In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
Therapists at Penn Medicine Princeton House Behavioral Health Inpatient Service are among the first in the region to use virtual reality to help patients cope with general anxiety. Patients are provided with VR headsets through a program called Coping with Anxiety Through Virtual Reality.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
The grant from the National Institute on Aging will fund the Asian Cohort for Alzheimer’s Disease study across the United States and Canada, representing a major milestone toward health equity for underrepresented populations in Alzheimer’s disease research.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
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 →
Amanda Shanor, an assistant professor at the Wharton School, writes that the Supreme Court affirms social media companies’ business models, dodging for now the issue of liability for harmful speech.
FULL STORY AT The Regulatory Review →
