Articles by Rachel Tanio
11/26/19 12:03am
Three cases of mumps confirmed at Penn State
The three individuals have been isolated from the student body and Penn State Health Services staff are working to identify other students who may have come in contact with them. 11/18/19 11:47pm
Penn postdoc publishes paper on artificial intelligence and climate change
The paper argues machine learning can be used in many climate change related areas including energy production, CO2 removal, and solar geoengineering. 11/12/19 9:52pm
West Philadelphia elementary school revitalized in Wells Fargo Day of Caring
300 volunteers from Wells Fargo and the nonprofits City Year Philadelphia and Ameri Core came to beautify the school on Oct. 23, CBS Philly reported. 11/12/19 8:32pm
Former Penn Medicine professor nominated to lead FDA
Hahn spent 18 years as a Penn professor, where he specialized in treating lung cancer and sarcoma with radiation oncology. 11/11/19 10:50pm
Philadelphia GOP leader resigns after historic election loss
The announcement comes less than a week after the Philadelphia GOP lost one of two seats on the city council dedicated to the minority party. 10/30/19 7:45pm
Penn Medicine’s Lancaster General Health opens a proton therapy center
The center's location will grant people in central Pennsylvania easy access to the most innovative forms of proton cancer therapy, for which they previously would have to travel to Philadelphia, chair of radiation oncology at Penn and head of the Roberts Proton Therapy Center James Metz said. 10/15/19 10:16pm
PennMed researchers receive $20 million grant for early detection of Parkinson's disease
Researchers will use the grant to develop a special type of Positron Emission Tomography scan which will enable them to better study the progression of Parkinson’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases. 10/08/19 8:55pm
Philadelphia Department of Public Health launches program to combat food inequity
The Food Justice Initiative granted $180,000 to six projects picked from over 100 ideas pitched by community organizations, food justice collectives, and start-ups. 10/08/19 8:52pm
Philadelphia study finds Penn falls short on electing women to the University's boards
The study surveyed the percentage of women on non-profit boards for the 50 largest hospitals and universities in Philadelphia. 09/24/19 8:16pm