In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
Wharton's Maurice Schweitzer discusses his new research on trustworthiness, citing one important thing to look for is people who are prone to feeling guilty.
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Rovito's honor comes after a dramatic victory for the Quakers, who fought hard to defeat Brown, 2-1, in double overtime.
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The grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases will fund a multi-decade study of chronic kidney disease.
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The four-story, 250,000-square-foot multispecialty outpatient facility in Radnor, Pa., will expand options for patients to receive advanced care close to home.
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PPMC’s latest destination is Botswana, where members will partner with volunteer medical teams to donate their time and resources, through the Botswana-UPenn Partnership between Penn’s Center for Global Health and the University of Botswana.
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Julie Sochalski, associate professor, associate dean for Academic Programs, and the Class of 1965 25th Reunion Term Chair at Penn Nursing, received the 2018 American Association of Colleges of Nursing’s Lois Capps Policy Luminary Award, on Sunday, October 28, during the Academic Nursing Leadership Conference in Washington, D. C.
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This year, the University of Pennsylvania Hospital System’s 25-Year Club welcomed 68 new members, bringing the total membership to almost 750 employees.
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Wharton’s Marshall Meyer discusses his concerns about the Chinese economy. “The underlying issues are profound,” he says, describing the country’s high debt, trade friction, and resulting psychological effects on the public.
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How do we explain the body's reaction to fearful situations? When faced with a perceived threat or a scary situation, the fight or flight response kicks in, and the brain’s hippocampus and prefrontal cortex regions help us decide our next move: Is this something that I should be genuinely fearful of or not? The “emotional” part of our brain communicates with the higher-level “thinking” part of our brain to make the final call.
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Sarah Barringer Gordon, the Arlin M. Adams Professor of Constitutional Law, details the history of the Mountain Meadows massacre of 1857, when a group of Mormon settlers in southeastern Utah ambushed and killed a wagon train of Methodist migrants.
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