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Identifying opportunities for systemic improvement
The Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice at Penn Carey Law School has released the final set of recommendations from a Sentinel Event Review of incidents during protests following the murder of George Floyd.
Diversity in the Stacks: Westland Books and the complexities of publishing in neoliberal India
The abrupt closure of Indian publishing house Westland Books in February 2022 stunned readers and authors alike, significantly disrupting the book industry in South Asia. Following the news of the closure, the Libraries worked with two Delhi-based vendors to purchase more than 400 volumes published by Westland in recent years.
Penn experts on the Fox News defamation settlement
Penn Carey Law professor Cary Coglianese and Amanda Shanor, assistant professor at The Wharton School, offer insight into the recent settlement in the Fox News defamation case, in which Fox News has agreed to pay $787.5 million to settle a defamation suit brought by Dominion Voting Systems.
Penn Medicine’s Susan Taylor elected president of the American Academy of Dermatology
The Penn faculty member and alumna will be the sixth woman and first president of African American descent of the world’s largest dermatologic association.
Liz Arbittier, associate director for student affairs at New Bolton Center, fills an essential role on the Kennett Square campus supporting the academic success and well-being of students.
Eight SP2 students named winners in Green Space Data Challenge
For projects that transform data about green spaces into actionable community indicators, eight students in the Master of Science in Social Policy at Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2) have been named among the winners. In the Community Safety category, SP2’s Yuxin Liang won second place. In Community Health, SP2’s Jia Xu, Tianyu Shi, Yingtong Zhong, and another teammate from Penn won first place, and SP2’s Zairui Yang, Ying Shu, Yao Jiang, and Jiaxi Lin were one of two teams awarded prizes for second place.
Daeyeon Lee receives Outstanding Achievement Award in Nanoscience from American Chemical Society
Lee is a professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and member of the Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter, the Nano/Bio Interface Center, and the Center for Engineering Cells and Regeneration. His Soft Materials Research and Technology Lab focuses on the interactions of soft materials, especially how nano- and micro-scale materials assemble into macroscopic structures.
In order to index climate, explore weather, or learn about the universe, scientist will need technology suited to the mesosphere—the middle of Earth’s five atmospheric layers, with the potential to withstand harsh conditions. Igor Bargatin, associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics is solving the mesosphere’s air problem by using light to levitate materials much larger than microscopic particles.
Latest Penn Medicine CAREs grants power community projects at home and abroad
Thirty-one Penn Medicine employees and medical students received funding to continue work in support of communities in need, from providing clothing to promoting health literacy.