In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
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 →
Weitzman School of Design professor Masoud Akbarzadeh and Ph.D. architecture students Yao Lu, Hua Chai, Teng Teng, and Yefan Zhi from the Polyhedral Structures Laboratory presented a total of six research papers at the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures 2023 in Melbourne Australia in July.
FULL STORY AT Weitzman School of Design →
Two decades ago, the Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index was published to measure the nursing practice environment. Although the instrument’s use has resulted in advances in science and quality improvement efforts, its potential may be limited by the availability and quality of translations into different languages.
FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →
Graduate group chair Franca Trubiano and architecture Ph.D. student Ji Yoon Bae from the Weitzman School of Design both presented research papers at the UIA 2023 World Congress of Architecture in Copenhagen, Denmark in July.
FULL STORY AT Weitzman School of Design →
Of the 10,000 works in the Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books, at least 1,000 are identified as publications for children. Joanna Banks is a regular person who collected books for years as a hobby; she just saw books by Black authors, books featuring Black children, and many other types of media like cookbooks, and bought as many as she could, starting in the mid-1960s. This collection represents books that were available to the average person at the time.
FULL STORY AT Penn Libraries →
Long-distance electric transmission lines are a critical to the energy transition, yet construction of new lines has come to a near standstill in the U.S. Rob Gramlich of Grid Strategies discusses recent market and regulatory action to resurrect transmission development.
FULL STORY AT Kleinman Center →
The first in the new Penn LDI “Voices” vide series highlights thought leaders in health services research.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
Penn Carey Law professor Bill Burke-White discusses the findings of a White & Case report on the future of globalization, for which he served as senior editor and advisor.
FULL STORY AT Penn Carey Law →
In its eleventh year, the Penn Medicine CAREs grant program has funded 31 new and recurring grants to support employee and medical student community service projects.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
The Penn Libraries is partnering with independent bookstores in Philadelphia to help expand its collections of materials representing small presses, local authors, and specialized scholarly and artistic communities.
FULL STORY AT Penn Libraries →
