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  • Cait Lamberton named inaugural Alberto I. Duran President’s Distinguished Professor at the Wharton School

    Professor Lamberton is a team scientist in the Behavior Change for Good Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania and a member of the National Academy of Sciences’ Commission on Reducing Food Waste in the United States. She specializes in consumer psychology and behavior, focusing on positive behavior change in education, finance, wellness, and the sharing economy. 

    FULL STORY AT Wharton →

  • Nationwide study aims to improve longterm lung transplant outcome

    A multicenter study, led by Penn Medicine, will examine data from 4,000-plus lung transplant recipients to uncover drivers behind post-transplant complications.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • Penn GSE and the School District of Philadelphia to strengthen principal leadership pipeline

    The School District of Philadelphia’s Board of Education recently approved the Innovative Principal Residence Program at the Graduate School of Education. Four School District of Philadelphia (SDP) teachers will spend a year preparing to lead high-needs schools in the principal residency program, which was created as a collaboration between Penn GSE and the SDP.

    FULL STORY AT Graduate School of Education →

  • Bryzgalova and Curnic capture ITA regional crown

    Iuliia Bryzgalova and Marija Curnic captured the ITA Northeast Regional doubles crown for the women’s tennis team on Tuesday afternoon, capping a week of unbeaten play, rattling off six wins to clinch a berth in November’s Oracle ITA Fall National Championships.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Athletics →

  • Men’s basketball picked second in Ivy preseason media poll

    The men’s basketball team was picked to finish second in the 2019-20 Ivy League’s Preseason Media Poll, which came from the votes of two members within each school’s media contingent in addition to one national voter. 

    FULL STORY AT Penn Athletics →

  • Beacon Awards

    The Lipman Family Prize is excited to announce the 2020 Beacon Awards, which will be presented in October 2020, during the Wharton Global Forum. The Beacon Awards are designed to reward and support Lipman Family Prize honorees who have demonstrated success in growing their social impact efforts. Eligible honorees will be invited in October 2019 to submit an Expression of Interest, and qualified candidates will be asked to provide their Growth Narrative by February 2020. 

    FULL STORY AT Wharton →

  • High-risk patients benefit from undergoing surgery at teaching hospitals

    A new study compares costs and outcomes of surgical procedures at teaching and non-teaching hospitals to determine value.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • National impact of Penn Medicine Nudge Unit concept spreads

    Health services researchers, clinicians, health system and health plan executives from across the country filled the auditorium of Penn’s Biomedical Research Building for the two-day 2019 “Nudges in Health Care Symposium.” 

    FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →

  • Take a first-person tour of the Detkin Lab via flying robot

    Flying with a first-person view, thanks to a VR headset, you can join roboticist, pilot and recent alum Yash Mulgaonkar on a quick spin around the lab.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Blog →

  • What’s the catch? Collateral mortality of spotted lanternfly trapping

    Though introduced to Berks County, PA, in 2014, spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula, SLF) have been slow to invade Morris Arboretum. While more SLF were on the trees this year than any previous year, the populations were still small compared to those seen on favored trees (such as tree-of-heaven) in the heavily infested areas of Pennsylvania. 

    FULL STORY AT Morris Arboretum →