In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
A new study led by Penn Dental Medicine’s Kang Ko illuminates the process of rapid oral wound healing by identifying a distinct oral fibroblast progenitor that promotes mucosal healing.
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Jing (Jane) Li, Linus Y. Wong and Jialiang Zhang are recipients of the Best Paper Award at the 31st Association for Computing Machinery for their paper titled, “DONGLE: Direct FPGA-Orchestrated NVMe Storage for HLS.” The paper introduces a programming model and storage architecture to tackle big data challenges in fields like machine learning, data analytics and graph processing.
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The award is named in honor of the memory of Madison “Maddie” N. Magee, who graduated with both a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and applied mechanics and a master’s degree in bioengineering in 2021.
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The Libraries automatically acquires a wide range of diversity award-winning books for both adults and children. These are books that have won awards for their depictions of or significance to marginalized communities, often given by organizations representing those communities.
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A master’s student and inaugural Social Justice Scholar at Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice, Horbrook has contributed research to the national conversation about the significance of historically Black colleges and universities. Now she is exploring the intersection of data and equity through an internship placement as she prepares to graduate.
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Many emergency nurses and physicians report experiencing physical, verbal, and sexual abuse while at work. In response, clinicians can add a marker to a patient’s electronic health record (EHR) referred to as a “behavioral flag.” Penn LDI researchers have examined the prevalence of behavioral flags placed in patients’ EHRs during emergency department (ED) visits in order to understand the frequency of their use, and investigated if there was a difference in how often Black and white patients were flagged.
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The highest-performing employees know when to speak and when to stay quiet, according to new research from Wharton’s Michael Parke that looks at how employees engage in “strategic silence.”
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When a patient completes their treatment they are given the opportunity to “ring the bell,” a brass bell hung from the wall. But for patients who have metastatic cancer and need to be on maintenance therapy for life, they may feel excluded. In the last few years, the Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine has been working to make bell-ringing more inclusive.
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What is the best medium for communicating with consumers? It depends on the content, according to the latest research from Wharton marketing professor Jonah Berger.
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Penn Faculty and Staff are invited to share thoughts and opinions on commuting to Penn. This survey is conducted by PennPraxis on behalf of the Environmental Sustainability Advisory Committee Transportation Subcommittee, with the support from Facilities and Real Estate Services, Business Services and Human Resources.
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