Inside Penn

In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.

Filter Stories

Displaying 81 - 90 of 2565
  • Penn Global launches Climate Security and Geopolitics Project, Scott Moore named senior advisor for climate security

    Led by Scott Moore, director of China Programs and Strategic Initiatives for Penn Global and practice professor of political science, this research project examines how the return of great power rivalry, particularly with China, impacts international climate action.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Global

  • $14M NIH grant funds gene-editing research for rare metabolic diseases at Penn and CHOP

    The researchers aim to develop personalized therapies for urea cycle disorders and other genetic conditions using advanced CRISPR technology.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News

  • Wellness at Holman Biotech Commons

    Penn’s Holman Biotech Commons provides wellness resources to patrons to alleviate stress, boost focus, and enhance productivity, especially in high-pressure academic and research environments.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Libraries

  • Research in brief: Perspectives of LGBTQ+ youth on anti-vaping messages in social media

    To understand how to reduce vaping among LGBTQ+ youth, a study from communication researchers at the Annenberg School for Communication and colleagues tests the effectiveness of a tailored social media intervention to prevent vaping initiation among LGBTQ+ youth.

    FULL STORY AT Annenberg School for Communication

  • PPR faculty appointed to Pennsylvania’s AI Advisory Committee

    Penn Program on Regulation’s director, Cary Coglianese, and Richard Berk, a PPR faculty affiliate, have been appointed by the Pennsylvania Joint State Government Commission to the state's Advisory Committee on Artificial Intelligence.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Program on Regulation

  • Can an AI chatbot be your friend?

    People reported feeling less lonely after interacting with AI chatbots programmed to be empathetic, according to a new study from Wharton’s Stefano Puntoni.

    FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton

  • Penn Nursing receives $3.3M NIH grant to support families with gay and bisexual sons

    The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing has been awarded a $3.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop and evaluate a new intervention designed to improve communication between parents and their gay or bisexual adolescent sons.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News

  • Changes to financial aid application are designed to make the process easier for students and families

    The Penn Admissions’ Student Financial Aid team has simplified the financial aid application process, requiring fewer forms and documents effective immediately starting this fall 2024.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Admissions

  • One-third of U.S. firearm injuries in 2019 and 2020 were fatal

    A first-of-its-kind national analysis from LDI senior fellows Elinore Kaufman and Kit Delgado includes health care data–which now for the first time includes race categories–with death certificate data to provide a comprehensive picture of nonfatal firearm injuries.

    FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute

  • Announcing the 2024 Lauder Fellows

    The third cohort of Fellows for the Leonard A. Lauder Community Care Nurse Practitioner Program is comprised of nursing professionals from across the country who have begun full-time studies towards becoming a primary care nurse practitioner.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News