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  • A gift from the Goldhirsh-Yellin Foundation

    The new gift will establish funds for the study of Jewish history and culture in the land of Israel, and for the study of antisemitism.

    FULL STORY AT Herbert D. Katz Center →

  • Harold W. McGraw Jr. Prize in Education winners announced

    Debra Duardo, David Wilson, and Barbara Oakley are selected for outstanding achievement in pre-K–12, higher education, and lifelong learning.

    FULL STORY AT Graduate School of Education →

  • 24K Philadelphia addresses to receive survey from Philadelphia Economic Equity Project

    The survey is designed to explore the economic and social challenges that Philadelphians face and to identify ways in which Philadelphians are economically mobile. The PEEP initiative is part of the Center for Public Service & Policy led by former Mayor of Philadelphia Michael A. Nutter at Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice.

    FULL STORY AT School of Social Policy & Practice →

  • Integrating the transitional care model into nurse practitioner curricula to improve outcomes for high-risk older adults

    Managing transitions in care for older adults and their family caregivers, no matter the care setting, is especially challenging in a rapidly changing health care system. Patient discharges which typically require prescription writing, discharge summary creation, and team consultations for home care entail more complex coordination and planning.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →

  • Care for all patients improves when doctors take race into account

    In a new study, LDI senior fellow Atheendar Venkataramani unpacks the use of measures of race in clinical prediction models and provide a useful framework to focus ongoing debates.

    FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →

  • Juan Llamas-Rodriguez named associate director of CARGC

    Llamas-Rodriguez will help develop one of the center’s core research themes, “Mobile Borders: Media, Migration & Diasporas.”

    FULL STORY AT Annenberg School for Communication →

  • The University of Pennsylvania has been recognized as a top performer in the 2023 Sustainable Campus Index

    Penn has secured the number two position in the area of Sustainable Food & Dining, thanks to the effort of Penn Dining and the University’s food service partner, Bon Appetit.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Sustainability →

  • Wunsch wins Magaziner Award from AIA Philadelphia

    The associate professor of historic preservation and landscape architecture has been awarded for his significant contribution to the preservation of Philadelphia’s built environment.

    FULL STORY AT Weitzman School of Design →

  • Meet the parking attendant lifting patients’ spirits

    At the 3600 Civic Center Boulevard parking garage, entrance greeter Thomas “Tommy” Barbieri provides a friendly, helpful, and calming presence for the many patients and employees who pass through each day.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • Michael Mitchell named ‘Young Innovator’ for creation of multiple myeloma therapy

    The associate professor in bioengineering has been named a “Young Innovator of Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering” by Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering for creating an RNA nanoparticle therapy that stops the spread of the deadly bone marrow cancer multiple myeloma and helps to eliminate it altogether.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today →