In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
Climate change disasters’ impact on population health, health disparities, and the national health care delivery infrastructure are subjects of too little academic research at a time when policymakers’ need for such data has never been greater. That’s according to five top academic research experts convened in a virtual seminar at Penn’s Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
This year’s student competition, “Designing For an Equitable Future in Chinatown,” asked students to elevate and prioritize low-income communities of Chinatown and leverage open space to facilitate equitable development and neighborhood preservation. The first prize was awarded to Qianyun Wei, Chris Xu, and Marcus Owens, and the second prize was awarded to Hongyi Li, Jingyi Cai, and Shuting Li.
FULL STORY AT Weitzman School of Design →
Three Penn Dental Medicine students have been named 2023 Delta Dental Community Scholars, each receiving a sizeable scholarship in recognition of their community service, academic achievement, and future plans to work with vulnerable populations after graduation.
FULL STORY AT Penn Dental Medicine →
Penn’s unique cross-school collaboration, the Penn Futures Project, which ran from 2015 to 2022, launched a collaboration among the University’s Graduate School of Education, the School of Nursing, and School of Social Policy & Practice to leverage interdisciplinary expertise to better support young people and their families.
FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →
The Annenberg professors are two of the 22 scholars selected worldwide from fields including communication, political science, anthropology, law, sociology, English, science and technology, and more to be in residence for the 2023-24 academic year.
FULL STORY AT Annenberg School for Communication →
The Presidential Assistant Professor in psychiatry, microbiology, and bioengineering and in chemical and biomolecular engineering, has been named an American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering fellow, one of the youngest members ever to have been selected.
FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today →
Penn Dental Medicine students and faculty turned the spotlight on the School’s research activities as part of the 2023 American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research/Canadian Association for Dental Research Annual Meeting & Exhibition, recently held in Portland, Oregon. A cohort of more than 50 student and faculty researchers were included in the scientific program, showcasing a diversity of projects across disciplines.
FULL STORY AT Penn Dental Medicine →
Directed by Sandra González-Bailón and co-directed by Yphtach Lelkes, the Center for Information Networks and Democracy will analyze the benefits and risks of digital technologies for political and civic engagement.
FULL STORY AT Annenberg School for Communication →
Instead of opting for a trip someplace warm for spring break, Weitzman student Maria Jose landed a weeklong externship at KieranTimberlake.
FULL STORY AT Weitzman School of Design →
New research by LDI associate fellow Caitlin Finn and LDI senior fellow Rachel Kelz find that even hospitals within miles of each other can provide a different quality of care, and their performance is often procedure-specific, meaning that a hospital with strong outcomes in one condition may have weak outcomes in another.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
