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COVID-19 patient in a hospital bed wearing a mask with two medical personnel beside them in full PPE.

How observation units and texting shortened hospital stays during COVID-19

An analysis of hospital care for COVID-19 patients shows that while short hospitalizations were often unavoidable, it is be possible to expedite the discharge for patients who could continue to recover at home, with some additional clinical support from the health system.

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Four things to know about COVID-19 vaccine boosters

Amidst concerns about increased positivity rates and new variants, Penn Today shares expert insights on the importance of COVID-19 vaccine boosters during the current phase of the pandemic.

At Franklin Field, Alanna Shanahan stands in the bleachers with her hand on the top railing.

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AD Shanahan on her return to Penn and the changing world of college sports

The director of recreation and intercollegiate athletics discusses her journey from intern to AD, navigating sports during the pandemic, her goals as athletic director, and the everchanging world of college athletics.

Pregnant person lying in a hospital bed wearing a face mask looking over a sheet of paper a doctor is showing them.

Heart Safe Motherhood Program boosts access to care for at-risk new mothers

A first-of-its-kind program created by Penn Medicine has radically altered how preeclampsia is treated. Heart Safe Motherhood enables doctors to monitor new mothers with high blood pressure remotely, from the comfort of their own home.

Adult holding a toothbrush standing with arm around toddler brushing teeth.

Parental praise associated with longer toddler toothbrushing, a barometer of persistence

Using a first-of-its-kind video-based study, Penn and Yale developmental psychologists found that how parents talk to their 3-year-old during toothbrushing matters to the child’s behavior.

Anita Allen to receive the Philip L. Quinn Prize, the American Philosophical Association's highest honor

Allen served as President of the APA’s Eastern Division in 2018-19—the organization’s first black woman president.

Engaging Minds event continues ‘pushing knowledge to new frontiers’

Penn’s annual Engaging Minds event featured three faculty experts whose innovative research is changing the way we think and talk about policing, immigration, and suicides.

Person asleep on a bicycle rickshaw in India.

The link between global health policy and healthy sleep

A new study from LDI senior fellow Heather Schofield explores the relation between government policymaking and healthy sleep.

Ten years later, examining the Occupy movement’s legacy

For Jessa Lingel of the Annenberg School for Communication, a decade after Occupy Wall Street’s beginnings presented an opportunity for reflection, which she led this fall semester in a new course.

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Two Penn seniors named 2022 Marshall Scholars

Kennedy Crowder and Chinaza Ruth Okonkwo have been named 2022 Marshall Scholars, among 41 chosen in the U.S. this year. Established by the British government, the Marshall Scholarship funds up to three years of study for a graduate degree in any field at an institution in the United Kingdom.

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