In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
The newly relocated Pennsylvania Hospital Crisis Response Center—one of five in Philadelphia County—provides 24/7 emergency psychiatric services to individuals who are experiencing crises, such as severe depression or anxiety, episodes of psychosis or self-harm, substance use, or suicidal ideation.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
The Center's Equine Pharmacology Laboratory is in the process of gathering and analyzing data from racing Thoroughbreds for its BioBank, a giant cache of samples that could be used for biological passports, which have a number of potential uses in competition horses.
FULL STORY AT Penn Vet →
Penn Medicine’s Center for Evidence-based Practice is one of 11 institutions to join the newly formed Cochrane U. S Network, a global independent network of researchers, professionals, patients, caregivers and people interested in health.
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The Gift of Life Donor Dash raises awareness of how critical organ donation is and honors all donors who give others a second chance at life. The Penn Medicine team raised more than $2,200 for the 2019 Dash. This year, HUP took the goal to raise awareness one step further—holding its own “dash” on 10 patient care units.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research’s award establishes a new center within the Abramson Cancer Center.
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Held at Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice, the Data for Equitable Justice Lab Symposium featured an afternoon of engaging and discussion-worthy presentations on each student’s chosen areas of research and advocacy, led by Dan Treglia, a postdoctoral fellow at SP2 and lecturer in the MSSP program.
FULL STORY AT School of Social Policy & Practice →
Jax Lastinger, a student in Penn GSE’s Education, Culture, and Society master’s program, received the 2019 Award for Promoting Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion at Penn GSE’s commencement.
FULL STORY AT Graduate School of Education →
With Amicus Therapeutics, Penn’s gene therapy technologies from the Wilson Lab will have exclusive disease-specific worldwide rights for the majority of lysosomal disorders and twelve additional rare diseases.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
The Heterodox Academy has given Penn GSE education historian Jonathan Zimmerman its 2019 Open Inquiry Leadership Award. Zimmerman, a founding member of the Heterodox Academy, has worked to bring students and faculty with differing political viewpoints together.
FULL STORY AT Graduate School of Education →
The assistant professor of history of art received the award from the Association of Print Scholars for an article published by an early-career scholar that features compelling and innovative research on prints or printmaking.
FULL STORY AT Penn Arts & Sciences →
