In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
a new OMNIA Podcast, Dawn Teele, Janice and Julian Bers assistant professor of political science, discusses the unprecedented number of women running for office in this year's midterm elections.
FULL STORY AT OMNIA →
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 →
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 →
A study published in Nature Communications finds that adding an inhibitor to cancer therapies could cut off a tumor’s access to blood vessels, helping therapies overcome resistance in gioblastomas.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
Astudy from the Annenberg School for Communication, published in Human Communication Research, shows that when vaping portrayals within commercials are reminiscent of traditional cigarette smoking, viewers are likely to associate vaping with smoking.
FULL STORY AT Annenberg School for Communication →
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 →
President Amy Gutmann speaks on upholding the twin pillars of a strong pluralism.
FULL STORY AT The Pennsylvania Gazette →
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 →
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 →
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 →
