Student ambassadors ready to welcome new arrivals during Move-In The student coordinators went on a quick tour of College House locations, including the Quad, during their four-day training that started on Tuesday, led by Edwin Berrios (center), associate director of building operations at Penn. Student ambassadors ready to welcome new arrivals during Move-In Ready to welcome new arrivals to campus, 25 student coordinators are working as paid staff during Move-In to College Houses this coming week.
Daniel Morales-Armstrong’s ‘Inclusive City’ Participants and Inclusive City students facilitate charrette brainstorming sessions. (Image: OMNIA) Daniel Morales-Armstrong’s ‘Inclusive City’ The William Fontaine Fellow of Africana Studies and History helms a course designed to lead students in a collaborative engagement with a local Philadelphian community.
Forging healthy bonds with canine companions Forging healthy bonds with canine companions School of Veterinary Medicine postdoc Lauren Powell’s research illuminates how the personalities of both dogs and their owners influence the pairs’ ability to overcome behavioral challenges.
Response to the Cuban protest is ‘a unified feeling’ Protests in Havana against the government of Cuba on July 12, 2021. (Image: 14ymedio) Q&A Response to the Cuban protest is ‘a unified feeling’ In a Q&A, Romance languages professor Odette Casamayor-Cisneros discusses the Cuban protests, government response, and the “sense of unity” among the Cuban people
What the U.S. economy will look like after the pandemic What the U.S. economy will look like after the pandemic
Artist and professor David Hartt is ‘of the moment’ Artist David Hartt with his installation “The Histories” (Crépuscule) at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in the exhibition “New Grit: Art & Philly Now.” (Image: July 2021 when masks were not required.) Artist and professor David Hartt is ‘of the moment’ This year alone four museums and two galleries are featuring work by artist David Hartt of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design, including currently at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Patient preferences do not explain racial disparities in opioid prescribing Patient preferences do not explain racial disparities in opioid prescribing Black patients are less likely to get opioids for acute pain.
More than a third of Congressional members held significant health care assets More than a third of Congressional members held significant health care assets Due to their role in shaping health care policy, lawmakers should divest from assets while in office, Penn Medicine researchers recommend.
Taliban takeover A view of Kabul, Afghanistan from May, 2012. (Image: Courtesy of Lucas Augustin) Taliban takeover Political scientist Nicholas Sambanis, an expert on conflict processes with a focus on civil wars, shares his thoughts on the challenges of nation building and what’s next for Afghanistan.
The story of immigration enforcement The story of immigration enforcement In an award-winning paper, criminologist Aaron Chalfin examines the public safety implications of labor market-based immigration enforcement.