In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
A new study from the School of Nursing suggests that alcohol consumption may attenuate long-term weight loss in adults with Type 2 diabetes.
FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →
The Biomedical Library’s 3D Printing service, managed by Barbara Kountouzi, has supported numerous innovative Penn-conducted research projects that have been featured in the news, with one recent example being the work of Associate Professor, Orkan Telhan.
FULL STORY AT Penn Biomedical Library News →
Seven years after it was created, the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics' Implementation Science Working Group is being expanded into a major initiative. The Penn Implementation Science Center @LDI will be directed by Rinad Beidas, LDI Senior Fellow and associate professor of psychiatry and medical ethics & health policy.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
This is the first program of its kind at a top law school, with a curricular module will expose students to the latest data about risks to health and career satisfaction among practicing lawyers.
FULL STORY AT Penn Carey Law →
Lauren Elman, an associate professor of neurology, says Penn Medicine is the first center in Philadelphia to offer the SMA treatment program to adults after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the approval for Spinraza (nusinersen) in December 2016.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
A new essay collection, the result of a collaboration by the Child Welfare League of America and the Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice & Research, addresses the need for more substantive research and increased awareness around child maltreatment within underrepresented and isolated populations.
FULL STORY AT School of Social Policy & Practice →
This fall, thirty Lancaster General Health employees, including nurses, cardiologists, technicians, and a sports medicine physician, worked with staff and pediatric cardiologists from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia to provide free heart screenings for more than 125 students ages 12-19.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
Bionengineering’s Dan Huh and his BIOLines research group were awarded the 2018 Lush Science Prize for work on organ-on-a-chip devices. The cosmetic company’s prize is designed to encourage work on alternatives to animal testing.
FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Blog →
A look at how emerging factors could shift people away from cities.
FULL STORY AT Kleinman Center →
Firooz Aflatouni has been awarded a NASA Early Stage Innovations grant to design and implement arrays of optical antennas that can enable laser communication in near-Earth satellites.
FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Blog →
