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  • Robin Pemantle elected to the National Academy of Sciences

    Math professor Robin Pemantle has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, joining 143 others elected in 2024.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Arts & Sciences →

  • Political Empathy Lab assembles summer research team to meet residents of Pennsylvania and connect across political difference

    The 10-week immersive traveling research experience begins May 28 through August 2, and travels from Philadelphia to Gettysburg, Lancaster to Erie to explore the possibility of connecting across political difference through direct practice in Pennsylvania.

    FULL STORY AT Paideia Program →

  • Penn Engineering Ph.D. students receive funding from Amazon to advance trustworthy AI

    Amazon Web Services has granted Penn Engineering $700,000 to fund 10 Ph.D. student research projects in Penn Engineering’s ASSET (AI-Enabled Systems: Safe, Explainable and Trustworthy) Center advancing safe and responsible AI.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today →

  • Penn Nursing Dean Emerita to receive 2024 National Humanism in Medicine Medal

    Afaf Ibrahim Meleis, professor of nursing and sociology and Penn Nursing Dean Emerita, will be one of three awardees of the 2024 National Humanism in Medicine Medal from The Arnold P. Gold Foundation, the leading nonprofit dedicated to humanism in health care for all.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →

  • Health care algorithms can improve or worsen racial and ethnic disparities

    Penn LDI senior fellows Shazia Mehmood Siddique, Jaya Aysola, Michael O. Harhay, Harald Schmidt, Gary E. Weissman, and colleagues have conducted a systematic review of 63 studies published since 2011. They found evidence that health care algorithms can both improve and worsen racial and ethnic disparities for access, quality of care, and health outcomes for patients, regardless of their explicit inclusion of race or ethnicity as a variable.

    FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →

  • American Academy of Oral Medicine’s highest award

    Eric Stoopler, professor of oral medicine in Penn’s School of Dental Medicine, has been recognized by the American Academy of Oral Medicine as this year’s recipient of its Craig S. Miller Diamond Pin Award.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Dental Medicine →

  • When studies conflict, how can you know which meds work?

    Ellen Caniglia, an assistant professor of epidemiology, and Enrique Schisterman, a professor and the chair of the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, have received a $1 million grant from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to develop a system that would allow clinicians to weigh the results of two conflicting clinical trials and make an informed choice about how those findings should influence their patients’ treatment.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • As teacher shortages rise, experts share tailored solutions

    Sarah Kavanagh, director of Penn GSE’s Collaboratory for Teaching and Teacher Education presented at a conference dedicated to bolstering teaching ranks, “Elevating the Teaching Profession: A National Conversation on the Future of Teaching.”

    FULL STORY AT Graduate School of Education →

  • University of Pennsylvania Libraries launches Book Prize in Sustainability

    The new annual award acknowledges contributions to the global discourse on environmental sustainability, with a specific focus on books that have a substantial impact on the public's understanding of these crucial issues.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Libraries →

  • National award for Penn Nursing professor

    Martha A.Q. Curley, professor of nursing at Penn Nursing and the Ruth M. Colket Endowed Chair in Pediatric Nursing Science at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, will receive the 2024 Research Innovation and Translation Achievement Award from the American Thoracic Society (ATS).

    FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →