In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
New research by LDI senior fellow Courtney finds that immigrant workers who are naturalized U.S. citizens report less use of health care and greater barriers to treatment, and offers recommendations for how policymakers can improve the health of immigrants.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
Customers are unhappy when their favorite retailers make it harder to earn rewards, as Starbucks, Dunkin’ and Best Buy have recently done. But firms have to walk a fine line between customer loyalty and profits, says Wharton’s Raghuram Iyengar.
FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →
The University of Pennsylvania is now home to the inaugural March of Dimes Research Center for Advancing Maternal Health Equity, making it a focal point for maternal health equity research and racial disparity solutions.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
Data shows that unless the pattern of furnishing primary health care, particularly to underserved groups in both urban and rural areas, is drastically improved, these groups will suffer in inequitable and unnecessary ways. It is clear that the primary care workforce must be expanded and diversified.
FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →
The Biden administration’s effort to make student loans affordable with the latest Income-Driven Repayment plan will cost the government more than double its estimates, according to the Penn Wharton Budget Model.
FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →
The Eidos LGBTQ+ Health Initiative at Penn’s School of Nursing is partnering with Gaingels, an LGBTQIA+/Allies private investment syndicate, to provide their portfolio of companies access to Penn’s academic research to make an impact into the health and well-being of LGBTQ+ communities.
FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →
The Fund for Health, a joint initiative of Penn Medicine and the Environmental, Social, and Governance Initiative at the Wharton School is backing Twentyeight Health, which uses its online platform to increase access for women in underserved communities to reproductive health care.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
Sharon Irving, the Miriam Stirl Endowed Term Chair in Nutrition, Associate Professor of Pediatric Nursing, and Vice-Chair of the Department of Family and Community Health, will be honored with the 2023 Women of Color at Penn Award for faculty in March.
FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →
The Penn Libraries collection on display in February are selected by a collaboration among staff from Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center’s Access Services, the Otto E. Albrecht Music Library, and the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts. This month features newly published works by Black authors and filmmakers.
FULL STORY AT Penn Libraries →
The Alfred Fitler Moore Professor in Electrical and Systems Engineering and in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering for his contributions to the technology and commercialization of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems for health care.
FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today →
