In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
Penn Engineering senior design team members John Kearney, Max Li, William Tam, and Sahithya Prakash, along with their team advisor, Megan S. Ryerson, were awarded the Secretary’s Student RAISE Award by the Executive Committee of the Council of University Transportation Centers.
FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Blog →
Penn researchers have received a five-year National Institute of Aging grant to launch a new Resource Center for Minority Aging Research. The new initiative will pursue studies of health and health care delivery among older adults.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
The Graduate School of Education has received $8.6 M in 2018 to support its teacher education programs, including grants for student scholarships and the development of innovative coursework and fieldwork for the School’s Urban Teacher Apprenticeship Program.
FULL STORY AT Graduate School of Education →
Lewis, an associate professor of nursing in the Department of Family & Community Health, a Calvin Bland Fellow, and Penn Nursing’s Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusivity, is recognized for her scientific and professional accomplishments, as well as volunteer leadership and service.
FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →
Seven researchers from Penn GSE, plus another Penn faculty member with a secondary appointment at GSE, have made Education Week’s 2019 Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings list.
FULL STORY AT Graduate School of Education →
Litman is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia who will use his ML degree to advocate for increased regulations related to the safe administration of medicine.
FULL STORY AT Penn Carey Law →
Through a partnership with PennDesign, the Penn Museum is displaying a collection of objects made just weeks ago. The objects are the work of first-year graduate architecture students who were asked to imagine a 42,000-square-foot addition to the museum that would integrate collections storage, gallery, and event spaces.
FULL STORY AT Penn Design →
The campaign, developed by FOCUS on Women’s Health and Leadership and Penn Medicine Communications, promotes the work being done by women at Penn Medicine and aims to inspire early-career women in academic medicine through the examples of successful women role models.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
According to Penn GSE’s Matthew Steinberg, when Philadelphia principals leave a school, they are more likely to either take another job in Philadelphia or leave public education.
FULL STORY AT Graduate School of Education →
When Allie arrived at New Bolton Center, she had vestibular ataxia, a severe loss of balance and coordination. After some preliminary tests, the horse tested positive for equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM), a common and dreaded diagnosis for horse lovers.
FULL STORY AT Penn Vet →
