The obesity rate for children ages 10 to 17 in Pennsylvania was 17.4 percent, more than two points above the national average of 15.3 percent.

Hahn spent 18 years as a Penn professor, where he specialized in treating lung cancer and sarcoma with radiation oncology. 

The study found that acetate, a product of alcohol breakdown in the liver, travels up to the brain's learning centers to affect how mouse models respond to alcohol in the environment. 

The study, published in Nature, found that a protein called adenine nucleotide translocator is needed to remove damaged mitochondria from the body in a process called mitophagy.  

The grant will be used to support a clinical trial aimed at preventing the recurrence of triple-negative breast cancer.

The Penn-led team of global researchers looked at phytoliths, or plant skeletons, and the environmental effects of burning them.  

With Penn’s large LGBTQ presence on campus, an upcoming Supreme Court decision has the ability to affect Penn graduates in many years to come, myself included. 

Considering how prevelant sexual abuse has proven to be on college campuses, this clause strikes me as particularly alarming and severe.  

Both SHS and CAPS were previously overseen by the Vice Provost for University Life.

On October 29, a confidential case of harassment by communication was reported at 4000 Pine St., at about 5:30 p.m.

Carey Law Dean of Students Felicia Lin, along with three other administrators, held an hour-and-a-half lunch Q&A session on Monday for any law students concerned about the school's renaming. 

The event featured 1994 Wharton graduate Jeff Smith, Chair of Papa John’s International Inc; and Janet Foutty, Chair of the Board of Deloitte.

The announcement comes less than a week after the Philadelphia GOP lost one of two seats on the city council dedicated to the minority party. 

While not all of us agree on every tactic the students may employ, we as faculty urge our colleagues and University administrators to hear them out, engage them constructively, and take much bolder action.

This recent breakthrough, spearheaded by Penn Med professor Hansell Stedman and his team, utilized a harmless virus to transfer genetic instructions to cells in the animal test subjects.

The research, which aims to improve treatments for chronic pain in an effort to alleviate the rates of OUD, comes amid the pressing opioid crisis.

Legend also questioned why many men feel intimidated by the prospect of having a female president.