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  • What it’s like to start a nonprofit newsroom

    A new study explores the working conditions of journalists who leave commercial journalism to start digital-first nonprofit news outlets.

    FULL STORY AT Annenberg School for Communication →

  • Revolutionizing nurse work environment research

    New research from Penn Nursing’s Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research has successfully validated a new, streamlined version of the Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index, originally authored in 2002 by Eileen T. Lake.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →

  • Karen Xu honored with P.E.O. Scholar Award

    Xu, a 2024 doctoral graduate in bioengineering, is one of 100 doctoral students in the U. S. and Canada selected to receive a $25,000 Scholar Award from the P.E.O. Sisterhood.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today →

  • Do accelerators improve startup success rates?

    Accelerator programs boost startup performance across the board, but maximizing that success depends on program design, Wharton research shows.

    FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →

  • How financial frictions hinder innovation

    A recent study co-authored by Wharton’s Thomas Winberry reveals that financially constrained firms face a trade-off between investing in existing ideas and pursuing new ones.

    FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →

  • Penn Medicine and Union partner for community fridge to fight hunger

    The community refrigerator and accompanying pantry contributes to ongoing efforts to address food insecurity at the Boys & Girls Club of Chester.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • Disability rights photography by Harvey Finkle featured for second annual Art @ SP2 Exhibit

    The images lining the lobby walls and rotating on a screen in SP2’s Caster building are the work of celebrated social justice photographer and SP2 alumnus Harvey Finkle, selections from “Faces of Independence: Liberty Resources 30th Anniversary Project.”

    FULL STORY AT School of Social Policy & Practice →

  • Celebrating 70 years of water fluoridation in Philadelphia

    On May 1, Penn Dental Medicine and PA Coalition for Oral Health co-hosted a special event celebrating 70 years of community water fluoridation in Philadelphia and promoting water fluoridation as an essential public health measure.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Dental Medicine →

  • New, national leadership role for Penn Nursing professor is a first

    Penn Nursing’s Sharon Y. Irving is the first nurse, nurse practitioner, and woman of African-American heritage to be elected vice president of ASPEN, the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →

  • A new chapter for a 16th century codex

    Tessa Gadomski in the Steven Miller Conservation Laboratory was tasked with stabilizing the Ms. Codex 1950, a fragile book of handwritten Persian poetry. Its catalog entry lists its publication date as between 1474 and 1650; the codex itself is dated 1474.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Libraries →