MULTIMEDIA

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  Match Day 2013

  Each year in March, medical students across the nation participate in a half-century-old tradition that brings tears of joy or sadness to those involved: Match Day. On March 15, 161 fourth-year students at Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine found out the residency programs to which they had been accepted.

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  A “Passport” for the Immune System

  The body’s innate immune system is its first line of defense against invaders. A disease-causing bacterium or a piece of wood from a splinter are treated the same: Cellular agents of the immune system identify these objects as foreign and try to destroy them.

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  Nanotech Center Continues to Grow

  Construction on the $91.5 million Krishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology on the 3200 block of Walnut Street is proceeding on time and on budget.

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  Looking For Early Signs of Autism

  For the past five years, under the helm of Sarah Paterson, research assistant professor at Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine, and…

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  Penn Vet’s Working Dogs Get Schooled

  It’s been three months since the Penn Vet Working Dog Center welcomed its inaugural class of puppies, seven rambunctious balls of energy destined to become highly trained detection dogs performing jobs that range from police and rescue work, to bomb and drug detection.

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  Penn Nursing Helps Elders with LIFE

  Since 1998, Penn Nursing has been providing a unique, all-inclusive system of healthcare enabling frail senior citizens who would otherwise be facing nursing home placement to live at home.

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  A Crash Course in Cow Care

  Officially, the three-day seminar tailored to students getting ready to start their first year at Penn Vet, is called “Introduction to Dairy Production Systems.” But it’s more commonly known as, “I’ve Never Touched A Cow, But I Want To.”…

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  A Grand Opening for Penn Vet’s Working Dog Center

  On a bright, blue-skied September day—reminiscent of the beautiful but tragic Tuesday morning 11 years ago—the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine paid tribute to 9/11 with a nod toward the future.

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  Penn Researchers Show New Way of Assembling Particles Into Complex Structures

  Many recent advances in microtechnology and nanotechnology depend on microscopic spherical particles self-assembling into large-scale aggregates to form a relatively limited range of crystalline structures.

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  A Day of Dental Outreach

  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly one-third of all adults in the United States have untreated tooth decay, and dental cavities affect American children more than any other chronic infectious disease.