11/15
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Soft materials, sustainability, and the environment
Chinedum Osuji, a faculty fellow of the Environmental Innovations Initiative, discusses his research and its connections to sustainability and the environment, and how industry and researchers can work better together.
News・ Health Sciences
Slowing inflammation may boost immunotherapy’s effectiveness against advanced lung cancer
Patients with stage 4 lung cancer show high response rates after an anti-inflammatory drug is added temporarily to immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy.
News・ Education, Business, & Law
Law experts on SCOTUS decisions on Chevron, Jan. 6 obstruction charge, administrative powers
Faculty experts from Penn Carey Law reflect on the latest Supreme Court decisions and their consequences for future judicial decisions.
News・ Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Stonewall, revolt, and new queer art
In a new book, art historian Jonathan D. Katz explores the Stonewall Riots and contemporary queer art.
News・ Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
States differ widely in requirements for young driver training
A new paper from Annenberg Public Policy Center shows how states differ in licensing requirements for teens, and how the crash rate correlates to training; the authors advise for families of teens to go beyond the minimum state requirements to keep teen drivers safer.
News・ Education, Business, & Law
Continued access to emergency abortion care
In dismissing Moyle v. United States, Penn Carey Law’s Allison K. Hoffman says the Supreme Court took a “procedural punt” in allowing doctors in Idaho to continue providing emergency abortion care.
News・ Sports
What the recent antitrust settlement means for the NCAA
Karen Weaver of Penn’s Graduate School of Education, an expert on college sports and higher education, discusses the NCAA settlement agreement and the effect it will have on student-athletes and college sports overall.
News・ Health Sciences
Avoidable deaths during COVID-19 associated with chronic hospital nurse understaffing
A new first-of-its-kind study from Penn Nursing shows that individuals with COVID-19 were more likely to die in hospitals that were chronically understaffed before the pandemic.
News・ Health Sciences
Gender-affirming care at Penn Medicine: A future ‘not in the shadows’
The Penn Medicine Program for LGBTQ+ Health and gender-affirming care at Penn Medicine has helped Mattie Chaya Kimberly “Kimi” Klauser and others get the right care in an open, safe, and nurturing environment.
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Rides and reminders
In a new megastudy, Katy Milkman of the Wharton School and collaborators at Penn’s Behavior Change for Good Initiative led research on reminders and free rides to and from pharmacies to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates.