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  • Featured Books and DVDs: Philadelphia

    A curated selection of Philadelphia-centric books and DVDs are on display on the first floor of the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Libraries →

  • Energy justice professor Sanya Carley earns EPA funding

    The Kleinman Center’s co-faculty Director Sanya Carly and her team were awarded an EPA grant to evaluate the effects of weatherization and electrification on household energy consumption and behavior, energy poverty, and indoor air quality for urban Cincinnati.

    FULL STORY AT Kleinman Center →

  • How to destigmatize repulsive products

    Wharton’s Samir Nurmohamed explains “dirty creativity,” a phrase he and his co-author coined to describe how entrepreneurs pitch unusual products that consumers may find objectionable.

    FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →

  • Scaling up atomic innovation at the NSF’s Center for the Mechanical Control of Chemistry

    Demystifying mechanochemistry, the crushing of chemicals to produce reactions and substances, is the central goal of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Center for the Mechanical Control of Chemistry, an interdisciplinary and multi-institutional collaboration.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today →

  • Penn Medicine neurosurgeon named Cancer Moonshot Scholar by White House

    Nduka M. Amankulor, an associate professor of neurosurgery and director of the Penn Brain Tumor Center at the Perelman School of Medicine has been appointed a Cancer Moonshot Scholar, one of 11 scholars included in the inaugural cohort of the program receiving a total of $5.4 million to support cancer research and innovation.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • 2023 Philadelphia Bar Foundation Award

    Seth Kreimer, Kenneth W. Gemmill Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, is the recipient of the 2023 Philadelphia Bar Foundation Award, honoring his decades of work promoting equal access to justice.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Carey Law →

  • What happens when workers disclose a mental illness like bipolar disorder at work

    A new study from Penn LDI finds that workers fear the stigma, but disclosure of mental illness can increase support for their job.

    FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →

  • Writing for Wikipedia

    Students in classes taught by Heather Sharkey, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations professor, fill in gaps in the online encyclopedia, learning about their subjects and the nuts and bolts of research, writing, and copyright.

    FULL STORY AT OMNIA →

  • Penn Medicine neuroscientists identify brain mechanism that drives focus despite distractions

    In a new study, Penn Medicine researchers have discovered that a pattern of coordinated activity called “beta bursts” in a set of neurons in the lateral prefrontal cortex appears to have a major role in keeping attention task-focused, essentially by suppressing the influence of the distracting stimulus.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • American Academy of Nursing announces new fellows

    Eleven nursing professionals with ties to Penn Nursing will be inducted as 2023 Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing (AAN). One is a current Penn Nursing faculty member and an alumna; nine are Penn Nursing alumni; and one has been named an honorary Fellow. All of the inductees will be honored at a ceremony during the AAN’s 2023 Health Policy Conference, taking place on October 5-7, 2023.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →