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Restricted abortion access linked to increased suicide risk in young women
Clockwise from top left: Ran Barzilay, Elina Visoki, Jonathan Zandberg, Rebecca Waller

Clockwise from top left: Ran Barzilay of Penn Medicine/CHOP, Elina Visoki of Penn Medicine/CHOP, Jonathan Zandberg of Wharton, and Rebecca Waller of the School of Arts & Sciences. (Images: Courtesy of Barzilay (top row); courtesy of Zandberg; Eric Sucar)

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.

Michele W. Berger

Penn’s 2022 Green Purchasing Award recipients
Tree branches on Penn’s campus.

The accomplishments by the 2022 recipients of the Green Purchasing Award align with Penn’s Climate and Sustainability Action Plan 3.0.

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
NASA spacecraft in orbit.

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.

Evan Lerner

The art and science of video game development
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(Homepage image) Students in the Digital Media Design program are interested in computer programming, mathematics, computer graphics, animation, virtual reality and interactive technologies.

The art and science of video game development

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

Izzy Lopez

Who, What, Why: Anya Miller and the ‘thriftification’ of Philadelphia
Student Anya Miller stands with her hand on her hip, smiling in front of the Penn shield at Penn Commons

Sociology fourth-year Anya Miller's research looks at secondhand shopping through a socioeconomic lens.

  • Who, What, Why

    • Who, What, Why: Anya Miller and the ‘thriftification’ of Philadelphia

    Anya Miller, a fourth-year sociology major from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, took her hobby of thrift store shopping and looked at it through a socioeconomic lens.

    Kristen de Groot

    Building a better world, one side gig at a time
    Young children practice ballet at a barre in a ballet studio.

    Building a better world, one side gig at a time

    The 10th piece for this series showcases a nurse who founded a low-cost dance studio, a staffer who fosters kittens, an HR specialist who teaches high schoolers life skills, and an English professor who volunteers for his old summer camp.

    Michele W. Berger , Katherine Unger Baillie

    Six tips for a happy holiday season
    A woman sits by a fireplace with twinkle lights and drinks tea

    Image: iStock/Polina Lebed

    Six tips for a happy holiday season

    Positive Psychology experts share their advice for boosting well-being this holiday season.

    Marilyn Perkins , Michele W. Berger

    Our 15 favorite stories from 2022
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    Our 15 favorite stories from 2022

    From interdisciplinary research and life-changing discoveries to a new University president and everything in between, this year at Penn has been one for the books.

    Penn Today Staff