In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
The Community for Rigor’s grant, “Creating an Educational Nexus for Training in Experimental Rigor,” or CENTER, is led by Konrad Kording, and creates a free, online and open educational resource as a full curriculum focused specifically on scientific rigor topics such as good experimental design, performing proper statistical analysis.
FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today →
Hajishengallis, Thomas W. Evans Centennial Professor in the Department of Basic & Translational Sciences in the School of Dental Medicine, and Koo, a professor in the Department of Orthodontics and Divisions of Community Oral Health and Pediatric Dentistry, have been recognized for the scope and depth of their research, named on the Highly Cited Researchers™ 2024 list from Clarivate.
FULL STORY AT Penn Dental Medicine →
Vijay Kumar, Nemirovsky Family Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science was one of the scientists and academics honored on Nov. 20 as a recipient of the John Scott Award, which honors scientific achievements that contribute to the “comfort, welfare, and happiness of mankind.”
FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today →
New data from the Annenberg Public Policy Center shows that less than half of Americans know that regularly drinking alcohol increases the risk of later developing cancer.
FULL STORY AT Annenberg Public Policy Center →
Penn Community Collaboratory for Co-Creation, an initiative led jointly by Penn’s School of Nursing and the School of Engineering and Applied Science hosted its Annual Awardee Celebration, highlighting innovative projects addressing health care needs and social justice for marginalized and low-resource communities.
FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →
Perez, the Anthony Buividas Term Chair in Gerontology and associate professor in Penn Nursing’s Department of Family and Community Health, has been appointed a member of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Advisory Committee on Minority Health.
FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →
Among the nearly 1,000 artists’ books housed at the Penn Libraries is a growing collection of handmade specimens from publishing house Ediciones Vigía, which was founded in Cuba in 1985.
FULL STORY AT Penn Libraries →
Robbins, a professor of clinical oral medicine and restorative dentistry, and Director of the School’s Care Center for Persons with Disabilities, has been inducted into The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, one of 27 new Fellows welcomed in the College’s latest cohort of prominent physicians, experts from public health and academia, and civic leaders.
FULL STORY AT Penn Dental Medicine →
Safety-net hospitals disproportionately serve populations that face the most significant barriers to health care, but there’s no universally accepted definition for them, and safety-net hospitals are frequently targeted as acquisition targets for health systems. To address the limited research on how these acquisitions impact hospital solvency and community health, Penn Medicine and LDI senior fellow Paula Chatterjee and colleagues conducted a first-of-its-kind analysis.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
Arnav Lal, a 2023 graduate from the School of Arts & Sciences, has been chosen for the fourth cohort of Samvid Scholars, a merit-based graduate scholarship and leadership program for changemakers.
FULL STORY AT Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships →
