Tweets showed increasing loneliness among emergency medicine doctors during COVID-19 Image: iStock/Sviatlana Lazarenka Tweets showed increasing loneliness among emergency medicine doctors during COVID-19 A new study from Penn Medicine finds a steady increase in expressions of loneliness and depression as the pandemic continued.
How banks could protect themselves from runs The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, and the bailout of First Republic, spurred many to scrutinize their banking services and question whether or not they should make changes to ensure their money is safe. (Image: AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File) How banks could protect themselves from runs The 2023 banking crisis brought into sharp focus the downsides of rising interest rates and uninsured deposits. New research co-authored by Wharton’s Itamar Drechsler offers banks a way to manage those risks.
Climate change’s cost includes losses of learning and earnings due to natural disasters Image: iStock/tarabird Climate change’s cost includes losses of learning and earnings due to natural disasters A new study finds that the human capital consequences of natural disasters, linked to climate change, are a significant factor contributing to economic inequality.
Harun Küçük on the Turkish elections Supporters of the president Recep Tayyip Erdogan celebrate outside AK Party offices in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 28, 2023. Turkey’s incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared victory in his country’s runoff election, extending his rule into a third decade. (Image: AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) Q&A Harun Küçük on the Turkish elections Harun Küçük, faculty director of the Middle East Center and associate professor in the Department of History and Sociology of Science, shares some takeaways from the runoff elections and what five more years of Erdogan means for Turkey and the world.
A vibrant sixth annual Supplier Diversity Forum and Expo nored A vibrant sixth annual Supplier Diversity Forum and Expo Penn hosted this year’s Supplier Diversity Forum and Expo at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, uniting Penn buyers and local and diverse suppliers and emphasizing community.
Data shows disparities among alcohol use disorder diagnosis among veterans Image: iStock/Boris Jovanovic Data shows disparities among alcohol use disorder diagnosis among veterans New Penn Medicine research shows how AUD diagnoses differ among veterans, given evidence that exposure to trauma, including combat, is a risk factor.
The state of extended reality research Image: Courtesy of Annenberg School for Communication The state of extended reality research Published by the Annenberg School’s Virtual Reality ColLABorative, a new report summarizes augmented, mixed, and virtual reality research in the social sciences.
Who, What, Why: Kelly Garcia-Ramos, advocate for students with speech impediments Kelly Garcia-Ramos, a rising fourth-year neuroscience major in the College of Arts and Sciences, has founded a support group, SpeechFluency@Penn, for students who stutter. nocred Who, What, Why Who, What, Why: Kelly Garcia-Ramos, advocate for students with speech impediments Kelly Garcia-Ramos made the choice to no longer try to hide their stutter and last semester founded a support group, SpeechFluency@Penn, for students who stutter.
An interdisciplinary edge in the entertainment industry Image: Courtesy of Penn Carey Law An interdisciplinary edge in the entertainment industry Penn Carey Law students and alumni successfully navigate legal careers in the ever-changing entertainment industry.
War and welfare in colonial Algeria The ossuary of Douaumont is a memorial to the soldiers of the Battle of Verdun of 1916, located on the border of the communes of Douaumont and Fleury-devant-Douaumont, a few kilometers from Verdun. It houses the remains of 130,000 unknown soldiers, French and Germans. In front of the ossuary, the national necropolis of Douaumont gathers 16,142 graves of French soldiers, mainly Catholic, including a square of 592 steles of Muslim soldiers. (Image: Sipa via AP Images) War and welfare in colonial Algeria A new paper from political scientist Melissa M. Lee finds that veteran benefits were distributed unequally between citizens and colonized subjects.