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News・ Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Weitzman’s Sarah Lopez on migration, architectural history, ethnography, and urban and spatial justice
The architectural historian and migration scholar is part of the Department of Historic Preservation as well as the Department of City & Regional Planning, focusing on both the material and social connections of labor between Mexico and the U.S.
News・ Sports
Penn slays Siena
The women’s basketball team beat Siena 85-79 on Saturday in New York. Four Quakers scored in double figures.
News・ Science & Technology
The Singh Center for Nanotechnology turns 10
Since its founding, the Center’s multidisciplinary approach has been a strength, where researchers from Penn Engineering, Arts & Sciences, and more come together in one space.
News・ Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Locust walks: Making connections and bridging differences
Harun Küçük, faculty director of the Middle East Center, and Joshua Teplitsky, director of the Jewish Studies Program, started walking and talking as an act of campus diplomacy in the wake of the violence in Israel and Gaza.
News・ Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Violence and stigmatized heroes
The new SNF Paideia course taught by Tyson Smith looks at incarcerated veterans and their experiences to understand the intersection of the military, criminal justice, and health.
News・ Campus & Community
Equity in Action Visiting Scholars program launches
The Office of Social Equity & Community welcomes Ruth Naomi Floyd and Shane Claiborne who will engage in research and each hold four events this academic year.
News・ Education, Business, & Law
Psychology of legal decision-making
In the Psychology of Legal Decision-Making seminar, students learn about substantive areas of legal scholarship and also practice essential skills for understanding—and even developing—new empirical research.
News・ Campus & Community
President Magill announces University Task Force on Antisemitism membership
The Task Force will seek to better understand how antisemitism is experienced at Penn and provide feedback and solutions.
News・ Health Sciences
Pain scores, age can help identify patients more likely to use few or no opioids after surgery
A Penn Medicine study shows that patient pain scores are a good predictor for opioid use, but younger patients and those who hadn’t used opioids before are less likely to take them.
News・ Health Sciences
Patients in nursing homes after hospitalization have better outcomes at specialized facilities
A new study by LDI associate fellow Zachary S. Templeton and LDI executive director Rachel M. Werner finds that death and readmission rates are lower but stays are longer and Medicare costs are higher.