Penn in the News

Katherina Rosqueta of the Center for High Impact Philanthropy at the School of Social Policy & Practice says that donors sometimes struggle with seeing how to make a difference, given that philanthropic funding is tiny compared to government spending or the business sector.

In an opinion essay, nurse practitioner student Ruth T. Lee in the School of Nursing writes that Pennsylvania’s Keystone Fresh Act could improve school meal nutrition, support local farmers, and lower greenhouse gases produced from food transport.

Anjan Chatterjee of the Perelman School of Medicine says that the aesthetic triad is a mental system for engaging with an artwork.

Penn’s Climate and Sustainability Action Plan outlines the University’s efforts to combat climate change during the next five years.

A photography collection donated by Penn alum David K. O’Neil that chronicles Philadelphia’s Reading Terminal Market will open to the public in January as a permanent archive at the Penn Libraries’ Kislak Center.

Thomas Sollecito of the School of Dental Medicine says that a metallic taste in the mouth can be caused by tiny bits of blood constantly being released by swollen gums and cleared by saliva.

Jeffrey Babin of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and Wharton School is Technical.ly’s 2024 Educator of the Year. The Pennovation Accelerator, a six-week program hosted at the Pennovation Works, is Technical.ly’s 2024 Program of the Year.

Peter Conti-Brown of the Wharton School says that consumers are going to struggle to outsmart interest rates because the Federal Reserve doesn’t know where interest rates are going.

A former COVID patient who spent six months in a coma returned to thank the Penn Medicine team that contributed to his survival, including Megan Carr-Lettieri.

A COVID patient who survived his coma recently reunited with the Penn Medicine care team that helped save his life, including Jennifer Olenik of the Perelman School of Medicine.