In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
The 2018 winner of the AcademyHealth Alice S. Hersh New Investigator Award is a senior fellow at Penn's Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics who focuses on behavioral economics, and the intersection of humans and digital technologies.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
Paxton, who has been director of Penn Women’s Center since 2008, will become Annenberg’s new associate dean for undergraduate studies starting on August 13.
FULL STORY AT Annenberg School for Communication →
The Ivy League has announced its Academic All-Ivy selections for the 2017-18 spring season. Each season, 10 student-athletes from each Ancient Eight school—five men, five women—are selected Academic All-Ivy.
FULL STORY AT Penn Athletics →
Misleading pro-tobacco videos on YouTube that promote e-cigarettes and hookahs can make young adults feel more positively about these products, according to new research.
FULL STORY AT Annenberg Public Policy Center →
To be eligible for the award, the student-athletes have maintained a cumulative GPA of 3.35 or higher, completed one full academic year, be an institutional letter winner, and competed at the 2018 IRA National Championship Regatta.
FULL STORY AT Penn Athletics →
The Penn Center for Precision Medicine is working to expand precision medicine practices to a number of fields, including addiction, cardiology, oncology, infectious diseases, psychiatry, and rare diseases. Precision medicine is designed to tailor individual patient care based not just on diagnosis, but genetics and medical history.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
Penn Law professors weigh in on the recent SCOTUS ruling, even arguing that while the ruling is “disappointing,” it is a legitimate practice of the Supreme Court to defer to the branches of the federal government.
FULL STORY AT Penn Carey Law →
According to the Penn Law professor of law and history, the Janus v. AFCSME decision is an example of just how mutable constitutional law really is.
FULL STORY AT Penn Carey Law →
A list of ways your donations can help the nearly 2,000 minors separated from their parents at the border.
FULL STORY AT Center for High Impact Philanthropy →
A Leading by Design discussion with the designers about the creation and unveiling of the memorial, five years to the day since the collapse of the Salvation Army building that killed five people.
FULL STORY AT Weitzman School of Design →
