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Penn Nursing focuses on achieving equitable primary care

Data shows that unless the pattern of furnishing primary health care, particularly to underserved groups in both urban and rural areas, is drastically improved, these groups will suffer in inequitable and unnecessary ways. It is clear that the primary care workforce must be expanded and diversified.

The Washington Post

Even more than April 1, Valentine’s Day is for fools

In an Op-Ed, Tess Wilkinson-Ryan of Penn Carey Law explores how foolishness, vigilance, and uncertainty factor into intimate relationships and domestic partnerships.

KUOW

WA legislators weigh mandating nurse-to-patient ratios in hospitals

Linda Aiken of the School of Nursing says that patients in California hospitals get two to three more hours of care a day than in other states as a result of staffing-ratio legislation.

News Rebeat

“Sleep well, you can make money.” ‘Insomniac’ Japanese companies’ grand strategy to get a good night’s sleep

According to a study from Penn, the cognitive ability of people who sleep an average of six hours a night for two weeks falls to that of a drunkard with a blood alcohol level of 0.1%.

The Wharton student chats about her off-the-court life

Her Top 5 Lakers of all-time are Kobe Bryant, Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Wilt Chamberlain, and LeBron James.

She has two younger twin sisters, 9-year-old Ava and Jordan. Padilla says they are more interested in the arts than basketball. “Ava actually came up to me one day after practice in high school and said, ‘I don’t want to sweat like you, so I don’t want to play basketball.’”

KIWA Radio

Pilot project to give low-income Iowa families $500 each month

Researchers at Penn will gather data from Iowa participants to determine how guaranteed income affects food security, housing stability, and mental health.

Artnet News

Archaeologists digging in Iraq have located the remains of a 5,000-year-old tavern—as well as a ‘beer recipe’

Holly Pittman of the School of Arts & Sciences and the Penn Museum and colleagues have uncovered the remains of a public eating space dated to 2700 B.C.E. in Lagash, an ancient city site in southern Iraq.

KUOW

WHYY (Philadelphia)

Forgotten painting by a 19th century French rebel is discovered at Penn

University Curator Lynn Marsden-Atlass and André Dombrowski of the School of Arts & Sciences comment on the discovery of a 150-year-old painting by radical French realist Gustave Courbet on Penn’s campus.

News Rebeat