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  • 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 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 →

  • 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 →

  • Weitzman students earn ASLA awards for designs in Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico

    Two projects from students in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Department of City & Regional Planning have been recognized by The American Society of Landscape Architecture. “Arboretum Within Wetland”⁠ proposes an immersive experience for visitors to the wetlands along the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C., and “A New Central District and Balanced Community”⁠ is a sustainable housing solution for a landscape-prone site in Puerto Rico.

    FULL STORY AT Weitzman School of Design →

  • APPC aims adult civics education programs at higher ed, the military, and business

    For Constitution Day, the Leonore Annenberg Institute for Civics at the Annenberg Public Policy Center has expanded its civics education mission from K-12 schools to adult civics education, with funding The funding is being provided through an initiative called the Civic Mission of the Nation.

    FULL STORY AT Annenberg Public Policy Center →

  • Brian Ford recognized with AAOMS award for faculty development

    The assistant professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery at Penn Dental Medicine, was recognized by the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons as a recipient of its 2022 Faculty Educator Development Award.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Dental Medicine →

  • Y-Prize 2022-2023: Solar-powered aerial vehicles and physics-informed neural networks

    This year’s category is solar-powered aerial vehicle technology, which uses only sunlight to create lift force, and physics-informed neural networks, algorithms that can utilize physical principles to infer unknowns.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today →

  • Research on fluorine-free fuel cells receives 2.2M from the Department of Energy

    Penn Engineering’s Karen Winey has been awarded a Department of Energy grant that will provide $2.2 million over three years to fund the design, synthesis, and study of hydrocarbon-based proton exchange membranes to mimic the relevant features of fluorine-based polymer membranes, which comprise long-lasting fuel cells, in anticipation of proposed fluorine bans.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today →