In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
In recognition of the 50 year anniversary of this landmark legislation, Penn IUR Faculty Fellows Vincent Reina and Susan Wachter guest co-edited Cityscape Volume 21, Number 1 entitled “Symposium: The Fair Housing Act at 50.” The series of articles show the importance of the FHA and the challenges that remain to truly achieve its original mandate.
FULL STORY AT Penn IUR →
Penn Medicine and colleagues have received an additional five-year round of funding totaling $10 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to explore using a cancer treatment to combat hepatitis B virus, malaria, tuberculosis, the influenza virus, and HIV.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
With the gift of the Arthur Tress Collection of Japanese Illustrated Books, the Penn Libraries has secured one of the best – if not the best – most complete and widest-ranging collections of Japanese illustrated books in the United States. The Tress gift joins recent gifts of Japanese prints to form an exceptional collection of the Japanese graphic arts spanning the past four centuries.
FULL STORY AT Penn Libraries →
Ryan Hospital’s Richard Lichter Emergency Room at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine is funded by Richard Lichter, a member of Penn Vet’s Board of Overseers. The new hospital more than doubles the amount of clinical space than the former emergency room.
FULL STORY AT Penn Vet →
The two-day symposium, “Confronting Inequality: Reimagining the Future of Journalism and Work” introduces the new Center, a collaboration between the School of Communication and Information at Rutgers University and the Annenberg School for Communication at Penn.
FULL STORY AT Annenberg School for Communication →
For 120 years, academic and government researchers have been documenting how African Americans and other minority patients routinely experience lower levels of access and worse outcomes throughout the U.S. health care system. Decade after decade, these reports have issued calls for change but disparities in care have persisted.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
The Netter Center for Community Partnerships has awarded Richard Ling, Harrison Feinman, Eva Gonzalez, Hadeel Saab, and Anna Waldzinska the inaugural winners of the Shah Prize.
FULL STORY AT The Netter Center →
Marilyn Jordan Taylor, Ali Rahim, and Richard Weller of the Weitzman School hosted a two-day event called the Penn-China Design Dialogues in Beijing, with three panels focused on urban design, architecture, and landscape architecture.
FULL STORY AT Penn Design →
Ian Fleishman, assistant professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures, looks at wounding to study narrative.
FULL STORY AT OMNIA →
The recipients of its 15th annual Urban Leadership Awards, which recognize leaders who are guiding cities toward a sustainable and vibrant future, are Egbert Perry, Co-Founder, Chairman, and CEO of the Atlanta-based company Integral, and Mauricio Rodas, Mayor of Quito, Ecuador.
FULL STORY AT Penn IUR →
