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Penn’s Freshman Point Guard Developed Leadership On the Court By Home Experiences of Being the Eldest of 10
Mataya Gayle, freshman point guard for the University of Pennsylvania, is used to battling on the court and it’s something she developed by being the eldest of 10 siblings, writes Matthew Frank for The Philadelphia Inquirer. As a result of those experiences, Penn women’s basketball coach Mike McLaughlin often tries to get Gayle to think…
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Penn Receives Nearly $84 Million Gift — Largest Donation In the School’s History
The University of Pennsylvania’s School of Arts and Sciences recently received its largest gift in the institution’s history, writes Ryan Mulligan for Philadelphia Business Journal. P. Roy and Diana Vagelos donated $83.9 million to Penn’s School of Arts and Sciences, shattering the school’s previous record of $50 million, also donated by the Vageloses, in 2019.…
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Wall Street Journal: University of Pennsylvania Ranks as the Top Large School in the Northeast
The Wall Street Journal/College Pulse 2024 Best Colleges in the U.S. ranking list is out, and the University of Pennsylvania ranked as the top large school in the Northeast, writes Gerard Yates for The Wall Street Journal. For the rankings, a school is considered large if they have 10,000 or more undergraduate students. Penn ranked…
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Wall Street Journal: University City-based BioTech Firm Nears Human Trials for Breakthrough Artificial Womb Technology
University City-based Vitara Biomedical is currently working on an artificial womb for premature babies and is getting closer to human clinical trials, writes Liz Essley Whyte for The Wall Street Journal. Last year, a Vitara Biomedical executive said at a biotech symposium last year that the firm is in the process of commercializing the research…
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