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  • Penn Medicine researchers awarded $27.5 million for large palliative care study

    A research team from the Palliative and Advanced Illness Research (PAIR) Center in the Perelman School of Medicine will lead a randomized clinical trial to examine how to effectively and equitably scale and deliver inpatient palliative care.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News

  • From parasites to symbiotes: Learning about retrotransposons in development and disease

    Andrew J. Modzelewski, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at Penn Vet, studies the role of retrotransposon reactivation in development and the epigenetic breakdown that occur in aging, disease, and cancer, where retrotransposons frequently reemerge and potentially contribute to the success of the malignancy.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Vet

  • Julia Cope awarded 2023 IAMCR Climate Change Communication Research Award

    The International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) announced has awarded Annenberg School for Communication doctoral student Julia Cope for her paper “Capturing Climate Claims: A computational text analysis of energy company press releases.”

    FULL STORY AT Annenberg School for Communication

  • Penn Nursing launches new masters-entry program

    Penn Nursing’s new Master of Professional Nursing degree offers students with a bachelor’s degree in another field an alternative path to a career in nursing.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News

  • Empowering caregivers and patients: Exploring the CARE Act’s communication improvements

    To evaluate whether the The Caregiver Advise, Record, Enable (CARE) Act’s requirements improved the patient experience, LDI fellows Courtney R. Lee, Norma B. Coe, and Paula Chatterjee used data from the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey, which measures patient experiences with discharges and other facets of hospital care.

    FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute

  • What’s ahead for U.S. real estate? A midyear update

    Wharton’s Susan Wachter predicts a rise in home prices but sees dim days ahead for commercial real estate.

    FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton

  • Beverley Crawford receives NDAF/Colgate-Palmolive Faculty Recognition Award

    The professor of clinical restorative dentistry and director of Student Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives has been recognized for her service to students and academics as the 2023 recipient of the National Dental Association Foundation (NDAF)/Colgate-Palmolive Faculty Recognition Award.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Dental Medicine

  • Dean Mark Wolff named 2023 DentaQuest Health Equity Hero

    Penn Dental Medicine’s Morton Amsterdam Dean has been recognized for his leadership in improving access to oral health care for individuals with disabilities.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Dental Medicine

  • A ferroelectric transistor that stores and computes at scale

    Researchers at the School of Engineering and Applied Science have introduced a new ferroelectric field effect transistors design that demonstrates record-breaking performances in both computing and memory.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today

  • César de la Fuente receives 2023 Rao Makineni Lectureship Award

    The Presidential Assistant Professor in psychiatry, microbiology, bioengineering and in chemical and biomolecular engineering is awarded for his recent contribution of unusual merit to research in the field of peptide science.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today