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Three therapy dogs in a room at Chester County Hospital with medical personnel.

Fostering a therapy dog means welcoming strangers and petting

Foster families and therapy dogs in training learn their roles together. Studies show pet therapy in hospitals significantly decreases pain, calms breathing, and boosts mood and perceived energy levels in patients.

Against Columbia at the Palestra, forward Jordan Obi goes up for the shot while guarded by a defender.

Quakers clip Columbia, extend winning streak to nine

The women’s basketball team defeated Columbia 71-67 on Saturday at the Palestra, notching their ninth straight win, tied for the second-longest streak in school history.

Doctoral student Gwynne Evans-Lomayesva on improving data equity

Through her Ph.D. research, Evans-Lomayesva, a member of Hopi Tribal Nation, says she hopes to improve representation of American Indian and Alaska Native populations in data analyses.

A postnatal nurse with a new mother in a maternity ward tending to a newborn.

An active research team brings better health care for postnatal patients

Katie Luzi Costantini and Chester County Hospital’s research department have worked out how obstetrics providers can better meet the needs of patients after giving birth and throughout the “fourth trimester.”

Liz Magill stands in front of College Hall.

Q&A

President Liz Magill on law, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg

In a Q&A, University President Liz Magill discusses her legal and leadership experience—including one of her favorite memories from clerking for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Jason Schnittker and the cover of his new book called "Prisons and Health in the Age of Mass Incarceration," by Jason Schnittker, Michael Massoglia, and Christopher Uggen

The ‘paradox’ of receiving health care in prison

In an excerpt from their new book, Penn sociologist Jason Schnittker and colleagues dissect the contradictory nature of these institutions, which are charged with both “denying freedom and providing care.”

Clockwise from top left: Ran Barzilay, Elina Visoki, Jonathan Zandberg, Rebecca Waller

Restricted abortion access linked to increased suicide risk in young women

Research from the University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia determined that this association exists for women of reproductive age, findings that hold potential clinical, policy, and ethical implications.

Penn’s 2022 Green Purchasing Award recipients

Danielle Cavalcanto at the Perelman School of Medicine and the Division of Finance’s Disbursements Department are honored for significant solutions and novel practices for sustainability.

Identifying a vulnerability in critical spacecraft networks

Penn Engineering’s Linh Thi Xuan Phan and a team of researchers have identified a critical security flaw in the networking approach used in aerospace and other safety-critical systems.

Students at a table with open laptops, one shows a draft of a video game.

The art and science of video game development

In the group UPGRADE, students take an interdisciplinary approach to game creation.

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