In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
Three student teams from each of Penn Engineering’s six departments presented their work to more than 60 alumni. The Judges’ Choice Award, which recognizes overall excellence, went to ESE’s VivoDisk, which developed a novel machine to manufacture organs-on-a-chip for Vivodyne, a startup launched by Dan Huh, associate professor in bioengineering.
FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today →
A new paper from Penn Engineering details a material made chiefly of hyaluronic acid and gelatin, two gooey substances commonly found outside cells in joints and connective tissue, that have greater internal surface area, allowing cells to travel faster between two points to aid in healing.
FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today →
The professor of pathology and laboratory medicine in the Perelman School of Medicine has been recognized for his more than 40 years of research discoveries that have led to significant increases in the understanding and treatment of thrombocytopenic disorders.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
A new study from Wharton’s Marissa King tallies the number of private equity firms that have acquired behavioral health facilities across the country.
FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →
A new study from Penn LDI confirms that older Americans living in subsidized housing are more likely to have chronic medical and psychiatric conditions along with functional and cognitive impairments, and extends what is known about risk factors, disparities, and health care use among this population.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
Robert Farley, FactCheck.org’s deputy managing editor, has been awarded the Society of Professional Journalists’ 2023 Sigma Delta Chi Award for Fact Checking for a series of articles on claims made during the House investigation and impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden.
FULL STORY AT Annenberg Public Policy Center →
Zimmerman, an accomplished curator and lecturer who champions critical perspectives and community engagement, joined the Arthur Ross Gallery in 2022 as the assistant director.
FULL STORY AT Arthur Ross Gallery →
David Gouverneur, professor of practice in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Department of City & Regional Planning has won a competition aimed at creating a network of public spaces for the historic district of Pampatar, Margarita Island, in Venezuela.
FULL STORY AT Weitzman School of Design →
Fewer than half of U.S. adults know that drinking raw milk is less safe than drinking pasteurized milk and many Americans do not understand the risks of consuming raw milk, according to the Annenberg Public Policy Center’s latest health survey.
FULL STORY AT Annenberg Public Policy Center →
Wharton’s Pinar Yildirim weighs in on the Supreme Court’s ruling over social media content moderation, which she says remains a contentious and unsettled issue.
FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →
