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Keeping food safe and animals healthy
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Keeping food safe and animals healthy

As part of the Pennsylvania Animal Diagnostic Laboratory System (PADLS), Penn Vet’s New Bolton Center helps to protect animals and humans from health threats and minimize agricultural economic loss.

7 min. read

Impact of research
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Illustration: Lauren Thomas

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    • Impact of research

    Senior Vice Provost for Research Dawn Bonnell discusses with Inspiring Impact Magazine why a robust research enterprise is at the core of Penn’s educational mission.

    From Penn Inspiring Impact

    5 min. read

    Lauder Institute launches expanded summer immersion for Class of 2027, introducing new geopolitical themes

    Lauder Institute launches expanded summer immersion for Class of 2027, introducing new geopolitical themes

    This year’s program, a cornerstone of the Institute’s Master of Arts in International Studies—a joint degree offered in combination with the Wharton MBA—offers a six-week deep dive into the Institute’s newly introduced geopolitical themes, with an additional week at the start of the immersion dedicated to contextualizing the geopolitical challenges shaping today’s business landscape.

    Want more women in leadership? Tell them they’re losing out

    Want more women in leadership? Tell them they’re losing out

    A Wharton study finds that highlighting the gender gap in competition on a job platform increased women’s applications for leadership roles by over 20%.

    From Knowledge at Wharton

    2 min. read

    Heat domes and flooding have nearly tripled since the ’50s
    Everett Clayton looks at a digital thermometer on a nearby building that reads 116 degrees while walking to his apartment on June 27, 2021 in Vancouver, Washington.

    Record-breaking temperatures lingered over the Northwest during a historic heatwave in June, 2021 in Vancouver, Washington.

    (Image: Nathan Howard via AP Images)

    Heat domes and flooding have nearly tripled since the ’50s

    New research led by Michael E. Mann links a surge in stalled jet stream events to human-driven climate change, with major implications for future heatwaves, wildfires, and floods.

    7 min. read

    Penn Glee Club performs in Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Beijing
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    The Glee Club and students in the Wagner Society Choirs of Japan’s Keio University sang together in a collaborative concert. 

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    Penn Glee Club performs in Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Beijing

    The Penn Glee Club performed at the famous Suntory Hall in Tokyo, an art gallery in Hong Kong, and the U.S. embassy in Beijing during a 12-day tour of Asia. Forty members went on the tour, including 25 singers, eight band members, and seven technical crew.

    4 min. read

    Innovative program jointly launched by Independence Blue Cross and Penn Medicine accelerates access to outpatient scans

    Innovative program jointly launched by Independence Blue Cross and Penn Medicine accelerates access to outpatient scans

    A joint program from Independence Blue Cross (IBX) and Penn Medicine gets patients on the path to care and a diagnosis faster and to save both providers and IBX time on prior authorization requests for outpatient scans (such as, CT, PET, and nuclear medicine scans, MRI and echocardiograms). Launched in 2023, the success of the program has driven IBX to expand the program to other network providers.

    New rules for methadone doses at home did not increase overdoses

    New rules for methadone doses at home did not increase overdoses

    LDI senior fellows have studied the impact of the federal policy change for patients to access take-home doses and recommend that policymakers at both the state and federal levels should support the continued expansion of flexible take-home methadone policies, citing the benefits of patient autonomy and the evidence that take-home doses did not increase methadone-involved overdose deaths overall.

    Penn Medicine outreach addresses health-related social needs
    A volunteer with Penn Medicine SHARE Food Program hands a box of food to a bike courier.

    Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine Magazine

    Penn Medicine outreach addresses health-related social needs

    For five years, Penn Medicine’s Social Needs Response Team has connected patients to vital support foundational to good health.

    From Penn Medicine Magazine

    2 min. read

    Penn GSE launches Algebra 1 fellowship to strengthen math teaching in Philadelphia schools
    A teacher pointing ot a whiteboard in a high school classroom.

    Penn GSE alum Brad Latimer teaches algebra at Science Leadership Academy High School.

    (Image: Joe McFetridge for Penn GSE)

    Penn GSE launches Algebra 1 fellowship to strengthen math teaching in Philadelphia schools

    With funding from the Neubauer Family Foundation, the program’s creation is in direct response to the School District of Philadelphia’s call for targeted support in Algebra 1 instruction.

    From Penn GSE

    2 min. read