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Modeling how violence permeates health and health care
While violence from wars or civil conflicts is a documented occupational hazard for health care workers, little is known about the impact on these workers and corresponding health services as a result of violence caused by widespread organized crime activity.
News・ Sports
Penn Athletics cancels traditional Penn Relays
If health conditions in the city continue to improve, the Relays plan to sponsor three separate track meets in coming months.
News・ Education, Business, & Law
How biases influence CEOs throughout their careers
Wharton finance professor Marius Guenzel explores the systemic and human elements of behavioral bias in the career phases of CEOs.
News・ Campus & Community
Striking a balance in camp planning
Amidst the uncertainties of the pandemic and with time to plan, this year organizers of summer camp offerings at Penn have developed an array of in-person and virtual programs.
News・ Sports
The mother of women’s sports at Penn
In 1921, Margaret Katherine Majer became the first coach of women’s athletics teams at Penn. She is recognized as the founder of women’s sports at the University.
News・ Science & Technology
The impact of providing hands-on, interactive projects
With inventXYZ, President’s Innovation Prize winner Nikil Ragav has created a high-tech curriculum for high school to motivate future problem-solvers.
News・ Health Sciences
What works: Medication, a low-calorie diet, and intensive behavioral therapy
Patients on a low-calorie diet along with intensive behavioral therapy lost nearly three times as much weight when taking new anti-obesity medication than when taking a placebo.
News・ Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Eviction linked to depression risk in young adults
Research from sociologist Courtney Boen and anthropologist Morgan Hoke shows that this issue, compounded by the toll of the pandemic, disproportionately affects low-income households and communities of color.
News・ Education, Business, & Law
Has the U.S. education system lost the ability to teach the country’s own history?
The education scholar and historian discusses how the U.S. education system has failed the country, and how we can help our children recover it.
News・ Health Sciences
Racial and ethnic factors affect access to treatment for heart disease
Researchers uncover a link between racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic factors and whether Black, Latinx, and lower-income patients receive rhythm control strategies for atrial fibrillation.