In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
In a new study, Penn Medicine researchers have discovered that a pattern of coordinated activity called “beta bursts” in a set of neurons in the lateral prefrontal cortex appears to have a major role in keeping attention task-focused, essentially by suppressing the influence of the distracting stimulus.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
Ben-Porath has been named the MRMJJ Presidential Professor and Yoon, who also serves as associate dean for Research and Faculty Affairs, has been named the Graduate School of Education Presidential Professor.
FULL STORY AT Graduate School of Education →
Penn’s Ivy Plus Provost Leadership Fellows and Ivy Plus Mellon Leadership Fellow will participate in the 2023-2024 Institute on Inquiry, Equity and Leadership of the Faculty Advancement Network, a consortium of 12 research universities collaborating to advance diversity and inclusion.
FULL STORY AT Almanac →
The Weitzman School’s Gonick Family Professor was appointed by President Joe Biden to the ACHP, an independent federal agency comprised of 24 statutorily designated members from federal agencies, preservation organizations, Indian tribes, and expert private citizens.
FULL STORY AT Weitzman School of Design →
The full-time online program covers a diversity of disciplines in creating, synthesizing, and disseminating evidence to inform clinical practice and policies at all levels of the health care system.
FULL STORY AT Penn Dental Medicine →
This year, more than 45 University of Pennsylvania scientists were among 10,000 attendees of the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference held in Amsterdam.
FULL STORY AT Penn Memory Center →
A team of researchers from Penn’s Schools of Medicine, Nursing, and Communication has received a $4 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to identify ways to increase vaccination rates, focusing on the drivers of acceptance of an anticipated HIV vaccine.
FULL STORY AT Annenberg Public Policy Center →
The $15M renovation project will transform the fifth floor of the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center with a dedicated, state-of-the-art space for the Center for Global Collections
FULL STORY AT Penn Libraries →
The Vagelos Professor of Energy Research and director of the Vagelos Institute of Energy Science and Technology has been elected to this year’s class of American Chemical Society Fellows.
FULL STORY AT Penn Arts & Sciences →
This summer, the Pennovation Accelerator held their sixth annual Pitch Day at the Pennovation Center. The culminating event for the six-week program focused on business development. Of the nine pitches, Medicratic was named the overall 2023 Pennovation Accelerator Winner, and Pocket Scribe won Best Pitch at the 2023 Pennovation Accelerator Pitch Day.
FULL STORY AT Pennovation Works →
