In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
Penn Libraries celebrates Black History Month with a dive deep into the history of African American life, and the varied contributions of Black Americans to culture, art, politics, activism, scholarship, and more.
FULL STORY AT Penn Libraries →
A paper in JAMA Internal Medicine examines regulatory frameworks of drug pricing in six countries with diverse financing, delivery, and reimbursement systems, ranging from socialized medicine to markets with competing private insurers and providers. The researchers found that these countries have nearly universal health insurance, covering more than 99% of their population, and none have the monopolistic pricing and marketing exclusivity found in the U.S.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
The report, by Dana Dyer and Magali Duque, explores the ways in which themes including bias, representation, and allyship affect Black women in the legal field through the data collected from a survey of 30 Black Penn Law students, of which 24 identify as women and 6 identify as men.
FULL STORY AT Penn Carey Law →
Richard James has held the position of Nursing Liaison Librarian at the Biomedical Library for the last four years, but recently his efforts have been directed toward helping nurses and other medical professionals meet the extraordinary demands of global health crises. These efforts include an ongoing collaboration with the City of Philadelphia Department of Public Health and the delivery of a Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) developed by the World Health Organization
FULL STORY AT Penn Libraries →
The Population Aging Research Center presents a research brief that suggests population health screenings can reduce the burden of noncommunicable diseases in low-income countries.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
The annual MLK Community Involvement Awards emphasized our common humanity and acknowledged individuals whose active service exemplifies Dr. King’s vision, with student performances, remarks from President Amy Gutmann, Provost Wendell Pritchett and Penn student leaders.
FULL STORY AT The Office of the Chaplain →
Penn’s Judaica Collections announce the acquisition of the largest private assemblage of its kind. The Stavans collection includes manuscripts, incunabula, rare books, special and signed editions, dictionaries, plays, posters, maps, photographs, letters, videos, radio, TV, music, and other material connected with the Jewish communities of Latin America from the colonial period to the present.
FULL STORY AT Herbert D. Katz Center →
A team of engineers and physicists from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California, Merced have now discovered a new mechanism that controls friction of two dimensional materials at the nanoscale.
FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today →
Designing a Green New Deal is an interdisciplinary studio led last semester by Billy Fleming, the Wilks Family Director of The Ian L. McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology at Weitzman. The course, a follow-up to a fall 2019 studio, is based on the tenets of the Green New Deal resolution introduced in Congress: decarbonizing the economy and investing in clean-energy jobs.
FULL STORY AT Weitzman School of Design →
The associate professor of psychology will receive a 2021 Troland Research Award from the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of her achievement as an early-career researcher, and to further empirical research within the broad spectrum of experimental psychology.
FULL STORY AT Penn Arts & Sciences →
