. 5 hours ago

    Writing in about libraries & the opioid crisis, researchers from & the Healthy Library Initiative say that it is time for health care institutions to partner with public libraries to alleviate suffering in their communities.

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  3. 7 hours ago

    This spring, 300 trees found new homes with Penn employees as part of the “Creating Canopy” tree giveaway, a joint effort between the University and Parks & Rec that supports the goals of Penn’s Climate Action Plan.

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  4. 9 hours ago

    A radical, innovative research approach by D. Kacy Cullen, an associate professor of neurosurgery in , could aid patients with neurodegenerative disorders like Parkinson’s disease.

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  5. 9 hours ago

    The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday upheld the right of a Colorado baker to refuse service to a same-sex couple. Professor Wolff reacts to the ruling here:

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  6. 11 hours ago

    Change your perspective on art (museums).

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  7. 12 hours ago

    May grad Joshua Jordan was awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant grant. He will spend nine months as an instructor at an independent bilingual experimental school near the Himalayan foothills.

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  8. 14 hours ago

    Botanists at are participating in an effort to digitize images & data associated with thousands of plants collected in the Mid-Atlantic region during the past three centuries.

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  9. 16 hours ago

    Fifty years ago today, U.S. Sen. Robert Kennedy was assassinated in LA after winning the California Democratic presidential primary. Weeks earlier, Kennedy had made a whirlwind tour of the Delaware Valley, including a campus speech in the Palestra.

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  10. Jun 4

    Win a prize at Summerfest, but don’t feed it after midnight.

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  11. Jun 4

    Adolescents & young adults who engaged with alcohol-related social media were more likely to report underage drinking, according to a study from .

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  12. Jun 4

    English professor Dagmawi Woubshet of 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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  13. Jun 4

    Research from has found that bundling payments for treatments could save U.S. healthcare dollars, in addition to raising overall quality of care. He shared his findings on .

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  14. Jun 4

    As a first step to help children feel welcome, teachers can ask students of all ages what name and pronouns they prefer, according to researchers at , & .

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  15. Jun 4

    Babies in the NICU benefit from being held. In a new program, volunteers provide calming care through cuddling infant patients, helping to lessen pain and stress & reduce potential developmental delays.

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  16. Jun 4

    In , Jennifer Wilson of looks at how the resurgence of the true crime genre has an antecedent in the works of Fyodor Dostoyevsky, the Russian author of numerous novels about murder.

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  17. Jun 4

    May graduate Keturah Peters of grew up in Mashpee, Mass., and is a member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe. Through Natives at Penn, she & others have found a way to celebrate and share their Native cultural heritage on campus.

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  19. Jun 4

    Why do the choices made today affect those we make tomorrow? Research from ’s Computational Perception and Cognition Laboratory reveals people’s subconscious biases impact their thought processes in an effort to create consistency.

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  20. Jun 4

    Sixteen undergrads visited Israel together as part of ’s inaugural Encompass program. The idea was to “build bridges” & to gain a deeper understanding of the real complexities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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