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India has extremely high traffic-accident casualty rates, according to the World Health Organization, with one crash approximately every 10 seconds and 1,000 fatalities a year in the city of Bangalore alone, according to city records.…

“Tune into the intelligence of the water,” instructed Feresteh Toosi, an artist based in Miami, as they prepared to lead a group onto the Delaware River in paddleboats. As participants got sized for life jackets, signed waivers, and…

So, now days, once full of sledding and punctuated with abundant hot chocolate, are melting away. Trees bloom before last frost and flowers freeze on their branches. Heavy rains overwhelm city sewers and flood until “you can smell climate…

Like a microscopic bucket brigrade, an artificial microtubule can rapidly transport tiny particles along magnetic stepping stones, delivering them to a precise location even when operating against a strong current.The technology,…

There’s been a long-standing controversy about whether the mature human brain produces new immature neurons throughout its lifespan—what’s called “adult neurogenesis”—or whether the existing ones had to last throughout adulthood.A team…

Faculty and students have dedicated whole semesters defining a broad set of proposals to address climate change and social injustices through investments in infrastructure and high-quality jobs. For Palak Agarwal, there was still…

Aligarh : The IVY League Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania will online train Dr Ahmed Musa Khan, a young faculty member from the Department of Commerce, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) in innovating teaching practices,…

The University of Pennsylvania will honor seven distinguished alumni at the 2021 Alumni Award of Merit Gala on Friday, Nov. 5. Alumni arts administrator Stephen Goff will receive the 2021 Creative Spirit Award for his life-long…

University of Pennsylvania junior Chinaza Ruth Okonkwo has been awarded a 2021 Beinecke Scholarship to pursue a graduate education in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Each 2021 Scholar receives $4,000 upon completion of…

University of Pennsylvania senior Samuel Orloff has been named a James C. Gaither Junior Fellow, one of an estimated 12 in the country chosen for a one-year fellowship at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C.…