In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
Penn Museum Director Julian Siggers talks about how the institution uses digital tools and strategies to showcase its treasures, bringing in more foot traffic and a new generation of museum-goers.
FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →
The assistant professor of chemistry has been awarded the Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award for Early Stage Investigators grant. The five-year, $1.6 million grant supports Tomson’s research on electrostatic effects in model compounds of metalloenzyme active sites.
FULL STORY AT Penn Arts & Sciences →
Wharton's Mauro Guillen discusess the Trump administration's efforts to renegotiate NAFTA, facing resistance from Canada while solidifying an agreement with Mexico.
FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →
Doctoral student Douglas Guilbeault studies how over the last several years, bots have been regularly making headlines, exposed for posing as ordinary people in an effort to meddle in elections, harass social media users, steal personal information, and influence public opinion on behalf of governments and corporations.
FULL STORY AT Annenberg School for Communication →
Penn Medicine and Penn Nursing are partnering with Vingroup, a collaboration between the nonprofit university project, VinUni, and private health service provider, Vinmec, to create new undergraduate and graduate medical training programs in Vietnam.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
The newly appointed assistant law professor brings her specialty in the intersection of law and finance, with a focus on financial regulation, to both Penn Law and the finance department at the Wharton School.
FULL STORY AT Penn Carey Law →
A new study from Penn Nursing, published in the journal Autism, shows that children with autism spectrum disorder have the highest frequency of rapid weight gain during the first six months of life, which may put them at increased risk for childhood obesity.
FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →
While fad approaches to mental health definitely have a way of resurfacing, these tactics, while research continues to be done to evaluate their effectiveness, are still a little lacking when compared to other methods.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
To commemorate the centennial of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic, the the Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing is organizing a campaign, Calm Cool, and Courageous, to highlight the work and experiences of nurses during the pandemic.
FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →
Head coach Mike Murphy has announced his recruiting class for the upcoming season, with thirteen young men are on campus joining the men's lacrosse program as freshmen.
FULL STORY AT Penn Athletics →
