In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
The Wharton School announced the launch of Wharton Business Daily, a new morning show airing on SiriusXM Channel 132. The show’s debut on Monday, Nov. 4 will feature a roster of top guests that includes Wharton School Dean Geoff Garrett, former AOL CEO Steve Case and Head of External Affairs for Facebook Robert Traynham.
FULL STORY AT Wharton →
Nov. 2 marks Penn’s 1,400th collegiate football game—the first school at any NCAA level to play 1,4000 games. After two weeks on the road, the Red and Blue begin a two-game home stretch inside the Ivy League, searching to get back on track in the Ancient Eight with still half of the conference schedule ahead of them.
FULL STORY AT Penn Athletics →
Cheryl LaFleur, former commissioner with the U.S.’ top electricity and gas market regulator, researches the growing influence of partisan politics in energy regulation. On Oct. 24, LaFleur received the Carnot Prize for distinguished contributions to energy policy from the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy
FULL STORY AT Kleinman Center →
A team led by Penn Nursing’s José A. Bauermeister, Presidential Professor of Nursing, developed an innovative study that employs a mystery shopper methodology to assess HIV testing services for young men who have sex with men.
FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →
Residents in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood teamed up with the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society and created a revitalization effort called the Philadelphia LandCare program to clear out vacant lots of trash and debris and plant grass and trees in an effort to reduce illegal dumping and prevent crime.
FULL STORY AT Penn IUR →
An international team of experts led by researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine and University of Glasgow has been awarded a $9.7 million, five-year grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and National Institute for Aging to establish a program spanning 12 institutions to study traumatic brain injury and related neurodegenerative diseases.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
For students who are the first in their families to attend college or graduate school, the path can be overwhelming. Penn Law’s First Generation Professionals Fellowship aims to break down real and perceived barriers to ease students’ paths into law school and the legal profession.
FULL STORY AT Penn Carey Law →
Penn’s 1959 football team returned to campus for the Penn–Dartmouth football game on October 4 to celebrate a title that still seems improbable 60 years later.
FULL STORY AT The Pennsylvania Gazette →
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 →
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 →
