In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
At nearly 52%, the percentage of women in the Wharton MBA Class of 2023 represents a 10% increase in female students over last year’s first year students. These achievements are the result of a yearslong effort to promote diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Music professor Carol Muller, who also directs the minor in jazz and popular music studies, is being recognized for her work on projects that engage Penn graduate and undergraduate students in music, arts, and wellness partnerships with the West Philadelphia/Philadelphia community through Academically Based Community Service.
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In a move that will enhance Penn Medicine’s clinical, operational, and research and clinical capabilities, the health system is launching the Center for Applied Health Informatics to better facilitate and coordinate health data projects across the health system and grow its leadership in health informatics globally.
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Zelizer has been elected as a fellow of The British Academy, a fellowship of over 1400 of the leading minds in humanities and social sciences from the U.K. and overseas.
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The South African daily newspaper, Sowetan, has been digitized from its start as a commercial newspaper in 1981 through 2018 by Newsbank.
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Dean John L. Jackson, Jr. and professor Andy Tan are both mentoring Annenberg School doctoral students this summer as part of the Penn Graduate Community-Engaged Research Mentorship program, facilitated by the Netter Center. The 10-week program offers an opportunity for graduate students interested in community-engaged research to work on smaller scale, short-term projects guided by experienced faculty mentors.
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Wale Adebanwi, Jennifer Morton, and Keisha-Khan Y. Perry have joined the School of Arts & Sciences as Presidential Penn Compact Professors, which was conceived by President Gutmann as a partnership with Penn Arts & Sciences to promote faculty excellence and diversity.
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Four first-year Wharton EMBA students—Camille Castro, Fitz Reid, Angela Romero, and Mini Thangaswamy—received scholarships for their commitment to advancing women in business.
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The grant awarded to the Cardio-Oncology Translational Center of Excellence at Penn Medicine will fund projects aimed at reducing racial disparities in breast and prostate cancer patients with a higher risk for cardiovascular disease.
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The School is launching its first policy center thanks to a $5 million gift made earlier this year by Garry Rayant, a member of the School’s Board of Advisors, and his wife, Kathy Fields, providing the foundational support to establish the Center.
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