In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
How will chatbots like ChatGPT or Bing alter the health care space, and what are the potential benefits and concerns associated with clinicians and patients using artificial intelligence language models? Experts affiliated with Penn’s Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics weigh in.
FULL STORY AT Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics →
After a fall, tests at Pennsylvania Hospital revealed that Eloise Brown had a subdural hematoma. Subdural hematomas are not uncommon, especially in elderly populations. What’s rare is seeing a 100-year-old patient who can undergo successful brain surgery for that type of condition. Brown spent five days in the Neuro Intensive Care Unit and five more in recovery. Thanks to Penn Medicine At Home, Brown has received several months of in-home physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and continues to progress in her recovery.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
Sharon Kuo, a graduating senior in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, is the inaugural recipient of the Madison “Maddie” Magee Award for Undergraduate Excellence. Kuo’s interests within her major include mechanical design and product design, and she is passionate about space exploration and advancing human spaceflight.
FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today →
A social media-based parenting program showed improvements in depression symptoms and parenting responsiveness, and the combination of the Facebook-administered Parenting with Depression program and “moodgym” led to a more rapid decline in symptoms of PPD for new parents.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
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 →
