In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
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 →
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 →
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 →
In this episode of Leading Diversity at Work, Wharton’s Stephanie Creary and guests explore how major legal and policy decisions, including Florida’s Stop WOKE Act, are affecting diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.
FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →
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 →
Through the Cozen Family Voting Rights Fellowship, Penn Carey Law graduates will spend two years using their law degrees to safeguard and promote voting access, protection, and rights.
FULL STORY AT Penn Carey Law →
The two main medications that treat opioid use in the U.S. reduce overdose deaths by 50%, yet fewer than one in 10 people with opioid use disorder can access this kind of medical protocol. Now, a new law and a new federal regulation are likely to reduce fatal opioid overdoses—over 80,000 in 2021—by making buprenorphine and methadone treatments more available.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
As part of My Philadelphia Climate Story, 11 talented high school students from three public Philadelphia schools have been selected to participate in climate writing workshops this winter and spring. In April, Climate Heroes will present excerpts of their work at the Climate Storytelling Festival, an event celebrating My Philadelphia Climate Story's teachers, students, and community activists.
FULL STORY AT Penn Program in Environmental Humanities →
The Penn Dental Medicine at Woods Mikey Faulkner Dental Care Center is a partnership with Woods Services, a Pennsylvania- and New Jersey-based nonprofit organization that serves children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and acquired brain injuries.
FULL STORY AT Penn Dental Medicine →
