In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
Annenberg faculty members Sandra González-Bailón and Diana Mutz will both serve on Social Science One advising committees. Social Science one is a research initiative that pairs researchers with data collected by companies like Facebook, while maintaining the right to use that data in publications.
FULL STORY AT Annenberg School for Communication →
The School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2) has officially launched OpenSP2, a new academic program designed to complement the School’s existing masters and doctoral programs, including non-credit and certificate programs offered on Penn’s campus and fully online.
FULL STORY AT SP2 News →
The Institute for Urban Research concluded its 2018 Undergraduate Urban Research Colloquium (UURC), which paired faculty conducting urban-focused scholarship with undergraduates interested in developing research skills.
FULL STORY AT Penn IUR →
In recognition of her work in the field of cognitive neuroscience, Martha Farah has been made a Fellow of the prestigious British Academy for the humanities and social sciences, one of 76 such distinguished scholars.
FULL STORY AT Penn Arts & Sciences →
The Civic Portal project has been awarded one of twelve $50,000 grants to develop an innovative digital tool that allows people to envision future public monuments.
FULL STORY AT Penn Design Weekly →
The Katz Center hosted the annual Advanced Summer School for Graduate Students in Jewish Studies. Co-presented with the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel School for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where students and faculty around the world discussed the theme of the supernatural in Jewish history and culture.
FULL STORY AT Herbert D. Katz Center →
Tod Williams and Billie Tsien will receive the inaugural Kanter Tritsch Medal in Energy and Architectural Innovation this October, and Alexandra Mae Adamski is the recipient of the Kanter Tritsch Prize for an exceptional second-year graduate architecture student.
FULL STORY AT Weitzman School of Design →
In order to address “narrow network” plans available on ACA, federal and state policymakers are setting standards for network adequacy in the wake of high-cost providers being excluded from plans, or additional costs to patients from in-network providers.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
Azahara Palomegue, the associate director of the Master of Science in Social Policy Program at the School of Social Policy & Practice, penned a blog about her collaboration with SP2 faculty to launch a global seminar on Cuban contemporary social policy and her experience in Cuba.
FULL STORY AT School of Social Policy & Practice →
Paxton, who has been director of Penn Women’s Center since 2008, will become Annenberg’s new associate dean for undergraduate studies starting on August 13.
FULL STORY AT Annenberg School for Communication →
