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Penn Vet School, Nobel Prize Winner Dr. Drew Weissman, Collaborate On New mRNA Initiative
A new initiative has been launched at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine to accelerate the development of mRNA-based vaccines and therapies for animals, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The mRNA Research Initiative is being aided by Dr. Drew Weissman who, along with Dr. Katalin Karikó, won the 2023 Nobel…
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Penn’s New Chief Innovation Officer Aims To Expand Innovation Across the University
John Swartley, the University of Pennsylvania’s first chief innovation officer, has been tasked with finding faculty research that has commercial potential, writes Tom Avril for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Swartley is well familiar with that challenge, considering that his new job is basically a broader version of his old one. He has served as managing director…
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A New Artificial Intelligence Degree Will Soon Come to the University of Pennsylvania
This fall, the University of Pennsylvania will introduce a new artificial intelligence degree. In the process, Penn will become the first Ivy League university and one of the first in the nation to offer a degree specific to AI technology, writes Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The program will be held at Amy…
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Two Wharton Students Build New College Finance App, Strengthen Friendship in the Process
Sindi Banaj and Maryem Bouatlaoui became best friends in high school, but their experience at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, helped strengthen that friendship, reports Penn Today. Prior to becoming students there, the two women were among several other underrepresented teens from Philadelphia high schools selected to work as interns on a…
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Penn’s Freshman Point Guard Developed Leadership On the Court By Home Experiences of Being the Eldest of 10
Mataya Gayle, freshman point guard for the University of Pennsylvania, is used to battling on the court and it’s something she developed by being the eldest of 10 siblings, writes Matthew Frank for The Philadelphia Inquirer. As a result of those experiences, Penn women’s basketball coach Mike McLaughlin often tries to get Gayle to think…
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Penn Center for Innovation Promotes John Swartley As New Chief Innovation Officer
The University of Pennsylvania has promoted its now-former managing director of the Penn Center for Innovation, John Swartley, to become its chief innovation officer, writes Tom Avril for The Philadelphia Inquirer. This is a new position in which Swartley will be tasked with expanding the school’s already robust efforts to commercialize faculty members’ discoveries. It’s…
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Drexel Sets Forth Plan To Begin Work On New Green Space On Campus
Drexel University is planning to begin work on a 40,000-square-foot green space at its decades-old residency that is being demolished on its campus, writes Michael Tanenbaum for PhillyVoice. Plans for the recreational field were unveiled last year as part of a wider set of projects the university is undertaking to make its campus more walkable…
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Wistar Biomedical Technician Training Program Strengthens With VintaBio Addition
Wistar Institute has gained a new employer partner for its biomedical technician training program as VintaBio has now joined the West Philadelphia Skills Initiative for the program, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. As part of the collaboration, the biomedical technician training program will aim to prepare and place 10 graduates in roles…
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In Time For the Holidays, 30th Street Station Tapped Rutgers University-Camden as Its Sole Advertiser, Leading to Design Takeover
Individuals walking through 30th Street Station during the holiday season would be hard-pressed not to notice the familiar scarlet-red and white color scheme. The color scheme is the result of its partnership with Rutgers University–Camden, which has taken up residency as 30th Street Station’s sole advertiser, writes Dustin Petzold for Rutgers-Camden. According to Chancellor Antonio…
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New World Cafe Live Board Chair Paralee Knight Wants to Increase Awareness, Inclusivity of Philadelphia’s Music Scene
Paralee Knight becomes the new board chair of World Cafe Live this month, succeeding Lori Landew in the role, writes Michaela Althouse for PhillyVoice. World Cafe Live, widely known for its concerts, has a mission to create and host education programs related to music and the arts for people of all ages. Knight will be…
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Drexel University Creates Four New Endowed Positions, Aided By Donations From Urban Outfitters CEO, Drexel President
Drexel University recently announced that it has created four new endowed positions thanks to $8.5 million worth of donations, writes Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The endowed positions will be in three different colleges in the fields of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, cell and gene therapy, and civil engineering. The largest of the four…
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Penn Medicine Sets New Worldwide Record For Most Kidney Paired Donation Transplants in a Year
The Penn Transplant Institute has set a new worldwide record for the most Kidney Paired Donation transplants in a year at 100, writes Matt Toal for Penn Today. For hundreds of thousands of people around the world who are waiting for or have received a kidney, the paired exchange has served as a beacon of…
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Drexel University President John Fry Believes Philadelphia’s Downtown Should Be Centered on the Schuylkill
In conversations about Philadelphia’s downtown recovery forecast, Drexel University President John Fry recently noted that it should be centered on the Schuylkill, writes Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Fry is supporting his assertion with around $1.6 billion worth of construction projects currently in the works in University City and its “three innovation districts,”…
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30th Street Subway Station To Be Renamed After Drexel University in New Naming Rights Deal
As part of a new naming rights agreement with Drexel University, 30th Street Station will soon be renamed “Drexel Station at 30th Street,” writes Chris Compendio for Phillyvoice. With this agreement, one of Philadelphia’s most heavily trafficked SEPTA hubs will have the name of one of Philadelphia’s largest universities. 30th Street Station is part of…
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Amina Ocean, A New Southern Seafood Fushion Restaurant, Coming to University City in 2024
Entrepreneur Felicia Wilson and partner/chef Darryl Harmon is scheduled to bring a new Southern seafood fusion restaurant to University City next year, writes Emma Dooling for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The new restaurant, Amina Ocean, will fill the ground floor anchor retail space in the $100 million life sciences development, University Place 3.0. Amina Ocean…
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Wall Street Journal: University of Pennsylvania Ranks as the Top Large School in the Northeast
The Wall Street Journal/College Pulse 2024 Best Colleges in the U.S. ranking list is out, and the University of Pennsylvania ranked as the top large school in the Northeast, writes Gerard Yates for The Wall Street Journal. For the rankings, a school is considered large if they have 10,000 or more undergraduate students. Penn ranked…
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Masala Kitchen is Expanding to University City With Its Third Location
Already with two locations in Center City, fast-casual Indian restaurant, Masala Kitchen: Kati rolls and Platters, will be expanding to University City in 2024, writes Emma Dooling for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The restaurant’s third location will be on the 3400 block of Sansom Street near Irish pub, New Deck Tavern and an outpost of…
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Philly Chef, ‘Chopped’ Winner Clara Park, Elevates Penn’s Quaker Kitchen Through Ethnic Cuisine, Local Outreach
Penn Dining’s Quaker Kitchen has gained tremendous popularity recently due in large part to the hiring of Clara Park as its chef manager earlier this year, writes Maia Saks for The Daily Pennsylvanian. Park has an extensive background in fine dining and recipe development, having worked at restaurants globally, and locally, such as at Osteria…
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