In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
Maureen Rush, Vice President for Public Safety & Superintendent of Penn Police announced the award, who highlighted the partnership between Penn and the Philadelphia Fire Department as a special accomplishment.
FULL STORY AT Penn Division of Public Safety →
The spring schedule features 10 ranked opponents (as of November 13), including four in the top 25.
FULL STORY AT Penn Athletics →
Christopher A. Hunter, Mindy Halikman Heyer Distinguished Professor of Pathobiology at the School of Veterinary Medicine, has been elected President-elect of the International Cytokine and Interferon Society, which is is devoted to research in the fields of cytokine, interferon and chemokine cell biology, molecular biology, biochemistry and the clinical use of these biological response modifiers.
FULL STORY AT Penn Vet →
By prompting doctors to O.K. a screening for breast or colorectal cancer, order rates jumped significantly, but patient completion rates didn’t change.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
The two-year, $500,000 grant is part of Carnegie’s “Rigor and Relevance” program that supports universities and will help underwrite a series of multidisciplinary workshops, faculty support, and communications efforts to disseminate new ideas widely.
FULL STORY AT Perry World House →
David Skeel, the S. Samuel Arsht Professor of Corporate Law and member of Puerto Rico's Financial Oversight and Management Board discusses whether privatizing Puerto Rico’s electric system, which was destroyed by Hurricane Maria in 2017, is a viable solution.
FULL STORY AT Kleinman Center →
A new grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) makes Penn the only university in the country to have two NIA Roybal Centers. The Transformative Residential Palliative Care for Persons with Dementia Through Behavioral Economics and Data Science center’s new grant will fund five years of research.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
Jonathan A. Epstein, executive vice dean, chief scientific officer, and the William Wikoff Smith Professor of Cardiovascular Research in the Perelman School of Medicine, has been awarded the Harriet P. Dustan Award for Outstanding Work in Science as Related to Medicine by the American College of Physicians, a national organization of internists.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
In the fall of 1990, Paula Crawford-Gamble left her decade-long nursing career at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania to join the Navy Nurse Corps, where she worked to set up a 1,000-bed hospital for those injured during the Persian Gulf War. Now, Crawford-Gamble is back at Penn Medicine, using 25 years of experience in the armed forces to lead Penn’s Veterans Care Excellence Program.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
When a medical emergency strikes and time is of the essence, it’s certainly helps to have Francoise Eberhardt, around. Eberhardt was overseeing Penn’s Mobile CPR Project table at the Pennsylvania Conference for Women when she watched a woman just a few feet away violently convulsing. Eberhardt cradled her head to protect it from the floor and nearby table legs and called out instructions—call 911, inform security, clear the area, and stay calm.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
