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Russell J. Composto named faculty co-director of Penn First Plus (P1P)

Russell J. Composto named faculty co-director of Penn First Plus (P1P)

Composto is currently a professor of materials science and engineering, the Howell Family Faculty Fellow, and associate dean for undergraduate education in the School of Engineering and Applied Science. He will start his new role on July 1, 2023.

Why the medium shapes the message in marketing

Why the medium shapes the message in marketing

What is the best medium for communicating with consumers? It depends on the content, according to the latest research from Wharton marketing professor Jonah Berger.

SP2 Social Justice Scholar Skye Holbrook works to effect change through data

SP2 Social Justice Scholar Skye Holbrook works to effect change through data

A master’s student and inaugural Social Justice Scholar at Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice, Horbrook has contributed research to the national conversation about the significance of historically Black colleges and universities. Now she is exploring the intersection of data and equity through an internship placement as she prepares to graduate.

Diversity in the Stacks: Award-winning books in the library catalog

Diversity in the Stacks: Award-winning books in the library catalog

The Libraries automatically acquires a wide range of diversity award-winning books for both adults and children. These are books that have won awards for their depictions of or significance to marginalized communities, often given by organizations representing those communities.

First cohort of Jacobs Education Impact Prize Fellows receives funding to develop impact ventures

First cohort of Jacobs Education Impact Prize Fellows receives funding to develop impact ventures

In 2022, Penn GSE launched a new partnership with the Jacobs Foundation to support the next generation of education entrepreneurs. The project seeks to create lasting change in the lives of learners worldwide by establishing a new education innovation model pipeline and accelerator. The prize’s first recipients are Aqeela Allahyari, Sidra Alvi, Psacoya Guinn, Neha Gupta, Heidi Mitchell, and Natalia Rodriguez.

A celebratory ritual for cancer patients at Penn

A celebratory ritual for cancer patients at Penn

When a patient completes their treatment they are given the opportunity to “ring the bell,” a brass bell hung from the wall. But for patients who have metastatic cancer and need to be on maintenance therapy for life, they may feel excluded. In the last few years, the Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine has been working to make bell-ringing more inclusive.

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