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  • FactCheck.org and Univision Noticias receive Google funding to address COVID misinformation

    The joint project is designed to combat viral misinformation and provide accurate information about vaccination to U.S. Hispanic households via videos in Spanish and English. The two are the only U.S.-based organizations among the 11 projects chosen for Google News Initiative funding.

    FULL STORY AT Annenberg Public Policy Center

  • Howard Stevenson and Nancy Hornberger elected to the National Academy of Education

    Stevenson, the Constance Clayton Professor of Urban Education, is a nationally sought expert on how racial stress and racial trauma can affect every stage of life, and the executive director of the Racial Empowerment Collaborative. Hornberger, professor emeritus of education, is internationally known for her work in bilingualism and biliteracy, ethnography and language policy, and Indigenous language revitalization. 

    FULL STORY AT Graduate School of Education

  • Karen Glanz appointed to the National Institutes of Health Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Integration Working Group

    Glanz is the George A. Weiss University Professor in the School of Nursing and the Perelman School of Medicine; and a Senior Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics. The working group is congressionally mandated to identify and recommend strategies for a more robust and focused NIH commitment to behavioral science research and training.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News

  • 12th Annual Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition now open for applications

    Entrepreneurial ventures that aim to scale global change through education are invited to apply for this year’s competition, which focuses on creating equitable outcomes in education.

    FULL STORY AT Graduate School of Education

  • The likelihood of employers requiring mandatory COVID-19 vaccines

    Penn law professor Eric A. Feldman discusses the issue of mandatory vaccines, and whether employees can require employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of their employment, and the potential legal ramifications of doing so.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Carey Law

  • Listening through nature

    The first episode of the PARK podcast features three representatives from Nature Rx, a new initiative at Penn that focuses on green space, nature, and sustainability to help cultivate individual and community wellness.

    FULL STORY AT Paideia Program

  • New collaborative care model improves access to mental health care

    Penn Medicine’s model utilizes a triage and referral management system to support patients with mental health needs.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News

  • Wharton’s inaugural New Venture Competition

    The New Venture Competition, a pitch competition for early-stage Black-founded businesses, launched in Fall 2020. Out of over 160 ventures, three Wharton-founded startups—Welltrip, Steamster, and Hairtelligence—were among the top 20 semifinalists.

    FULL STORY AT Wharton Stories

  • COVID Coverage Litigation Tracker gives insight into the pandemic’s effects on insurance contracts

    Created by law professor Tom Baker, the COVID Coverage Litigation Tracker will enable scholars and researchers to study in real time how courts respond to the challenges posed by a new wave of mass litigation. 

    FULL STORY AT Penn Carey Law

  • Department of Family Medicine Wins inaugural Champion in Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity award

    The department of Family Medicine and Community Health’s Anti-Racism Task Force was named winner for its work confronting racial inequities head on within five key areas of focus: employee engagement, education, patient care, service, and research. 

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News