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  • Planning’s Jennifer Whittaker receives Robert Wood Johnson fellowship

    Jennifer Whittaker, a PhD student in the Department of City and Regional Planning, has been selected to participate in one of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s leadership development programs.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Design

  • Soslow named Ivy League Special Teams Player Of The Week

    Senior placekicker Jack Soslow was named Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week for his efforts in Penn's 20-7 win at Cornell on Friday night.  

    FULL STORY AT Penn Athletics

  • Patient safety in hospitals still a concern

    Researchers from the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research at Penn Nursing investigate whether hospitals have implemented a key National Academy of Medicine recommendation—to improve nurse work environments and assure adequate nurse staffing—and whether these changes corresponded to improved patient safety, as reported by patients and nurses.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News

  • Penn engineers develop ultrathin, ultralight ‘nanocardboard’

    Ateam of Penn Engineers has demonstrated a new material they call “nanocardboard,” an ultrathin equivalent of corrugated paper cardboard. 

    FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Blog

  • How Congress can reclaim its power

    Wharton's Brian Feinstein discusses his research on the strength of Congress's oversight powers.

    FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton

  • Think globally, act locally

    A group of students in the Perelman School of Medicine joined with other medical schools in Philadelphia to start a group dedicated to the growing field of global surgery, the Penn Global Surgery Group.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News

  • Easing postpartum conversations: Students work to improve the experience for diverse families

    KC Benchimol and Monika Wasik walk us through the policy change they spearheaded across postpartum units at the University of Pennsylvania Health System—a simple change that makes it easier for all people to participate in the postpartum experience and symbolizes acceptance of LGBTQ+ parents.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News

  • Politics and religion: Chicken or egg?

    Michele Margolis, assistant professor of political science, discusses the effect of politics on religious identity.

    FULL STORY AT OMNIA

  • How monolingual teachers can support bilingual students

    Penn GSE’s Nelson Flores says that all teachers can do more to elevate the value of bilingualism in their classrooms. 

    FULL STORY AT Graduate School of Education

  • Men's basketball announces radio information for 2018-19 season

     The Quakers are scheduled to have 16 games broadcast on WNTP (990 AM), 10 that will be Internet-only through WXPN (XPN.org), and four games on WFIL (560 AM). 

    FULL STORY AT Penn Athletics