In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
Camillo Jose Taylor, Raymond S. Markowitz President’s Distinguished Professor, is appointed to the inaugural position at Penn Engineering, to serve as an advisor and advocate, elevating the core values of diversity, equity and inclusion in our community.
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Yang was awarded approximately $70,000 to fund an application of her “snail glue” research. This research centers on creating durable gel-based adhesive that can be applied to open wounds, then harden into a protective film.
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After surveying almost 800 gastroenterology and hepatology patients and their physicians at Penn Medicine, 67% of both viewed their video and telephone appointments held during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic as positive and acceptable substitutes to in-person appointments, with slight by age and race.
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The challenges of reopening schools are not easy, and there will be a need to maintain systematic quality control in the face of prescribed approaches changing rapidly. In The Journal of School Nursing, Catherine C. McDonald of Penn Nursing and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia addresses a number of challenges that will likely need to be met and how school nurses are positioned to keep children healthy, safe, and ready to learn.
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Penn Dental Medicine’s Dana Graves has been recognized for his research as the recipient of the 2020 International Association for Dental Research (IADR) Periodontal Research Group (PRG) Award in Regenerative Periodontal Medicine, which honors investigators who have made significant contributions to the field of regenerative periodontal medicine throughout their careers.
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In an opinion piece, Eric Orts describes the attack by federal park police on citizens who were assembled peacefully in protest in Lafayette Square as a significant event impacting democracy in this country as a whole.
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Once a resource for caregivers and their loved ones to receive in-home respite care and engagement, Time Out Respite Care, an ongoing collaboration between Temple University and Penn, is pivoting to an online pilot program called Time Out Weekly Smile, to bring relief to Philadelphia-area caregivers.
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For the work its done to integrate patient genomic data into electronic medical records in a way that’s usable for both researchers and clinicians, Penn Medicine was recognized by the Association of American Medical Colleges with this year’s Group on Information Resources Excellence Award.
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The goal of this award is to support the research passion of the awarded women and inspire career paths in their respective fields. As a recipient, Sung will receive $150,000 in funding and three years of mentorship from Johnson & Johnson to support her research.
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Howard F. Chang, Earle Hepburn Professor of Law, and Sarah Paoletti, Practice Professor of Law and director, Transnational Legal Clinic, discuss the ruling on DACA, calling the original decision to terminate DACA was “arbitrary and capricious,” and that prior case law does not prevent the executive branch from exercising its prosecutorial discretion to shield unauthorized immigrants from removal.
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