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  • Why are private equity firms buying mental health clinics?

    A new study from Wharton’s Marissa King tallies the number of private equity firms that have acquired behavioral health facilities across the country.

    FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton

  • Older Americans in subsidized housing suffer more frailty and dementia and are sent to nursing homes more often than peers

    A new study from Penn LDI confirms that older Americans living in subsidized housing are more likely to have chronic medical and psychiatric conditions along with functional and cognitive impairments, and extends what is known about risk factors, disparities, and health care use among this population.

    FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute

  • FactCheck.org wins fourth Sigma Delta Chi Award

    Robert Farley, FactCheck.org’s deputy managing editor, has been awarded the Society of Professional Journalists’ 2023 Sigma Delta Chi Award for Fact Checking for a series of articles on claims made during the House investigation and impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden.

    FULL STORY AT Annenberg Public Policy Center

  • Arthur Ross Gallery names Emily Zimmerman as director of Exhibitions and Curatorial Affairs

    Zimmerman, an accomplished curator and lecturer who champions critical perspectives and community engagement, joined the Arthur Ross Gallery in 2022 as the assistant director.

    FULL STORY AT Arthur Ross Gallery

  • ‘Net of Encounters’ earns Weitzman team top spot in Venezuelan landscape architecture competition

    David Gouverneur, professor of practice in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Department of City & Regional Planning has won a competition aimed at creating a network of public spaces for the historic district of Pampatar, Margarita Island, in Venezuela.

    FULL STORY AT Weitzman School of Design

  • Environmental innovations initiative: From the classroom to the real world

    The Project-Based Learning for Global Climate Justice research community allows teachers to design highly effective active learning experiences for climate education, empowering students to directly confront the crisis.

    FULL STORY AT Environmental Innovations Initiative

  • Public fails to appreciate risk of consuming raw milk, survey finds

    Fewer than half of U.S. adults know that drinking raw milk is less safe than drinking pasteurized milk and many Americans do not understand the risks of consuming raw milk, according to the Annenberg Public Policy Center’s latest health survey.

    FULL STORY AT Annenberg Public Policy Center

  • Who should moderate social media content?

    Wharton’s Pinar Yildirim weighs in on the Supreme Court’s ruling over social media content moderation, which she says remains a contentious and unsettled issue.

    FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton

  • Summer reading picks

    Eleven faculty and lecturers from Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences share the books they’re reading now that the academic year has wound down.

    FULL STORY AT OMNIA

  • Molly Bourne elevated to ASLA Fellowship

    The lecturer in Weitzman’s Department of Landscape Architecture and principal at Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects has been elevated to the Council of Fellows of the American Society of Landscape Architects.

    FULL STORY AT Weitzman School of Design