In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
In joining the White House-backed effort, Penn Medicine is advancing its goal of becoming the country’s most eco-friendly health care organization.
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The new annual award acknowledges contributions to the global discourse on environmental sustainability, with a specific focus on books that have a substantial impact on the public's understanding of these crucial issues.
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Martha A.Q. Curley, professor of nursing at Penn Nursing and the Ruth M. Colket Endowed Chair in Pediatric Nursing Science at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, will receive the 2024 Research Innovation and Translation Achievement Award from the American Thoracic Society (ATS).
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Penn GSE professor Kandi Wiens’ new book, “Burnout Immunity: How Emotional Intelligence Can Help You Build Resilience and Heal Your Relationship with Work,” aims to to help others avoid burnout and promote a healthy relationship with work.
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Penn Dental Medicine convened its “Global Oral Health Forum II: Evidence to Advocacy,” bringing together global leaders in health policy and economics, research, and education, and public health and advocacy for discussions around the theme of health advocacy.
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Colleen Tewksbury, assistant professor in Nutrition Science in the Department of Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences, has been awarded the 2024 Keystone Award from Pennsylvania Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (PAND).
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Ticona and Caitlin Petre of Rutgers University will explore how generative artificial intelligence tools affect those working in creative and cultural fields.
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Penn’s Center for Innovation & Precision Dentistry has selected a new class of fellows for its NIDCR T90/R90 Postdoctoral Training Program, the second group of trainees in the program, which was established in 2021.
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The Peter and Susanne Armstrong Distinguished Scholar and associate professor in electrical and systems engineering and materials science and engineering has been awarded for his research in nano-optics of low-dimensional semiconductors and the development of excitonic meta-materials.
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The Rhoda and Willard Ware Professor in Diabetes and Metabolic Disease, and director of the Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism in the Perelman School of Medicine is the 2025 recipient of the George M. Kober Medal from the Association of American Physicians for his fundamental discoveries uncovering connections between hormone receptors, circadian rhythms, and the regulation of gene expression in normal physiology as well as metabolic diseases including diabetes and obesity.
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