In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
The Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research has received a grant to study the underlying genetic mechanisms that cause Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia, and Parkinson’s Disease to progress, as well as how those mechanisms are related to each other and to the cell-to-cell spread of these disease proteins.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
Angela Duckworth, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Psychology, and Marci Hamilton, Robert A. Fox Leadership Program Professor of Practice, were recently selected as 2019 Daughters of Pennsylvania, which recognizes outstanding women for their extraordinary service and contributions to Pennsylvania.
FULL STORY AT Penn Arts & Sciences →
Palliative Connect, a trigger system developed at Penn Medicine and powered by predictive analytics, was found to be effective at increasing palliative care consultations for seriously ill patients.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
Within six months of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) move to restrict the label of two immunotherapies, usage of those therapies among oncologists dropped by about 50 percent.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
Director of Track & Field/Cross Country Steve Dolan announced on Monday a challenging 2019-20 schedule, featuring top competition around the country. The goal, he says, is “to set up a schedule that allows both our men’s and women's teams to excel at the highest level across all event areas.”
FULL STORY AT Penn Athletics →
A new paper published in the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities outlines successful practices in facilitating recruitment, achieving study aims for adolescent engagement, and ensuring more efficient use of human and material resources in racial/ ethnic minority adolescent STI/HIV prevention research.
FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →
Wharton’s John Paul MacDuffie discusses fallout from the GM strike and the threat of a wider impact across the U.S. economy.
FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →
A Penn study shows the benefit of radiation given 30 days or less before CAR T infusion, where patients did not experience serious cytokine release syndrome or neurotoxicity.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
Eight nursing professionals with ties to Penn Nursing will be inducted as 2019 Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing. Two are current Penn employees and alumnae; one being a current faculty member; and the other being a program director at Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center. The additional six are Penn Nursing alumni.
FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →
A professor and chair of the Department of City and Regional Planning at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design, Servon has just been appointed the Kevin and Erica Penn Presidential Professor. It’s one of two presidential professorships established as part of the School’s Lead by Design Campaign with the goal of diversifying the faculty by attracting and retaining acclaimed scholars and practitioners in endowed positions.
FULL STORY AT Weitzman School of Design →
