In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
After a decades-long battle by federal and state administrations, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has been opened to allow drilling in Alaska, creating a reversal in oil production following nearly thirty years of decline.
FULL STORY AT Kleinman Center →
A collaboration of researchers including Penn Nursing professors released a report in the Annals of Family medicine from an ongoing study on how to improve the transition process from hospital to home.
FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →
A team of researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine discovered that suppressing impaired cellular struts, called microtubules, can lessen the stiffness in diseased heart muscle cells, thereby improving their beating strength.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
Fourth-year head coach Nicole Van Dyke announce the 16 games coming up for the Quakers, beginning August 24th.
FULL STORY AT Penn Athletics →
The Program on Race, Science, and Society hosted an international symposium that brought together scholars to discuss how the categorizing of racial difference has significant implications for individuals across the globe.
FULL STORY AT OMNIA →
The professor of systems pharmacology and translational therapeutics at the Perelman School of Medicine is an international leader in cardiovascular disease research, and selected for membership in the Academy’s section on physiology and pharmacology/toxicology.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
A study, by Wharton marketing professor Gideon Nave analyzes music preference and personality, and how marketing may use this data for personalized product offerings.
FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →
he All-Big 5 teams have been announced for the 2018 baseball season, and the University of Pennsylvania was well-represented on the city list as six players received All-Big 5 recognition—more than any other school—and three of the major honors went to Quakers players.
FULL STORY AT Penn Athletics →
Professor Chris Callison-Burch is creating ways to streamline crowd-sourced manual labor commissioned by Amazon to benefit workers.
FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Blog →
In 2018, Medicare implemented a new inpatient-reporting program, which requires hospitals to publicly report 30-day readmission rates. New research from Penn Medicine categorizes the outcomes of patients with GI bleeding, shedding light on the need to redefine the patient population.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
