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Penn's Nursing Education Simulation Center
Penn Nursing students spend many hours in the classroom, but their curriculum also provides hands-on instruction, through simulation education. The Simulation Center on the first floor of the Claire Fagin Hall is undergoing an expansion project to create enhanced simulation space. The new 7,500 square foot facility will be nearly twice the size of its former one.
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Penn: Annenberg Study Finds Using Present Verb Tense Can Positively Affect Substance Abuse
The use of present versus the past tense in recalling an experience with binge drinking can positively influence behaviors, an important development in aiding the development of alcohol abuse messages.
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Penn School of Social Policy & Practice’s Ortner Center Pairs With Avon to Go ‘Beyond Brochures’
PHILADELPHIA –- A grant from the Avon Foundation will allow researchers at the University of Pennsylvania to take an in-depth look at how the Internet plays a role in preventing violence against women.
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Penn Faculty Receive Alternative Energy Project Grants
PHIADELPHIA — Alternative energy research projects involving four faculty members from the University of Pennsylvania have been awarded grants from the Energy Commercialization Institute, a translational-research partnership that draws upon several regional universities.
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Peter Van Do Named Director of Penn’s Pan-Asian American Community House
PHILADELPHIA – Peter Van Do has been named director of the Pan-Asian American Community House at the University of Pennsylvania, effective July 23.
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Penn’s Nader Engheta Receives Electromagnetics Award
PHILADELPHIA — Nader Engheta received the 2012 IEEE Electromagnetics Award at a ceremony Wednesday evening in Chicago. He is the H.
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Working Dog Center seeks foster families
There’s no doubt, puppies can bring joy to people’s lives with their antics and unconditional love. But what if providing a home for one of these cute and furry critters could reap benefits for society at large, even save human lives? On Friday, July 13 at noon, the Penn Vet Working Dog Center will hold an information session in the Terrace Room of Claudia Cohen Hall for potential foster families interested in caring for labrador and golden retriever puppies for one year.
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Penn Division of Public Safety’s Annual Report Now Online
PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania Division of Public Safety’s Annual Report, capturing a year of Public Safety and its activities, is now available online.
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Penn Neurologist First American to Receive Highest Ecuadorean Scientific Prize
The Ecuadorean National Assembly has bestowed its highest scientific award to Donald Silberberg, MD, professor emeritus and former Chair of Neurology in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, for his efforts spanning two decades to raise awareness, enhance medical education and improve patient care for neurological and psychiatric conditions globally, and in Ecuador. This is the first time the Ecuadorean National Assembly has granted the Vicente Rocafuerte condecoration to an American.
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Penn Study: For Cardiac Stenting Procedures, Wrist Access Offers Cost Saving Benefits Over Groin Access
In the United States, radial artery (wrist) catheterization is performed in the minority of diagnostic angiograms and cardiac stenting procedures despite the benefits it offers to patients in terms of reduced complications and faster mobility after the procedure.