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  • Black American and Afro-Brazilian incarceration rates

    2018 graduate Nia Kaudo explores the 20th-century policies that have led to mass incarceration in the U.S. and Brazil.

    FULL STORY AT OMNIA →

  • Women's basketball unveils 2018-19 schedule

    Head coach Mike McLaughlin has announced the upcoming 2018-19 schedule for the University of Pennsylvania women's basketball team. The team will host 13 games this season at home at The Palestra.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Athletics →

  • Justin Bekelman wins 2018 American Cancer Society Cancer Control Award

    Penn Medicine oncologist and LDI Senior Fellow Justin Bekelman has been named winner of the 2018 Cancer Control Award for his work collaborating with a variety of experts to maximize the clinical benefit and affordability of targeted cancer drugs.

    FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →

  • Think uniquely, stand united

    President Amy Gutmann speaks on upholding the twin pillars of a strong pluralism.

    FULL STORY AT The Pennsylvania Gazette →

  • Penn Nursing professor wins prestigious award for book about children and drug safety

    Cynthia Connolly’s book, “Children and Drug Safety: Balancing Risk and Protection in Twentieth Century America,” won the distinguished Arthur J. Viseltear Prize, which is awarded to a historian who makes outstanding contributions to the history of public health.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →

  • Violating the ‘law of one price’ in the financial crisis

    Wharton finance professors David Musto and Krista Schwarz explain why there was an unusually big price gap between Treasury bonds and notes during the financial crisis.

    FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →

  • Access to care doesn’t ensure better outcomes for Black and Hispanic kidney disease patients

    A  study published this month in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine found that although black and Hispanic veterans with chronic kidney disease are more likely than white patients to see a kidney specialist, they are more likely to suffer disease progression from early stage to advanced kidney disease.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • Pamela Cacchione named a 2018-2019 Penn Nursing Innovation Fellow

    The Ralston House Endowed Term Chair in Gerontological Nursing and a Nurse Scientist at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center is skilled in collaboration and innovation to enhance health care, especially in aging populations.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →

  • Where immigrants go, economic growth follows

    A new brief by Wharton's Exequiel Hernandez suggests that the value of immigrants, in economic terms, should not be measured in jobs and wages alone, but firms should recognize capital investment, innovation, and their presence in a community as positive factors for growth.

    FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →

  • Men's basketball announces 2018-19 schedule

     In the fourth season under head coach Steve Donahue, the Quakers will play a 30-game schedule that includes 14 contests at The Palestra.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Athletics →