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Squire Booker appointed Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor
Squire Booker

Squire Booker is a Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor in Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences and Perelman School of Medicine.

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Squire Booker appointed Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor

Through his work as an interdisciplinary chemist, Booker has has made advancements in human health and innovative new treatments of disease.
‘Ripple Effect’ on the business and economics of the election
People in bleachers covered by an illuminated portion of the American flag.

Image: AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson

‘Ripple Effect’ on the business and economics of the election

The latest installments of the Wharton School’s faculty research podcast, “Ripple Effect,” follow up with key economic concerns voters brought to the ballot for the 2024 U.S. presidential election.

From Knowledge at Wharton

Easing patient fears of radiation treatment, via virtual reality
People holding VR headsets at a display table.

Peter Decherney (far left), professor of cinema and media studies in the School of Arts & Sciences, is the instructor of the undergraduate Virtual Reality Lab spring course.

(Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine News)

Easing patient fears of radiation treatment, via virtual reality

Before their first dose of radiation, cancer patients can shadow another patient’s treatment and get a private behind-the-scenes tour with the team members via virtual reality.

From Penn Medicine News

Developing kidneys from scratch
Rendering of kidneys.

Image: iStock/Vladyslav Severyn

Developing kidneys from scratch

Bioengineering professor Alex Hughes tackles the burden of chronic kidney disease by creating kidney tissue from scratch, which could reduce the need for both dialysis and transplantation.

Ian Scheffler

Penn GSE dean on meeting and making the moment
Dean Katharine Strunk looking ahead in front of the GSE building.

Katharine Strunk, dean of the Penn Graduate School of Education.

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Penn GSE dean on meeting and making the moment

Katharine Strunk, dean of the Graduate School of Education, began her tenure in July 2023. This week, she announced the School’s strategic vision, Together for Good.
Students fill critical behind-the-scenes Election Day roles for NBC News
A group of people, seen from behind, watch election results from NBC News on a livestream display at Rockefeller Center in New York City.

People watch an NBC News livestream showing poll results at Rockefeller Center in New York on Election Day 2024.

(Image: AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Students fill critical behind-the-scenes Election Day roles for NBC News

Three dozen undergraduates worked with the Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies this year to track turnout, assemble results, and build on-air graphics.
Protecting Indigenous heritage in an age of climate vulnerability
Wupatki Pueblo in Arizona at dusk.

Wupatki Pueblo, north of Flagstaff, Arizona, is among the villages built by Native peoples in the desert Southwest centuries ago. “We look at those sites as still alive, as offering us the opportunity to connect with our ancestors and to continue the work, and legacy of that work, of communing with that place,” says Chas Robles, ALCC’s executive director.

(Image: Colin Cohan)

Protecting Indigenous heritage in an age of climate vulnerability

A preservation plan being developed by researchers in the Weitzman School in consultation with local stewards conserves a millennium of human settlement.

From the Weitzman School of Design

COVID-19 pandemic worsened patient safety measures
A nurse pushing a gurney in a hospital.

Image: iStock/Sviatlana Lazarenka

COVID-19 pandemic worsened patient safety measures

A new study from Penn Nursing found that rates of falls, infections, and injuries increased significantly during the pandemic, and have not yet returned to pre-pandemic levels.

From Penn Nursing News

Penn expands its Yellow Ribbon program for veterans and their beneficiaries
A room full of people eating lunch with flags from all the Armed Services hanging from the rafters.

A lunch for veterans hosted by Lynn Manuel, Associate Director of Veteran and Military Engagement.

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Penn expands its Yellow Ribbon program for veterans and their beneficiaries

Penn expands its Yellow Ribbon program for veterans and their beneficiaries, now offering unlimited slots and funding for undergraduate students.

Kristina Linnea García