Penn Today spoke with David Meaney, vice provost for research, about research at Penn—its current focus and plans for its growth and evolution in the continued quest to help make lives better.
A 24/7 virtual care service means freedom from on-call hours
A new initiative, Penn Medicine OnDemand, frees Penn primary care doctors from most on-call duties after work hours, while patients still have 24-hour access to virtual care.
She helps patients find their words to cast a spell on cancer
Even before she experienced cancer herself, Deborah Burnham had a knack for ‘magical‘ prompts to help patients write through their illness at Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center.
Novel plant-based approach to a better, cheaper GLP-1 delivery system
Research led by Penn Dental’s Henry Daniell investigates the use of a lettuce-based, plant-encapsulated delivery platform as a new oral delivery of two GLP-1 drugs previously approved by the FDA in injectable form.
How can people boost resilience? Karen Reivich shares some key insights
In a four-part series offered by Penn HR this spring, Karen Reivich of Penn’s Positive Psychology Center will guide staff, faculty, and postdocs toward building resilience.
Research led by geneticist Sarah Tishkoff’s lab finds that prehistoric mating preferences is a likely explanation for why modern humans have so little Neanderthal DNA on their X chromosomes, challenging the idea that human evolution was driven solely by survival of the fittest.
Hosted by Penn LDI, this expert panel will discuss whether Medicare Advantage is meeting its intended goals, such as expanding beneficiary choice, enhancing efficiency, and driving innovation. The panelists will discuss whether reforms are needed to create a sustainable, affordable Medicare program for taxpayers and beneficiaries. Free and open to the public. Register to attend.
Alarm Will Sound performs American Stories, a collection of contemporary works that reflect the vast, evolving landscape of American identity. The performance, part of America 250 at Penn programming and joined by composer and interdisciplinary artist Bora Yoon, explores themes of heritage, memory, struggle, and transformation, embracing how America is an unfinished story, constantly being rewritten. Students can receive a discount with Penn ID.
A slightly blurred, special effect image of Alarm Will Sound, a multi-instrumental music group, performing American Stories on stage.
Penn’s guiding principles are the University’s enduring values and distinctive strengths: anchored, inventive, interwoven, and engaged. The practices support and strengthen Penn’s core educational mission.
At Penn Today, we focus on some of the ways the University is putting this framework into action. From student, faculty, and staff profiles to research updates and event coverage, Penn Today highlights the latest examples of the University’s principled approach to excellence.
Students test one way to combat extreme heat in Philadelphia
Third-year students Nafisa Bangura and Angelica Dadda expanded upon a multidisciplinary research endeavor to evaluate a reflective pavement coating as a tool to mitigate extreme heat. Their work may inform policy efforts to improve urban heat resilience.
Penn Forward’s Access, Affordability, and Value co-chairs on creating opportunity
As co-chairs of Penn Forward’s Access, Affordability, and Value working group, Sara Bachman, dean of the School of Social Policy & Practice, and Patrick Harker, a professor and dean emeritus of the Wharton School, discuss breaking down barriers and opening pathways.
A conversation with Penn Forward’s Global Opportunity and New Markets co-chairs
In a Q&A with Ezekiel Emanuel and Megan Ryerson, co-chairs of the Global Opportunity and New Markets working group for Penn Forward, the duo discuss the charge of their group, where they are in the process, and leaning into global engagement.
Through Penn First Plus, students unlock potential and purpose
Providing first-generation and limited-income students with a comprehensive array of support, Penn First Plus equips undergraduates for success during and after their time at Penn.
I trusted AI with daily decisions. The way it dived in, experts say, raises flags.
Chris Callison-Burch of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences says that ChatGPT might reflect an American value system, which tends to be more individualistic.
“Researchers at Penn and the University of Michigan have developed the world’s smallest, fully autonomous robots. The health applications are nearly endless.”
