In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
The Penn Dental Medicine Pride Alliance held its fourth annual Pride Celebration to celebrate its LGBTQIA+ community, and awarded the Annual LGBTQIA+ Advocacy Awards. This year recognized two staff members, two faculty members, and one student for their efforts to support diversity and inclusion within the school
FULL STORY AT Penn Dental Medicine →
Young scholars from Latin America discuss their experience at a three-week workshop on “Dispossessions in the Americas,” hosted by The Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies.
FULL STORY AT OMNIA →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
