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The Center’s projects include aiming to enhance vision assessments for at-risk groups and researching machine learning techniques for vision evaluation.
The grant is a part of the United States Department of Defense’s Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative announced in March, which awards $220 million to research studies nationwide.
The award, presented by Dean of Perelman School of Medicine J. Larry Jameson, recognizes an exceptional individual or collaborative team whose research pursuits have resulted in transformative discoveries in the global landscape of healthcare.
This act proposes lowering the foreign gift reporting threshold for colleges and universities from $250,000 to $50,000, and down to $0 for “countries and entities of concern,” according to the bill summary.
Choi, who was president of Freaks of the Beat during her undergraduate years, will compete for Team USA after recently leaving her job as a creative project manager.
According to a press release, Makhija — who also has served as President of IMPACT, a national South Asian civic organization — is the first-ever Indian American and Asian American elected county commissioner.
“I don’t experience my colleagues, for example, within the University as antisemitic, but I recognize that many of the activities that are happening right now would lead to that impression," James said at the event.
Justice and Peck spoke at Irvine Auditorium on Nov. 7 as part of Penn’s Social Planning and Events Committee Connaissance, an organization dedicated to bringing keynote speakers to Penn.
Parker, a former Philadelphia city councilmember and Pennsylvania state representative, faced Republican candidate David Oh and emerged as the winner with 74% of the vote.