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Leading diversity: Why listening and learning come before strategy

Wharton’s Stephanie Creary discusses what it takes to create a culture of inclusiveness with global diversity expert Rohini Anand.

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New funding supports milestone initiative to advance solar energy research

Penn’s Vagelos Institute for Energy Science and Technology is a partner in a $40 million award from the Department of Energy that will accelerate fundamental research on solar technology.

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‘Italian history on the table’

Eva Del Soldato of the School of Arts & Sciences teaches Italian culture and language through the history of food.

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SP2 student launches remote health care Kickstarter project during COVID-19

Liu is working with the startup Nexusera to respond to the surging need for remote care caused by the pandemic by connecting patients with their families and caretakers through a medication adherence management system.

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Taiwan’s tech-savvy citizens helped flatten its COVID-19 curve

A new study examines how Taiwan’s existing digital systems, openness of government data, and an empathic community contributed to a successful pandemic response.

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Half of low-income communities have no ICU beds

A new Penn study says policies that facilitate hospital coordination are urgently needed to mitigate effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Flipping the pyramid: Steps companies can take to close the opportunity gap

With the pandemic exposing and widening the income and digital access gap among communities in the U.S., two Wharton experts outline ways companies can innovate to close the digital, health, and economic gap in minority communities.

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Family and primary care doctors may have been most at risk of dying from COVID

A Penn-led study suggests that in the health care community, workers in hospital settings may be better protected from COVID-19 than the general population.

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Lessons from Hiroshima, 75 years later

Penn Today asks scholars and experts to share their thoughts on the 75th anniversary of America’s atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

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Phase II of research resumption expands on-campus activities

An update about the second of Penn’s three-part reopening of research with Vice Provost for Research Dawn Bonnell.

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