News, Ideas and Conversations from the University of Pennsylvania Nov. 12, 2009

Features

Gene therapy researchersGene therapy improves vision

For the first time, gene therapy has been shown to safely improve vision in children and adults with rare retinal diseases that cause blindness. Read more...

1882 Penn football teamPenn football sets record

Penn football's win over Brown on Oct. 31 marked the University's 1,300th football game, the most in NCAA history. Read more...

writer's quill and inkPenn Arts Crawl: A day of creativity, exhibitions and new experiences

The Arts Crawl on Nov. 20 will allow students, faculty and staff to sample from the wide array of arts-related activities and spaces on and near campus. Read more...

computer mouseThe Download: Penn on the web
By mining online publications, websites and blogs, the Current has collected a few interesting items to provide readers with a snapshot of what’s being said in cyberspace. Read more...

More Current Features

Preserving the urban canopy

E-books and the academy

Students lead academic waltz

Creating a new culinary footprint

Mitigating conflicts on the courts and in the community

The Red & Blue goes green

History (in pictures) of the Holy Land

Student Spotlight: Katie Reynolds

The politics of myth-debunking

The story of a neighborhood

Federal stimulus funds to Penn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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"It does somewhat go against the other messages that we give--'don't drink, don't smoke, don't put anything foreign or toxic into your body, but take this vaccine.'"

—Neil Fishman, director of the Department of Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Control at UPHS, on convincing pregnant women to get the flu shot. (Philadelphia
Inquirer
, Oct. 30, 2009)