In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
Penn Community Collaboratory for Co-Creation, an initiative led jointly by Penn’s School of Nursing and the School of Engineering and Applied Science, has awarded funding to five new research projects that address social justice through designing and implementing solutions to improve health, well-being, and safety.
FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →
The senior associate director of admissions at Penn Dental Medicine will participate in a two-week seminar abroad to learn about other countries’ higher education systems.
FULL STORY AT Penn Dental Medicine →
The opioid crisis contributes to maternal mortality in the U.S. with only one in three pregnant or postpartum people with private insurance receiving needed treatment. A new study from Penn LDI fellows proposes ways to remove barriers to treatment.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
A new study from Penn LDI senior fellows provides a more nuanced perspective on the dynamics of caregiver mastery—a positive perception of one’s efficacy in caregiving, and its role in the well-being of individuals with cognitive impairment, such as dementia.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
LDI senior fellow Eric Roberts examined the effects of enrolling in an integrated Medicaid plan in a study published in JAMA Health Forum.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
Among Wolff’s achievements is a partnership with Woods Services to establish the Penn Dental Medicine at Woods Mikey Faulkner Dental Care Center. Wolff was also acknowledged by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and the Pennsylvania Senate for his role in establishing the Woods Care Center.
FULL STORY AT Penn Dental Medicine →
The Penn Vet board of advisers, administrators, clinicians, and donors gathered on Feb. 7 to officially commence the construction of The Richard Lichter Advanced Dentistry and Oral Surgery Suite at Ryan Hospital, a clinic for comprehensive oral and restorative small animal patient care, clinical instruction, and clinical research.
FULL STORY AT Penn Vet →
Sandra González-Bailón,the Carolyn Marvin Professor of Communication at the Annenberg School for Communication, co-edited a new journal issue quantifying the extent to which gender bias occurs and is perpetuated online and in digital media.
FULL STORY AT Annenberg School for Communication →
Penn Nursing’s “This Week in the Archives” highlights Minnie Hogan Clemens (Dorchester), who became the first Black student to attend the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania’s Nurse Training School in 1888.
FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →
Students across Pennsylvania were posed that question for the 10th annual Citizenship Challenge, an essay-and-presentation competition sponsored by the Rendell Center for Civics and Civic Engagement in partnership with the Annenberg Public Policy Center.
FULL STORY AT Wharton Public Policy Initiative →
