Through
11/26
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
Filter Stories
Displaying 971 - 980 of 13724
Penn In the News
Guaranteed-income programs pick up steam
Researchers at the School of Social Policy & Practice released a report suggesting that a new approach to addressing poverty in St. Paul, Minnesota, has worked as intended.
Penn In the News
To resist temptation, think short term
Research led by Marissa Sharif of the Wharton School found that small, regular rewards were more effective for cultivating long-term commitment to healthy behavior than large, occasional rewards.
Penn In the News
It’s not just democracy at stake in 2024. It’s the future of the planet
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says “a second Trump term is game over for the climate.”
Penn In the News
Key steps Congress can take to help caregivers’ finances
Mary Naylor of the School of Nursing co-writes that one in five adults now provide uncompensated care to loved ones with health problems, pushing almost half of them to say they’ve suffered financially.
Penn In the News
Excessive heat and air pollution are putting farmworkers’ lives at risk
Sameed Khatana of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted on fatal heart attacks, strokes, and other cardiovascular events linked to high temperatures.
Penn In the News
A Penn program helps uninsured patients get surgeries. They just received funding to expand
Nearly 1,000 Penn Medicine patients have undergone surgery that they had put off—from gallbladder removal to hysterectomies to wound treatments—through a program that pairs patients with “navigators” who help them plan and prepare for a surgery.
Penn In the News
This group has an idea to help save the planet: Everyone should go vegan
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says “it’s certainly helpful for people to make voluntary lifestyle changes that reduce their own carbon footprint.”
Penn In the News
Penn study finds ‘dramatic rise’ in patients with opioid addiction who leave hospitals early, against medical advice
Ashish Thakrar of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on his research into the increase in early discharge rates that is co-occurring with the rapid spread of fentanyl in street drug supplies in Philadelphia and across the country.
Penn In the News
In a city defined by history, Chinatown’s champions fear new arena for 76ers
Domenic Vitiello of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design comments on sports projects that have not revitalized downtowns or added substantially to cities’ tax bases.
Penn In the News
$2 billion in UPenn health system profits has supported medical research and teaching in last decade
Penn has plowed $2 billion in profits from its health system into medical research and physician support in the last 10 years, money aimed at supporting such breakthrough work as the mRNA vaccine for which its scientists won a 2023 Nobel Prize.