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  • Oncology social work is the first program of its kind

    The Advanced Certificate in Oncology Social Work is a 12-month program, which includes monthly sessions taught at the Perelman School of Medicine, that trains social workers to specifically respond to cancer patients with guidance, advocacy, and support in coping with their diagnoses.   

    FULL STORY AT School of Social Policy & Practice

  • Why a data-driven approach can enhance the art of logo design

    The task of designing a logo has historically been viewed as an art more than a science, but Wharton marketing professor Ryan Dew’s new paper, “Letting Logos Speak: A Machine Learning Approach to Data-driven Logo Design,” proposes a more data-driven approach. 

    FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton

  • Climbing out of the anesthetic abyss

     Alexander Proekt and Max B. Kelz are part of Penn’s Center for the Neuroscience of Unconsciousness and Reanimation Research Alliance, driving research on the unconscious mind and the mechanisms behind states of anesthesia and wakefulness.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News

  • Molecular details of protein reveal glimpse into how kidney stones form

    With a high-resolution image of an ion channel protein, researchers will now be able to use bioinformatics to discover compounds that interact with that protein to treat and prevent kidney stones in at-risk populations. 

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News

  • Petitioning gave rise to the modern administrative state

    Penn Law professor Maggie McKinley uncovers the previously unexplored origins of the modern administrative state in the history of Congressional petitioning in a recent article in the Yale Law Journal.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Carey Law

  • For teenage cancer patients, social well-being is a priority

    As an eighth-grader living with a cancer diagnosis, Alli Kellers suddenly faced an entirely new set of teenage challenges. Her cancer treatment required a full team of experts in her hometown of Lancaster and Philadelphia, including a pediatric neurosurgeon, oncologist, radiologist and behavioral health counselor.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News

  • Amazon’s $15 minimum wage: What’s the end game?

    Wharton's Matthew Bidwell and Marshall W. Meyer discuss Amazon's decision to raise its minimum wage for employees.

    FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton

  • Penn Medicine welcomes inaugural chief research information officer

    Danielle Mowery, will also lead the Clinical Research Informatics Core (CIC) in the Institute for Biomedical Informatics. The new role supports the evolution of clinical and translation research with a focus on data analytics and integration.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News

  • Chioma Woko named Robert Wood Johnson Foundation health policy research scholar

    Annenberg School for Communication doctoral student Chioma Woko has been named to its 2018 cohort of Health Policy Research Scholars for her work as a a health communication doctoral student studying health behaviors online. She is conducting research on what factors influence people in social networks to carry out health behaviors, such as physical activity, contraceptive use, and tobacco-related behaviors.

    FULL STORY AT Annenberg School for Communication

  • Penn Dental active in World Workshop on Oral Medicine

    Current and former faculty and residents from Penn Dental Medicine’s Department of Oral Medicine played key roles in the 7th World Workshop of Oral Medicine held in Gothenburg, Sweden, September 24-26, 2018.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Dental Medicine