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  • #WomenofPenn: Overcoming setbacks, challenges of opening a lab

    Reflecting on her early career, M. Celeste Simon, a professor of Cell and Developmental Biology and the scientific director of the Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, notes the excitement and challenges associated with opening a lab. It’s a feeling that Sydney M. Shaffer also experienced in January, when she opened her lab at Penn, developing and using cutting-edge imaging and sequencing technologies to investigate single-cell problems in cancer.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • A new name—and a new era—for the Wharton School’s book publishing arm

    The book publishing arm of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is changing its name from Wharton Digital Press to Wharton School Press.

    FULL STORY AT Wharton →

  • How to design an effective initial coin offering

    New Wharton research shows that getting the initial coin offering design structure right is a key ingredient for success.

    FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →

  • Health care podcast “Tradeoffs” to launch at Penn

    Veteran radio journalist Dan Gorenstein is launching an in-depth podcast analyzing topical health care issues, in conjunction with Leonard Davis Institute, the Annenberg School, and the Center for Public Health Initiatives.

    FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →

  • With $20 million NIH grant, Penn researchers to develop a tool to help diagnose, track Parkinson’s disease

    Researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine will lead a multi-institutional effort in pursuit of developing a critical tool for imaging the brains of patients with Parkinson’s and other neurodegenerative diseases, with a a five-year $20 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • Penn Dental Medicine presents First Annual Pride Celebration

    Hosting what will become an annual event, Penn Dental Medicine presented the First Annual Penn Dental Medicine Pride Celebration on October 7, bringing together faculty, staff, students, and alumni to celebrate diversity and build community within the School.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Dental Medicine →

  • Is Flint a signal of things to come?

    Howard Neukrug, Professor of Practice and Executive Director of The Water Center at Penn, discusses the underlying factors that led to the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, and what can be done to minimize similar problems in the future.

    FULL STORY AT OMNIA →

  • Online patient portal usage linked to higher rates of flu shots, blood pressure checks

    A Penn Medicine study shows patients who use online platforms connected to their health records are more likely to take preventative health measures.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • SP2 Task Force on Race and Social Justice

    Earlier this year, Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2) launched the SP2 Task Force on Race and Social Justice, exploring initiatives and activities to create a more united community. SP2 Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Jerri Bourjolly discusses the impetus for the task force, its main goals, and next steps.

    FULL STORY AT School of Social Policy & Practice →

  • Initiating breastfeeding in vulnerable infants

    A first-of-its-kind study from Penn Nursing shows positive outcomes of human milk and breastfeeding in a unique transition-to-breast pathway program at the Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania for late preterm infants born with Spina Bifida. 

    FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →