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A $25 million gift from the Smilow Foundation will establish the Smilow Center for Precision Therapeutics at Penn Medicine to advance gene editing and other precision therapies for cardiovascular disease.

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There's still time to get your flu shot this year! @WellnessAtPenn's annual Flu Clinic runs in the Pottruck Health & Fitness Center until 6pm today and 10am- 4pm on Friday. All Penn students, faculty, postdocs, and staff are welcome to drop in for their free flu shot and must bring their Penn Card.

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Using the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes, astronomer Gary Bernstein and colleagues have found some of the smallest and faintest of these icy bodies ever seen and used them to take the most complete inventory yet of how the material beyond Neptune is divided up.

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What does it look like when your research takes you underwater?

For some Penn students and researchers the answer involves coral reefs and shipwrecks. Penn Today talked with four divers about what they’re studying and what they’re looking for beneath the waves.

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Sponsored by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, the $94 million Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at Penn Vet’s New Bolton Center will unite animal diagnostic and equine toxicology labs to expand capacity for animal and public health across the state.

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Two second-years in Penn Engineering spent the summer conducting research through the Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring (PURM) program, using AI to modernize and refine the code powering a widely used receiver camera on the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia.

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Nursing professor Jie Deng has built a reputation for challenging, supporting, and inspiring her students. On Sept. 29, she will deliver the 2026 Evan C. Thompson Chair Lecture on Excellence in Teaching, an honor recognizing her thoughtful approach to teaching and mentorship. https://bit.ly/4xDHgcl

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The night before the first midterm comes the Econ Scream 📣 Every year, students gather to let out one big collective scream heard across campus. Credit: @kareem.gpt (On Instagram)

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Erika James has been reappointed as dean of the Wharton School through June 2032. In making the announcement, President J. Larry Jameson and Provost John L. Jackson, Jr. highlighted her first-term success in strengthening Wharton’s academic, financial, and global standing. https://bit.ly/4xGJoA3

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September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, highlighting the need for new and better treatments for childhood cancers. One surprising source helping researchers move that work forward? Dogs.

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The inaugural investments from the University’s newly launched $10 million StartUP Fund will support three separate Penn faculty-founded companies spanning the fields of maternal health, advanced radio-frequency filtering technology, and AI-powered drug discovery.

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A landmark $22.5M gift from alumnus Gabriel Gilinski and Stephanie Gilinski will establish an endowed scholarship and professorships supporting history, political science, and economics in the School of Arts & Sciences.

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Perimenopause and menopause are having a moment in public discourse, but not everything circulating on social media is accurate or useful.

In recognition of Perimenopause Awareness Month, Penn Medicine researchers and clinicians share information. https://bit.ly/4rrEZzx

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From blasting through the sky to experiencing zero gravity, space has attracted attention for decades, including on the silver screen. “But one thing that doesn’t often get covered in sci-fi films is how little sleep astronauts are actually getting,” says Mathias Basner. https://bit.ly/4xrdnw0

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New research co-authored by contract law scholar David Hoffman finds that large language models outperform humans at filling in contract gaps, suggesting that courts should encourage parties to see how AI might help in contract interpretation. https://bit.ly/4xodVmc

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