In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
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 →
March marks he publication of the 50th book in Penn IUR’s series with Penn Press.The 50 volumes cover a wide array of topics and cities, from informal politics in Accra to the role of immigration in revitalizing American cities to several edited volumes on urban issues of global importance, such as affordable housing, informality, downtown development, and climate adaptation.
FULL STORY AT Penn IUR →
The postdoctoral associate in the Carpick Research Group in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics has been honored with an Early Career Award from the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers , and has been named to the 2023 class of Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors.
FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today →
LDI senior fellow Ingrid Nembhard has overseen a study led by Penn Medicine and Wharton graduate Elana Meer that investigates successful health care innovation management.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
One of the most common questions medical professionals encounter is if it is safe for a woman with MS to conceive. Dina Jacobs, an associate professor of neurology in the Perelman School of Medicine, assures women that it is perfectly safe for a woman with MS to get pregnant and give birth. With advances in MS research, doctors are making diagnoses earlier, treating more effectively, and better managing relapses in general. When a patient’s MS is better managed prior to pregnancy, then the likelihood of relapse is therefore lower during and after pregnancy, Jacobs says.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
Three members of the Weitzman community have been recognized by The Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) with 2023 Faculty Awards. Sonja Dümpelmann, professor and acting chair of landscape architecture, is the recipient of the 2023 CELA Award for Excellence in Research and/or Creative Work. LA+, the interdisciplinary journal of landscape architecture based at Weitzman, is the recipient of the 2023 CELA Excellence in Communications Award.
FULL STORY AT Weitzman School of Design →
The director of Penn’s Annenberg Public Policy Center and the Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication at the university’s Annenberg School for Communication, has been elected to a four-year term on the board of directors of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
FULL STORY AT Annenberg Public Policy Center →
Alan Ruby, a senior fellow and the head of Penn GSE’s Global Engagement Office has put together a list of the most significant opportunities and challenges currently facing global higher education. According to Ruby, the shift in mobility, demographics, and demands on skills means there’s a need for cross-country, cultural collaboration.
FULL STORY AT Graduate School of Education →
Additional materials to celebrate Women’s History Month are on view in the Penn Libraries special collections: “Marian Anderson: A Singer’s Journey” and “Women Poets of the Renaissance” are collected in special editions in the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts. “Women in Prehistory: North America and Mesoamerica” is also part of the Caroline F. Schimmel Fiction Collection of Women in the American Wilderness.
FULL STORY AT Penn Libraries →
Food sensitivities and intolerances are not food allergies, according to Nitin Ahuja, an assistant professor of gastroenterology. While both are some weird or seemingly inappropriate reactions to what we eat, allergies are a response in the body involving the immune system and usually a protein. The effects of a food allergy are instantaneous. Food intolerances and sensitivities occur simply when the body does not properly digest a food.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
