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  • Jennifer Pinto-Martin named University Ombuds

    Jennifer A. Pinto-Martin, Viola MacInnes/Independence Professor of Nursing and Executive Director of the Center for Public Health Initiatives in the School of Nursing and Professor of Epidemiology in the Perelman School of Medicine, has agreed to serve as University Ombuds, beginning on July 1, 2020 for a two-year term. Pinto-Martin succeeds Lynn Hollen Lees.

    FULL STORY AT Almanac

  • Wharton researchers team with entrepreneurs and policy makers to help reopen Greek economy

    Hamsa Bastani from the Wharton School joined a multi-disciplinary team of researchers, entrepreneurs, and policy makers to announce an AI-based project, nicknamed “Eva,” that uses data to support decision making by the Greek government as it reopens the tourist industry vital to its economy amid the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic.

    FULL STORY AT Wharton

  • A proposed framework for integrating chatbots and other conversational agents into health care

    While chatbots are becoming more widespread in health care, it’s important to implement them thoughtfully and constantly evaluate them in a variety of ways, Penn authors argue.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News

  • A leadership gift for the future of veterinary education

    Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine has announced a leadership gift of $5 million from alums Gail P. Riepe and Jim Riepe to build a new clinical skills center on the New Bolton campus, located in Kennett Square, PA. The gift is part of The Power of Penn Campaign.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Vet

  • Phil Rea awarded a higher Doctorate of Science from Oxford

    Phil Rea, professor of biology and the Rebecka and Arie Belldegrun Distinguished Director of the Roy and Diana Vagelos Program in Life Sciences & Management, was awarded a higher doctorate, Doctor of Science by his alma mater, the University of Oxford, this month.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Arts & Sciences

  • Penn Nursing’s Alison Buttenheim appointed to NAM COVID vaccine committee

    Buttenheim, the Patricia Bleznak Silverstein and the Howard A. Silverstein Term Endowed Professorship in Global Women’s Health in the Department of Family & Community Health, and the committee will work to develop an overarching framework for vaccine allocation to assist policymakers in the domestic and global health communities in planning for equitable allocation of vaccines against COVID-19.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News

  • Nursing and COVID-19: Perspectives from the U.S. and Latin America

    2020 has become the year of COVID-19 - but long before that, it was the World Health Organization’s “International Year of the Nurse and Midwife.” Experts at the WHO are urging for massive global investments in nursing education and jobs, including in Latin America, which has become the epicenter of the global coronavirus pandemic in recent months. Perry World House, Penn Nursing, and two renowned global experts on nursing policy—Penn’s Dean of Nursing Antonia M.

    FULL STORY AT Perry World House

  • One Book, One SP2: ‘Tell Me How It Ends’

    This summer, the entire School of Social Policy & Practice community is being asked to engage in a collective reading and continuous dialogue focused around the book “Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in 40 Questions” by Valeria Luiselli.

    FULL STORY AT School of Social Policy & Practice

  • Law student volunteers drive success of Pennsylvania 30 Day Fund offering hope and funds to struggling small businesses

    Small businesses have been hit especially hard during the COVID-19 pandemic, and a group of Penn Law students and recent graduates continue to be “indispensable” to the Pennsylvania 30 Day Fund, a program that provides financial assistance to small businesses during the pandemic. In eight weeks, the program has raised over $1.5 million and provided loans to 442 small businesses across the state.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Carey Law

  • Undergraduate students gather online for town hall on racism in America

    As massive support for the Black Lives Matter movement spilled into the streets in cities around the world in early June, Wharton undergraduate students were looking for ways to process their thoughts, become better allies, and take meaningful action. The Wharton, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Group and the Black Wharton Undergraduate Association worked together with the Wharton Undergraduate Division to organize the open discussion, which drew more than 70 students.

    FULL STORY AT Wharton