| Penn Today

10/9

Sunday Culture Film

Penn Museum presents the 2022-23 culture film series “Folklife,” a celebration of local folkways: writing, storytelling, visual arts, handcrafts, cuisine, and other forms of expression. The film featured for the week is Kayla Sotomil’s “The Modern Mambabatok: Lane Wilcken and Filipino Tattooing in the Diaspora.”

2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Hybrid

Barron’s

The Fed is driving an unusual contradiction in the housing market

In an op-ed, Susan Wachter of the Wharton School writes about how ongoing monetary policy has resulted in high house prices and rates of rent alongside low construction and sales activity.

ABC Australia

World Heritage—too much of a good thing?

PIK Professor Lynn Meskell, also of the Penn Museum, joins a radio conversation to discuss how the World Heritage Convention has become a victim of its own success.

Forbes

The next crisis in inevitable. The urgent call for the prepared leader

“The Prepared Leader,” a new book co-authored by Dean Erika James of the Wharton School, outlines the five phases that must be addressed when dealing with crisis management.

New Scientist

Drone swarm that 3D prints cement structures could construct buildings

Robert Stuart-Smith of the Weitzman School of Design and colleagues demonstrate how 3D-printing drones can create large structures made of foam or cement, paving the way for future construction efforts.

The Washington Post

How The Post gathered and analyzed data for its series on Black NFL coaches

Janice Madden of the School of Arts & Sciences used visual evaluation to determine the racial makeup of the NFL coaches dataset she supplied to The Washington Post.

Forbes

University of Pennsylvania receives $55 million gift to study, treat hereditary cancers

The $55 million gift from alumni Mindy and Jon Gray will be used to establish the Basser Cancer Interception Institute, featuring a statement from President Liz Magill.

Anthea Butler receives 2022 Marty Award from the American Academy of Religion

The Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought has received the 2022 Martin E. Marty Award for the Public Understanding of Religion from the American Academy of Religion.

Amber Wiley to join Weitzman faculty and lead civil rights initiative

The architectural and urban historian whose teaching and research center on the social aspects of design and how it affects urban communities, will join the Weitzman School as Presidential Associate Professor and the inaugural Matt and Erika Nord Director of the Center for the Preservation of Civil Rights Sites.

Paying patients can improve engagement in mental health treatment

Financial incentives are known to increase patient engagement in a wide range of health programs, but they have rarely been used for mental health care beyond treating substance use disorders. Showing up and being involved in mental health treatment is half the battle for patients, and a new study from Penn LDI shows that financial incentives can help.