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Penn offers CPR training for parents
Knowing how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) can mean the difference between life and death, and often that life is likely to be someone at home: a child, a spouse, a parent, or a friend.
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HR offers flu shots for faculty and staff
Penn wants faculty and staff to stay free of sniffles, sneezes, and coughs during the impending flu season and is offering on-campus flu shots to part-time and full-time employees to help them ward off influenza. The Division of Human Resources (HR) has teamed up with Occupational Medicine to provide flu shots at a reduced price ($25, cash only).
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Penn's Arthur Ross Gallery Presents '9 Perspectives'
PHILADELPHIA — “9 Perspectives On a Photography Collection” mines the extensive photography holdings in the University of Pennsylvania’s Art Collection of more than 800 prints acquired during the last 100 years and will open at the Arthur Ross Gallery on Nov. 12.
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Penn Medicine Researchers Map Strategy for "Choosing Wisely" on Low-Value Health Care Services
PHILADELPHIA — Cutting the expenses associated with “low-value” medical tests and treatments – such as unnecessary imaging tests and antibiotics for viral infections that won’t benefit from them – will require a multi-pronged plan targeting insurance companies, patients, and physicians, according to a JAMA Viewpoint article published this week by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Penn’s Field Center to Host Symposium on Child-abuse Reporting
PHILADELPHIA -- As a part of the University of Pennsylvania’s “Year of Proof” theme for 2012-2013, the Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice & Research will host a symposium, entitled “How Well Do Our Laws Protect Children? International Models of Child Protection” on Tuesday, Oct. 30.It will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Levy Conference Room at the Penn Law School, 3400 Chestnut St.
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Philadelphia Hospitality to Honor Penn President Amy Gutmann With 2012 Vision for Philadelphia Award
PHILADELPHIA -- Philadelphia Hospitality Inc. a non-profit organization that promotes the region as a world-class business and leisure destination for corporate, cultural, and professional groups, will present its Vision for Philadelphia Award to Amy Gutmann, president of the University of Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, October 30, at the Hyatt at the Bellevue.
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Penn’s Agatston Urban Nutrition Initiative Celebrating Collaborative Farm’s First Year at Bartram’s Garden
PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania’s Netter Center for Community Partnerships, through its Agatston Urban Nutrition Initiative, the school-based program that encourages West Philadelphia students to grow, cook, consume and sell healthy foods, is holding a harvest festival to celebrate the first anniversary of its Community Farm and Food Resource Center at Bartram’s Garden.
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Penn Researchers Receive Grant to Explore Brain Training to Help Change Behaviors That Increase Cancer Risk
PHILADELPHIA — Most people know thatsmoking, a bad diet, and physical inactivity can lead to catastrophic personal health consequences, including cancer. Yet millions continue to smoke, eat poorly, and fail to get enough exercise. A new project led by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine and the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania aims to devise programs that help them change these risky behaviors and cut their risk of cancer.
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A Mississippi River Diversion During the 2011 Flood Helped Build Louisiana Wetlands, Penn Geologists Find
PHILADELPHIA — The extensive system of levees along the Mississippi River has done much to prevent devastating floods in riverside communities. But the levees have also contributed to the loss of Louisiana’s wetlands. By holding in floodwaters, they prevent sediment from flowing into the watershed and rebuilding marshes, which are compacting under their own weight and losing ground to sea-level rise.
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Penn Linguistics Professor William Labov Wins 2013 Franklin Institute Award
PHILADELPHIA – William Labov, professor of linguistics and director of the Linguistics Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania, has won the Franklin Institute’s Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science. &n