In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 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 →
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 →
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 →
Penn’s School of Nursing has received a $1 million grant from the Bedford Falls Foundation, and will support a total of 40 high-merit, high-need students over a four-year period who are enrolled in Penn Nursing’s Master of Professional Nursing degree program.
FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →
Orkin received the third Elaine Redding Brinster Prize in Science or Medicine from Penn’s Institute for Regenerative Medicine for his work discovering the basis for hemoglobin gene switching and developing a therapy for sickle cell disease and other blood diseases.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
