In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
The Penn Libraries’ Featured Books display in the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center offers novels, memoirs, histories, and poetry collections from a number of the 574 federally recognized Native American tribes.
FULL STORY AT Penn Libraries →
The Perelman School of Medicine’s Kiran Musunuru and Daniel Rader received honors for their contributions to cardiovascular research.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
Wharton’s Michael Useem talks with Brett LoGiurato from Wharton School Press about the 10th anniversary edition of his book, “The Leader’s Checklist.”
FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →
The associate professor in mechanical engineering and applied mechanics is one of the ten winners in the Engineering and Technology category, presenting his research on a type of light-powered flight known as photophoretic levitation.
FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
