In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
The new center—the Roybal Center for Palliative Care in Dementia—is led by Scott Halpern, who is also the director of the Palliative and Advanced Illness Research (PAIR) Center.
FULL STORY AT Penn Memory Center →
Two CHIBE directors have received a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to establish a first-of-its-kind nudge unit focused on HIV prevention in South Africa. Harsha Thirumurthy, associate director of CHIBE, and Alison Buttenheim, associate director of CHIBE, will co-lead this three-year initiative with their colleagues at HE²RO.
FULL STORY AT Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics →
Marc Miskin, assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering is building a “future robot army,” 10,000 bots at a time and small enough to pass through the thinnest hypodermic needle.
FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering →
Treating a patient with dementia has unique challenges, including the fact that it’s often difficult for caregivers to relate to exactly what the patient is experiencing. One method that the Princeton Medical Center is using to help its staff get a glimpse into how individuals with dementia experience the world is Virtual Dementia Tour® (VDT) training.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
Bracho is the first Abrams Artist-in-Residence in Penn Arts & Sciences, in the Alice Paul Center for Research on Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies. Bracho is a writer, editor, and teacher who has worked in community and university, theater and video/film, politics and aesthetics for the past 29 years.
FULL STORY AT Penn Arts & Sciences →
Richard J. Gelles, former dean of Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice, was honored at the 2020 Society for Social Work and Research conference with the Social Policy Researcher Award, which commemorated his cumulative career accomplishments, prolific scholarship, and exemplary leadership in social work and policy research.
FULL STORY AT School of Social Policy & Practice →
Linda Leibowitz, the co-director of the Executive Program in School & Mental Health Counseling, offers a guide for how families can partner with school counselors to help children grow.
FULL STORY AT Graduate School of Education →
The Penn Law Transnational Legal Clinic and the University of Texas School of Law Immigration Clinic, will file a Request for Precautionary Measures against Mexico and the United States before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, asking the Commission to seek an end to the Migration Protection Protocols, also called the “Remain in Mexico” program.
FULL STORY AT Penn Carey Law →
Urban areas are still expanding across the globe, particularly in low- and moderate-income countries, where the youth population is exploding. At the same time, urban inequality is growing and, in some cases, so is civil unrest. Experts, including several from Penn, reflect on why and how access to the city is important for jobs, economic growth, and intergenerational mobility and how can it be improved.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
Jennifer Higdon and John Legend were winners at the 2020 Grammy Awards.
FULL STORY AT Penn Arts & Sciences →
