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  • What we learned from the Philly Vax Sweepstakes

    Wharton doctoral candidate Linnea Gandhi discusses the impact the Philly Vax Sweepstakes—a large-scale, high-payoff vaccine regret lottery program—had on Philadelphia’s COVID-19 vaccination rates with Penn’s Center for Health Incentives & Behavioral Economics (CHIBE), which launched the program alongside Wharton’s Behavior Change for Good Initiative, the City of Philadelphia, and the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium.

    FULL STORY AT Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics →

  • Caring for the caregiver

    Grace Hanson’s program, Caring for the Caregiver, offers mental, emotional, and spiritual support through efforts like sending care packages and meals, and engaging in prayer to caregivers at the New Testament Church of God in Southwest Philadelphia.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • Penn Urban Design scholar Matt Miller appointed to Philadelphia Art Commission

    Miller, a postdoctoral fellow, lecturer and the director of Justice and Belonging Initiatives at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design, joined the nine-member Philadelphia Art Commission, filling a vacancy for art and architecture faculty.

    FULL STORY AT Weitzman School of Design →

  • Penn Medicine and Wharton Social Impact Initiative launch new investment initiative for businesses that improve health of Philadelphians

    Three startup companies will be the first to receive investment from the Fund for Health, a joint partnership between Penn Medicine and the Wharton Social Impact Initiative that seeks to invest in early-stage businesses striving to strengthen the social determinants of health of economically disadvantaged Philadelphians. The Fund for Health plans to invest a total of $5 million over the next three years.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • Weighing the costs and benefits of preschool and childcare policies

    A research brief released last week by the Penn Wharton Budget Model addresses the benefits of preschool education and childcare programs by identifying the specific macroeconomic costs and benefits of those programs for the U.S. economy between now and 2051.

    FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →

  • Pandemic-driven disruptions and improvements shaped Penn LDI’s 2021 SUMR program

    The 2021 cohort of the Penn LDI Summer Undergraduate Minority Research (SUMR) program was the largest in the program’s 22-year history, including 31 scholars from 20 universities.

    FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →

  • The future can be female

    With a historic balance of women in the MBA Class of 2023, Wharton examines its path to this milestone and efforts to build on progress made in the classroom and the workforce.

    FULL STORY AT Wharton Stories →

  • Guns in America: Annenberg Classroom releases film on the Second Amendment

    In honor of Constitution Day, September 17, Annenberg Classroom has released a documentary on the Second Amendment’s “right to bear arms.” The film, “Second Amendment: D.C. v. Heller and McDonald v. Chicago,” is the latest in a series of award-winning films about the U.S. Constitution.

    FULL STORY AT Annenberg Public Policy Center →

  • 2021 CAREER Award recipient: Shirin Saeedi Bidokhti

    The assistant professor in electrical and systems engineering will use the grant to conduct research on both online social networks and COVID-19 contact tracing networks.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today →

  • Penn Arts & Sciences announces Making a Difference in Global Communities and Klein Family Social Justice Grants

    Making a Difference in Global Communities supports multidisciplinary projects led by Arts & Sciences faculty working with students to address global societal challenges, including inequities in race, gender, sexual identity, socioeconomic mobility, education, health care, and political representation, as well as climate change, poverty, and immigration. The Klein Grants are a new program committed to the achievement of social justice through research, teaching, and community engagement.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Arts & Sciences →