In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
The National Association of Equine Affiliated Academics has named Sue McDonnell, adjunct professor of reproduction and behavior and head of the Equine Behavior Program at the School of Veterinary Medicine this year’s recipient of the 2024 Don Henneke Educational Impact Award.
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The assistant professor of Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice will serve as co-principal investigator of a $442,340 grant from the American Institutes for Research Equity Initiative in the Behavioral Sciences.
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Established in June 2023, QUIEST hosted its first symposium, The Penn Forum on Quantum Systems (FoQuS), in May, which reached over 150 attendees learning more about the state-of-the-art quantum research happening around the world in industry and in national labs.
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Roughly 100 Native American high school students from 19 states representing 33 tribal nations, Alaska native villages and Hawaiian islands from across North America will be on Penn’s campus June 22-28 for College Horizons 2024.
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Louise Moncla, an assistant professor of pathobiology at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine has been named a 2024 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences.
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A Penn Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia team has detailed little-understood cells within bone marrow that contribute to the fight against leukemia and other conditions.
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Looking to the design of muscle integration in the human spine, Penn Engineering’s Cynthia Sung is developing a robotic spine in her lab to advance the movement of soft robotics.
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Penn Nursing dean Antonia Villarruel and 14 alums and associates of Penn Nursing are among the inaugural class of 175 Fellows selected for the Academy of Diversity Leaders in Nursing.
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Modern Healthcare has honored Penn Nursing dean Antonia Villarruel for her executive responsibility, leadership qualities, and innovation.
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Annenberg Public Policy Center’s latest Annenberg Science and Public Health Knowledge survey questioned a national probability sample of over 1,500 empaneled U.S. adults about their knowledge about sexually transmitted infections, with more extensive questions about knowledge and treatment of syphilis and HIV.
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