In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
Across Penn and in the Perelman School of Medicine, researchers are collaborating across schools and departments to develop novel ways to detect SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
Henschel’s appointment as AEGD program director and associate professor of clinical community oral health is effective January 1.
FULL STORY AT Penn Dental Medicine →
Penn experts have identified specific mutations and biomarkers associated with squamous cell carcinoma and other skin cancers.
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Miriam R. Robbins has been named director and Alicia Risner-Bauman is named associate director. Their appointments to these new posts are effective in February and January, respectively.
FULL STORY AT Penn Dental Medicine →
Michelle Johnson’s work with the Center for Global Health gives MD students like Michael Boateng the opportunity to work remotely on rehabilitation projects in Botswana during the pandemic.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
The Penn community joined Black Clergy of Philadelphia and the COVID-19 Prevention Network for a virtual Town Hall discussion called “Faith, (Mis)Trust, and COVID-19.”
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
The study, led by principal investigator Bruce Shenker, was awarded funding as part of a National Institutes of Health program to support supplemental COVID-19-related research, receiving a one-year grant extension to Shenker’s grant titled “Bacteria and lymphocyte suppression in periodontitis.”
FULL STORY AT Penn Dental Medicine →
According to a new study from Penn’s School of Nursing, improving nurse staffing would likely save lives of sepsis patients and save money by reducing the length of hospital stays.
FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →
While the pandemic has restricted in-person activities, Penn has found ways to adapt and still safely give back and volunteer.
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Partial or full student loan forgiveness is “regressive,” according to a recent working paper by Wharton’s Sylvain Catherine, who argues that any policy that is a universal loan forgiveness policy or a capped forgiveness policy is going to give most of the dollars in forgiveness to upper-income individuals.
FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →
