In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
Wharton’s Stephanie Creary speaks about how social class and upward mobility shape careers, especially for people of color, because social class is a source of bias and discrimination across all the stages of work: development, recruitment, retention, and promotion.
FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →
Emily Largent, and member of the Penn Program on Precision Medicine for the Brain, studies the implications of test results that can inform an older adult of their risk for Alzheimer’s disease later in life.
FULL STORY AT Penn Memory Center →
The global COVID-19 pandemic has been accompanied by a second pandemic, an “infodemic” of misinformation about the disease and its transmission, treatment, and prevention. The Annenberg Public Policy Center has partnered with Penn’s Center for Public Health Initiatives on a guide that presents key facts and answers to important questions in a clear, straightforward way.
FULL STORY AT Annenberg Public Policy Center →
In a new study, Rachel Werner and Eric Bressman document unprecedented shifts in post-acute care during the pandemic, with significant and sustained declines in the number of hospitalized patients being discharged to skilled nursing facilities. As a result, SNFs took a significant financial hit, as total payments to SNFs decreased to less than half of their prepandemic levels.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
The Oct. 20 virtual panel, titled “Tackling the Climate Crisis,” addressed how businesses can play a role in developing new government policies, energy-efficient technology, or reducing emissions through nature-based solutions.
FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →
The new initiative, introduced by the Department of City and Regional Planning at the Weitzman School, will incorporate a deeper understanding of history and how it influences the material world, and the social, political, and cultural context around city planning, preservation, and design.
FULL STORY AT Weitzman School of Design →
As part of its Cities and Contagion Initiative, launched in April 2020, Penn IUR has covered and is continuing to cover public transportation, housing, commercial real estate, and specific industrial sectors in the nation’s urban economies, and has issued three briefs one year out.
FULL STORY AT Penn IUR →
Established in 2021 by the American Historical Association, the prize is offered annually to recognize a historian for leadership and sustained engagement at the intersection of historical work, public culture, and social justice. Berry is the Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and Professor of History Emerita.
FULL STORY AT Penn Arts & Sciences →
The Department of Materials Science and Engineering’s Eric Detsi will lead a team of researchers to develop more eco-friendly batteries that are based on sodium, rather than lithium, with a National Science Foundation grant of $2.7 million.
FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today →
The assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering will use the funds for research on microscopic robots to emulate fundamental biology, provide new ways of thinking about life and shape the microworld with precision and control.
FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today →
