In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
After the first year of a five-year contract between the University of Pennsylvania Health System and Independence Blue Cross (Independence), the health system is reporting a more than 25 percent cut in hospital readmissions—the largest readmission reduction in both organizations’ history.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
The W. Joseph Blood Head Coach of Baseball, John Yurkow, has announced his four captains for the upcoming season, tabbing seniors Matt O'Neill and Sean Phelan as well as juniors Chris Adams and Christian Scafidi for the honor.
FULL STORY AT Penn Athletics →
English professors David L. Eng and Melissa Sanchez explain how theory informs their research.
FULL STORY AT OMNIA →
A new Penn Medicine study, published today in Obesity, the journal of the Obesity Society, finds intensive behavioral therapy, which provides diet and physical activity counseling, is proven to help adults with obesity achieve meaningful weight loss in six to 12 months.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
Sophomore defender Alex Touche and junior captain midfielder Brandon Bartel from the men's soccer team were both named All-Ivy. Touche's honor marks the third-straight year the Quakers have landed a player on first-team All-Ivy.
FULL STORY AT Penn Athletics →
The Wall Street Journal’s docu-series “Moving Upstream” takes a closer look at disruptive technologies that are changing the way we live, work and communicate, from gene editing to cryptocurrencies, and the deceptive videos known as “Deepfakes.”
FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Blog →
The Director of Recreation and Intercollegiate Athletics, M. Grace Calhoun, has announced 15 men and women who will comprise the Penn Athletics Hall of Fame Class XI. This class will be inducted on Saturday, May 4, 2019.
FULL STORY AT Penn Athletics →
Penn Nursing’s Terri Lipman was on hand in Harrison to urge lawmakers to pass Pennsylvania Senate Resolution 484, which recognizes November 2018 as National Diabetes Month in the Keystone State.
FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →
Under the instruction of Annenberg lecturer and postdoctoral fellow Samira Rajabi, undergraduate students in Memes, Media, and Meaning are diving into the world of memes to answer this question: What does this online cultural phenomenon reveal about our understanding of the world?
FULL STORY AT Annenberg School for Communication →
Wharton's Julian Jonker discusses employee activism at technology firms: “These companies are not just vying for people who are able to engage with these technologies. They are searching for the best and the most creative. And the most creative engineers are ones who also are really going to care about these issues, and who are going to want some measure of autonomy and some degree of participation in decision-making.”
FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →
