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Finding solutions for burnout among nurses of color
Group photo at SHINE Invitational.

The Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research (CHOPR) at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing invited nursing researchers and practitioners from Philadelphia and around the country to its Solutions to Health Inequities & Nurses’ Emotional Exhaustion Invitational.

(Image: Kelvin Amenyedor/CHOPR)

Finding solutions for burnout among nurses of color

The Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research at the School of Nursing brought together nurses and researchers for the Solutions to Health Inequities & Nurses’ Emotional Exhaustion Invitational.
The soils beneath the solar fields
Hannah Win takes soil samples at a solar site.

To take soil samples at the solar site, Hannah Winn wields a bulb planter and mixes samples from across locations, looking at variables such that reflect the biological, chemical, and physical properties of the soil.

(Image: Courtesy of AES)

The soils beneath the solar fields

How do solar farms impact soil health? It’s a question that master’s student Hannah Winn is exploring at the central Pennsylvania site where solar energy production is helping Penn progress toward carbon neutrality.

Katherine Unger Baillie

First-of-its-kind study analyzes digital mourning practices of gang-affiliated youth
A person resting their head on their folded arms holding a smartphone.

Image: iStock/Robin Gentry

First-of-its-kind study analyzes digital mourning practices of gang-affiliated youth

A study led by Desmond Patton utilizes social work, communications, and data science to explore how gang-affiliated Black youth use Twitter content, photos, and emojis to memorialize the deceased and navigate feelings of grief and loss.

From the School of Social Policy & Practice

Finding new ways to evaluate voters’ beliefs
Nicholas Dias.

Nicholas Dias is a doctoral student at the Annenberg School for Communication.

(Image: Courtesy of Annenberg School for Communication)

Finding new ways to evaluate voters’ beliefs

In his dissertation research, joint communication and political science doctoral student Nicholas Dias searches for new ways to gauge voter competency.

From Annenberg School for Communication

Penn 2022 graduate awarded a Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Fellowship
Jade Golzalez standing outside with a wooden fence behind her

Jade Gonzalez, a 2022 Penn graduate, has been chosen for a Pickering Fellowship. 

(Image: Courtesy of the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships)

Penn 2022 graduate awarded a Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Fellowship

Jade Gonzalez, a 2022 Penn graduate, has been selected as a 2024 Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Fellow and will receive funding for a two-year master’s degree and path to a career in the U.S. Foreign Service.
‘From the Freedom Rides to neuroscience’
Peter Sterling recently next to mugshot from 1961.

University of Pennsylvania neuroscience professor Peter Sterling joined the Freedom Rides in 1961, when he was an undergraduate at Cornell University, and was arrested.

(Images: Courtesy of the Office of Social Equity and Inclusion)

‘From the Freedom Rides to neuroscience’

In conversation with Professor of Practice Ben Jealous, neuroscience professor Peter Sterling returned to campus to talk about activism in his youth and how that informed his research in health.
Romance and race
Illustration of a couple walking in a city in the snow.

Image: Adobe Stock/grandfailure

Romance and race

Sociology Ph.D. candidate Olivia Hu is studying how people choose romantic partners across race lines, and how those relationships affect their understandings of social difference.

Susan Ahlborn

Alexei Navalny’s death and legacy
A person touches a photo of Alexei Navalny after laying flowers at the Memorial to Victims of Political Repression in St. Petersburg, Russia.

A photo of Alexei Navalny at the Memorial to Victims of Political Repression in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Feb. 17.

(Image: AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Alexei Navalny’s death and legacy

Three experts from around the University share their thoughts on what Navalny’s death means for the opposition movement, for Putin’s grip on power, and for Russia going forward.

Kristen de Groot

Ukrainian artistry and resilience
Dakhabraka posing by stone archway.

DakhaBrakha, a musical quartet from Ukraine, will perform on March 3 at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.

(Image: Andriy Petryna)

Ukrainian artistry and resilience

Through “Ukraine: The Edge of Freedom,” Penn Live Arts presents performances that uplift the culture of a nation during a time of war.