University of Pennsylvania

Study: Doctors, patients more likely to approve flu vaccine when given electronic prompts

Joe Biden says he regrets 'not being president'

Penn researcher granted $16.3 million toward HIV vaccine development

Penn study finds potential earlier warning of organ transplant rejection through blood test

Punk rock icon facing terminal lung cancer vows to perform again

Freddy Pompeii

Penn is world's best nursing school, survey says

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Penn trauma surgeons: Racial disparity 'profound' in Philly gun violence

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Penn researchers helping NASA bid to put man on Mars

Penn surgeon develops procedure to help address physical, emotional scars of female genital mutilation

Trump Administration

Philly's FactCheck.org calls Trump's wiretap allegations 'baseless'

Will this story go viral? Penn researchers use MRIs to show you know the answer

Penn study: Tired teens may be more likely to commit serious crimes when they grow up

Penn expert: Reduce radiation treatment by half for men with prostate cancer

Penn panelist withdraws from Biden cancer forum amid allegations of ethnic discrimination

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Penn researchers find possible link between father's cocaine use, sons' memory problems

How fat could lead to more effective anti-aging treatments

Elderly Hands

Penn student newspaper debunks Trump’s reported claims of graduating top of his class

Former Mayor Nutter signs on for fellowship position at Penn

Biden has another new gig in Philadelphia

Young founder of Penn startup ThirdEye sees campus potential after acquisition

Rajat 2

Penn student, business partner launch app to slash cost of invisible aligners

Penn newspaper laments choice of liberal Cory Booker as commencement speaker

Penn protesters get unexpected meeting with Toomey staff

Wharton March

Professor Joe Biden to lead Penn's new diplomacy center

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Students at Trump alma mater to protest his 'immigration bans' at Wednesday march

Penn-led Zika vaccine candidate shows long-lasting protection with one dose

Wharton School students plan march against Trump's 'travel ban'

500 local educators, including Drexel president, sign petition against Trump's travel ban

Higher Education

Penn confirms Cory Booker as 2017 commencement speaker

Penn president: Trump's immigration order is 'inimical to our values'

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Say it ain't so: Philly rated only seventh-best U.S. city for NFL and college football fans

Study: Body shaming can literally make people sick

Higher Education

Penn student newspaper: Trump relationship is an 'institutional dilemma' for university

Philly fact-checkers: Debunking fake news for Facebook off to slow start

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Temple student newspaper says white nationalists skewed poll results

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Penn Wharton Women's website domain pilfered by Russian porn site

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Higher Education

Study: Villanova, Penn among few schools with more grads in top 1 percent than bottom 60 percent

Villanova University

Podcasts gaining ground as force in medical education, Penn doctor says

Philly college students plan class walkouts during Trump's inauguration

Stock_Carroll - Temple University Campus Liacouras Walk

Philly organization hands out $150,000 in grants to develop medical devices for children

Philadelphia was epicenter of a deadly worldwide flu epidemic 99 years ago

Spanish influenza

Travel 100 years into history and back with these then-and-now Philly photos

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Penn Medicine launches app to help patients with sarcoidosis

Penn Apple ResearchKit App

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