In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
The associate professor of English has received the 2022 Excellence in Journalism Prize from the American Psychoanalytic Association for his blog, “Psyche on Campus.”
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“The Landscape Project” is the first-ever publication from the Department of Landscape Architecture to collect essays by the faculty. It features 18 essays by 20 members of the faculty on the ways landscape architects today engage with agriculture, energy, water, urbanism or another issue through the agency of design.
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Penn’s second annual DivE In (Diversity and Equity Initiative) weekend focused on improving diversity in fields that are related to the study of the mind, such as psychology, neuroscience, biology, linguistics, and sociology, and placing a specific focus on facilitating doctoral applications.
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The 2022 Kanter Tritsch Medal in Architecture and the 2022 Witte-Sakamoto Family Medal in City and Regional Planning are two of three professional honors bestowed annually by the Weitzman School of Design. They will be presented at a ceremony which raises funds for student scholarships on Feb. 23, 2023.
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The Stroud Water Research Center has awarded the 2022 Stroud Award for Freshwater Excellence to the Presidential Distinguished Professor of Earth and Environmental Science and director of the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media for being a leading voice for climate change.
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Cary Coglianese, the Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science, has been named the chair of an ad hoc National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) committee formed to identify emerging issues that are likely to demand U.S. Coast Guard services over the next decade and consider whether the Service’s existing statutory authorities are sufficient to meet this demand, and, if not, where the Service’s authority could be bolstered.
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In a recent study, research professor Aileen Rothbard of Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice mailed opioid prescribing report cards to Medicaid providers in Philadelphia, and found that there was a larger reduction in opioid prescribing among Philadelphia Medicaid providers than those in surrounding counties after report cards were mailed.
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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.
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Over the next 5 years, the team will explore methods to address structural racism and discrimination in HIV clinics across Philadelphia.
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Two projects from students in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Department of City & Regional Planning have been recognized by The American Society of Landscape Architecture. “Arboretum Within Wetland” proposes an immersive experience for visitors to the wetlands along the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C., and “A New Central District and Balanced Community” is a sustainable housing solution for a landscape-prone site in Puerto Rico.
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