In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
Penn Libraries’ collections of Hindi films feature a range of popular and historically significant cinema that chronicles the growth of film culture in India, particularly the output of Bombay. It includes physical media, most of which are DVDs, as well as a growing collection of streaming video that includes films assigned in or used in courses at Penn.
FULL STORY AT Penn Libraries →
Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine used machine learning-aided analysis to uncover top positive and negative themes in patient Yelp reviews of substance use treatment facilities. The researchers found that professionalism and staff dedication to patients were two of the top qualities that could be attributed to either a negative or positive review of the facility.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
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 →
The Penn chapter of the Black Law Students Association’s annual Sadie T.M. Alexander Commemorative Conference, “Hidden Truths: Addressing a 13th Amendment Ambiguity that Created America’s Carceral State” brought together scholars and leading experts in the fields of law, sociology, and civil rights. Topics included roots of mass incarceration and the prison abolition movement, as well as viable alternatives and legal interventions that can rectify societal harms caused by systemic racism and imprisonment.
FULL STORY AT Penn Carey Law →
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 →
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 →
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.
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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.
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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 →
Penn Medicine’s model utilizes a triage and referral management system to support patients with mental health needs.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
