Claire Ochroch

The partnership has allowed access to unique primary sources including original photographs, architectural drawings, and historical maps from Philadelphia.

Leprosy is an infectious disease that starts out as bacterial infection and affects the skin and the nerves. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, only 150 to 250 cases are reported in the United States each year.

Students are currently able to major in mathematical economics, which has a significantly heavier mathematics course load and is four course units more than the traditional major. 

The influential poet recently won the Bollingen Prize, one of the highest awards for an American poet, for his book of "Near/Miss."

There are currently three videos in the series, all about five minutes long, which feature Hawk and Porter analyzing the Penn manuscripts in front of a green screen with Star Wars backgrounds.

“When there are larger social safety nets in place … like health care, education childcare, and job protected maternity leaves, women do not have to marry for money,” Ghodsee said. “They can actually choose their partners based on who they like rather than who will pay their rent.”

Experts say the more opioids that are prescribed, whether for animals or humans, the greater the risk of abuse.

Wharton senior Dotun Adejare, Wharton and Engineering senior Johnathan Chen, and Zhongyuan "Echo" Zeng, a candidate for a master's in city planning, received the scholarship last month.

Professors from Penn and other local institutions help devise experiments to solve Philadelphia-specific problems such as littering and voting turnout.   

The lab opened in the basement of the Colket Translational Research Building on Oct. 31 and will serve as a cell and gene-therapy testing and production facility.