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  • A. Brooks Bowden receives prestigious Early Career Award for research on education costs

    The The Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness Early Career Awards highlight researchers whose work is both rigorous and relevant to educational practice. Bowden, an assistant professor of education policy at Penn GSE, focuses on strategies to overcome obstacles like hunger, housing insecurity, and mental health problems that prevent children from getting the most out of school.

    FULL STORY AT Graduate School of Education →

  • Improving rates of follow-up care after ED visits for heart failure

    In a recent study, Austin S. Kilaru, LDI senior fellow and assistant professor of emergency medicine found that recommended follow-up care is disturbingly rare for chronically ill heart failure patients following discharge from the emergency department.

    FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →

  • Annenberg and Penn Medicine researchers receive $3M NIH grant to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in HIV care

    Over the next 5 years, the team will explore methods to address structural racism and discrimination in HIV clinics across Philadelphia.

    FULL STORY AT Annenberg School for Communication →

  • Stroke, clot risk halved for heart disease patients on blood thinners apixaban vs. rivaroxaban

    The new study from Penn Medicine shows apixaban is superior to rivaroxaban against stroke or systemic embolism in patients with atrial fibrillation and valvular heart disease.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • The Hispanic Bar Association of Pennsylvania Legal Education Fund awarded two Penn Carey Law students scholarships

    The nonprofit organization dedicated to the professional and educational advancement of Latinos in the legal profession awarded the two co-presidents of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Latinx Law Student Association, Chiara Padilla and Michael Asparrin with scholarships.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Carey Law →

  • Baleena and Sledge Scarves take home awards at the fifth annual Pennovation Accelerator Pitch Day

    Following the Pennovation Accelerator Pitch Day in July, Baleena was named the overall 2022 Pennovation Accelerator Winner, which works to provide a low-cost microfiber trapping device used in consumers’ homes to reduce microplastic emissions in laundry. Sledge Scarves won Best Pitch at the 2022 Pennovation Accelerator Pitch Day, which produce non-slip satin head scarves designed to protect and maintain healthy hair growth.

    FULL STORY AT Pennovation Works →

  • Penn Medicine CAREs grants fuel community support—from STEM education to Alzheimer’s disease caregiver respite

    The Penn Memory Center’s Weekly Smile Program and its Time Together Program fill a social interaction need for the elderly, while the Lancaster Science Factory provides science, technology, engineering, and math after-school programs. Both of these initiatives are supported by Penn Medicine CAREs grants, along with an additional 28 programs from Penn Medicine employees.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • The older middle-aged homeless population is growing—and dying—at high rates

    Housing interventions aimed at the sick and elderly often miss much of the over-50 homeless population, according to a new JAMA study. People who lose housing for the first time after 50 years old are at particular risk of dying early. The newly homeless are largely working poor people who experienced some trauma, such as a rent increase, job loss, family breakup, or sickness, that made housing unaffordable.

    FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →

  • Hispanic Heritage Month at Wharton: WHALASA welcomes Latino students to campus

    The Wharton Latin American Student Association (WHALASA) is one of Wharton’s largest international student clubs, and for 40 years it has hosted cultural events, parties, travel opportunities, and career resources for MBA students from Latin America.

    FULL STORY AT Wharton Stories →

  • Fast track to fertility program sharply cuts time to treatment

    A telemedicine-driven program at Penn Medicine cut the time from an initial new patient visit to fertility treatment from more than two months to 41 days.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →