In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
Penn parents and educators can now browse and borrow more than 1,500 award-winning and notable books for children and young adults, all highlighting diverse characters and experiences, as part of a new initiative at the Penn Libraries.
FULL STORY AT Penn Libraries →
The gift, from the Linda Ye and Robin Ren Family Foundation, will fund the construction of a state-of-the-art nuclear magnetic resonance facility, which includes a suite, instrumentation lab and office, in the Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology building.
FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today →
In recognition of a pioneering, in-depth analysis of the roles of racism and Americanization in the history of social work, the SP2 associate professor and her and co-author have been awarded the 2023 Frank R. Breul Memorial Prize by Social Service Review for their article “To ‘Elevate, Humanize, Christianize, Americanize’: Social Work, White Supremacy, and the Americanization Movement, 1880–1930.”
FULL STORY AT School of Social Policy & Practice →
Penn Engineering’s ASSET Center aims to make AI-enabled systems more safe, explainable, and trustworthy. ASSET’s first funding collaboration is with Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine and the Penn Institute for Biomedical Informatics, which have launched a series of seed grants that will fund research at the intersection of AI and healthcare.
FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today →
LDI senior fellow Margo Brooks Carthon discusses her team’s expansion of the hospital post-discharge safety net program that grew out of their research. The original program originated from a 2018 pilot research grant from Penn LDI, Penn Medicine’s Center for Health Care Innovation, and Penn Nursing’s Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
MBA student and extreme adventurer Deeya Bajaj grew up in Delhi and worked for her family’s adventure tourism business after graduation. Now at Wharton, her goal is to scale up her impact to bring empowerment and access for girls in adventure activities.
FULL STORY AT Wharton Stories →
CAREs awarded $5,000 to HopePHL as the Annual CAREs Community Champion and funded additional 27 employee-backed community initiatives. The Penn Medicine CAREs program supports a variety of community service efforts led by the people of Penn Medicine, including efforts to expand community access to medical care.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
People list homes at a premium to avoid selling a house for less than they bought it, thereby reducing market liquidity, according to research co-authored by Wharton’s Lu Liu.
FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →
The new Master of Science in Nutrition Science program is designed to enhance the dentist’s ability to successfully address oral health issues with an eye toward nutrition-focused public heath.
FULL STORY AT Penn Dental Medicine →
Brian Rosenwald, director of the Red and Blue Exchange at the SNF Paideia Program, moderated a panel of experts discussing the history of the Supreme Court, the creation of a conservative supermajority, the shadow docket, public opinion, and possible modifications to the structure of the Court including term limits and Court expansion.
FULL STORY AT Paideia Program →
