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How a more inclusive workplace could stem ‘The Great Resignation’
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How a more inclusive workplace could stem ‘The Great Resignation’

In a recent report, two Wharton School professors outline some key points organizations can take to effect change and meaningfully prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.

Dee Patel

Penn announces new tuition-free program to recruit, train, and deploy nurse practitioners to underserved communities across the U.S.
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Homepage image: The Leonard A. Lauder Community Care Nurse Practitioner Program will recruit and prepare nurse practitioners to provide primary care to individuals and families in underserved communities across the U.S.

Penn announces new tuition-free program to recruit, train, and deploy nurse practitioners to underserved communities across the U.S.

$125 million gift from Leonard A. Lauder to transform nursing care

Ed Federico , Ron Ozio

Trio of Quakers earn weekly Ivy awards
Jordan Dingle, Kennedy Suttle, and Jordan Obi dribble the ball up the court.

Trio of Quakers earn weekly Ivy awards

The men’s and women’s basketball teams each dispatched Harvard on Saturday—the men at home and the women in Massachusetts—and three Quakers have been honored by the Ivy League for their performances against the Crimson.
A hearty thank you from Penn’s longtime leader
Penn President Amy Gutmann stands among many Penn students in a large tent for a party.

A hearty thank you from Penn’s longtime leader

Former President Amy Gutmann offered gratitude for and bid farewell to the Penn community who she says has become her family throughout the years.

Lauren Hertzler

Do success stories cause false beliefs about success?
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Do success stories cause false beliefs about success?

Does explicitly acknowledging bias make us less likely to make biased decisions? A new study examining how people justify decisions based on biased data finds that this is not exactly the case.

Emma Arsekin

Jolyon Baraka Thomas on curiosity and contentment
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For religious studies professor Jolyon Thomas, “faith is a black box,” he says. Rather than be a participant in religious faith, Thomas is much more interested in studying its causations, repercussions, and interplay with identity, politics, and education.

Jolyon Baraka Thomas on curiosity and contentment

For Jolyon Baraka Thomas of the School of Arts & Sciences, the route to religious studies was the same one that led him away from faith.

Kristina García

A serendipitous finding lends new insight into how atopic dermatitis develops
In two panels labeled "control skin" and "AD skin" stained cells show how inflammation is present in patients with atopic dermatitis

New findings in atopic dermatitis reveal an inflammatory cascade unfolding early in disease development, according to researchers from the School of Dental Medicine, the Perelman School of Medicine, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. (Image: Courtesy of Kang Ko)

A serendipitous finding lends new insight into how atopic dermatitis develops

Research from the School of Dental Medicine, the Perelman School of Medicine, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory reveals a mechanism behind the inflammation that is a feature of the common skin disease.

Katherine Unger Baillie