Penn in the News

Graduate students at the Weitzman School of Design are submitting speculative proposals for a Welcoming District near Philadelphia’s Fashion District that could replace or supplement the Sixers arena.

J. Russel Ramsay of the Perelman School of Medicine explains how body doubling can draw on people’s social selves to deal with ADHD.

Richard Wender of the Perelman School of Medicine says that pain symptoms may be a sign that prostate cancer has progressed to a later stage or indicate a different issue altogether.

Researchers led by Scott Hensley of the Perelman School of Medicine are developing an mRNA vaccine for the H5N1 avian flu with support from Nobel Prize cowinner Drew Weissman.

Matthew Killingsworth of the Wharton School says that it would be wrong to reduce the pursuit of happiness to the pursuit of money, but that money cannot be totally discarded as a meaningful factor.

Benjamin Keys of the Wharton School says that most homeowners should be able to sell and move somewhere cheaper rather than defaulting on their loans.

In a co-written opinion article, John Dilulio of the School of Arts & Sciences says that neglected religious buildings should be preserved for civic use.

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center contrasts media coverage of Donald Trump’s trial with that of the O.J. Simpson murder trial in 1995.

Shazia Savul of the Perelman School of Medicine says that factors like significant depression or severe anxiety can mimic the symptoms of ADHD, making it important to rule those out for a diagnosis.

Alice Abernathy of the Perelman School of Medicine says that Florida’s “advanced birth centers” are a poor substitute for quality obstetrical care, though they’re being billed as something that gives people more choices.