University of Pennsylvania

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Flavored e-cigarettes more likely to turn youth into regular users, study finds

Penn, Swarthmore College among nation's best colleges, according to U.S. News & World Report list

UPenn Swarthmore rank best schools

Wharton professor leads autism study challenging 'extreme male brain' theory

Autism EMB theory

Penn researcher behind Alzheimer's discoveries wins $3 million prize

Virginia M.Y. Lee

Penn Book Center will stay open with new owners

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Higher Education

Penn professor Amy Wax: Determining whether President Trump is a racist is 'so shallow'

Amy Wax penn professor

Pennsylvania Game Commission, Penn Vet team up to target wildlife disease

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E-cigarettes cause damage to blood vessels even when used without nicotine, Penn study finds

Vaping blood vessels

Philly Alzheimer's study questions amyloid as accurate marker for cognitive decline

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Penn researchers receive $700,000 grant to study gun violence hot spots

Gun Violence study Penn researchers

Health Insurance

The future of nursing put under microscope at Penn

Carroll - The Future of Nursing town hall

Penn Law Dean: Prof. Amy Wax's comments are at best bigoted, at worst racist

Amy Wax penn professor

Alternative Medicine

Music can be used instead of sedatives to reduce anxiety before anesthesia, study finds

Music anesthesia Penn study

Penn professor: The United States 'will be better off with more whites and fewer nonwhites'

Amy Wax penn professor

Former Wharton admissions officer on Donald Trump: 'Certainly not a super genius'

Trump Wharton

Jerome Allen removed from Penn Athletics Hall of Fame after bribery conviction

Jerome Allen penn hall of fame

Penn researchers invent super glue-strength adhesive with stickiness that can be reversed

Penn adhesive super glue

One day, cancer patients may get their entire radiation treatment in seconds – with fewer side effects

Proton Treatment Room Penn Medicine

UPenn's double-edged smoking cessation treatment plan proves preliminarily successful

Carroll - Penn Medicine's Abramson Cancer Center.

Penn professors receive $4.5 million grant for new autoimmune disease research center

Doctor takes a patient's blood pressure

Penn Book Center to stay open through summer as it explores sustainable options

Penn Book Center stay open

Philadelphia ranks in top 10 best city for basketball fans

Philadelphia ranked best city for basketball

Microscopic robots could one day clean your teeth

Robotics Clean Dental Plaque Teeth

PHOTOS: Scenes from the 125th Penn Relays

Carroll - 2019 Penn Relays

Petition, protesters call for University of Pennsylvania to keep independent Penn Book Center in business

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Panera Bread to open largest Philly store at Penn campus in May

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PETA supporters ask people to 'stand up for dogs' at Penn protest

PETA Protest

Penn Medicine treats two cancer patients with gene-editing tool CRISPR

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University of Pennsylvania pilot program to offer free menstrual products on campus

upenn free menstrual products

Two more confirmed mumps cases at University of Pennsylvania

Carroll University of Pennsylvania Students

Penn Book Center closing in May after 57 years on 34th Street

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University of Pennsylvania acceptance rate reaches record low for Class of 2023

Penn Admissions Rate carroll

Here's how you can earn $600 by drinking Philly tap water

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Wharton reclaims top business school title in U.S. News' latest rankings

Carroll University of Pennsylvania Students

Penn's Perelman School of Medicine receives another top 10 ranking

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Former Penn coach Jerome Allen says he took $300,000 in bribes

Jerome Allen, Penn

Broken bones linked to dog walks are on the rise among elderly adults

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Here's why cancer commonly spreads to the liver

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Restaurant, hotel rooms headed for mixed-use space in University City

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Penn sophomore wins Oscar for 'Period. End of Sentence.'

period end of sentence

Penn runners catch theft suspect, but say real heroes are those who inspire fitness

Penn Running Club

Sixers owner Josh Harris gives $10 million to Penn’s Wharton School

Josh Harris

Larry Krasner is teaching a law class this spring to Drexel, Penn, Temple students

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner

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