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Greg Johnson

Managing Editor
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  • Greg Johnson

    Greg Johnson covers Penn Athletics and Recreation, which includes sports teams, intramural sports, and the Penn Relays. He manages the annual Research at Penn publication, which highlights notable research from all 12 schools at Penn.

    Articles from Greg Johnson
    Eliminating food deserts may not lead to healthy eating

    Eliminating food deserts may not lead to healthy eating

    According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), 23.5 million people in the United States live in food deserts—urban neighborhoods and rural towns without ready access to fresh, healthy, and affordable food. More than half of these individuals live in low-income households.
    Student Spotlight with Farzana Shah

    Student Spotlight with Farzana Shah

    PULITZER FELLOW: Farzana Shah, a master’s student in the School of Nursing, was recently awarded a Pulitzer International Student Reporting Fellowship from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, a non-profit organization
    RealArts@Penn connects students with creative summer internships

    RealArts@Penn connects students with creative summer internships

    WHAT: Founded in 2008, RealArts@Penn, a project at the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing (CPCW), helps Penn students interested in the creative arts build their network of connections through paid, off-campus summer internships during which the
    Penn institute stimulates study of imagination

    Penn institute stimulates study of imagination

    The human imagination has no boundaries. It is capable of traveling at the speed of light to galaxies far, far away, and falling, very slowly, down, down, down the rabbit hole. It has put a man on the moon and in the deepest parts of the ocean. It has built the computer, video games, and the internet. It has made phones that are smart, self-driving cars, and unmanned aerial vehicles.
    Q&A with Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw

    Q&A with Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw

    The “Gwendolyn” in Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw is a salute from her parents to Gwendolyn Brooks, the celebrated poet who in 1950 became the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize.
    Staff Q&A with Michelle Majeski

    Staff Q&A with Michelle Majeski

    Residents and guests entering Rodin College House are greeted with pleasant professionalism and enthusiastic support exuded by Residential Services Manager Michelle Majeski, who leads the Rodin Information Center.
    Hyperbaric therapy treats patients with pure oxygen

    Hyperbaric therapy treats patients with pure oxygen

    Oxygen makes up about 21 percent of the air we breathe, with each breath bringing luxuriant, life-sustaining nutrients to the lungs, blood, brain, and body. In its purest form, oxygen, when inhaled at high pressure, can have rejuvenating therapeutic and physiological effects, such as treating radiation damage from cancer treatment and non-healing wounds.
    Study documents workplace bias against obese people

    Study documents workplace bias against obese people

    For a host of health reasons, such as a decreased risk for heart disease, stroke, and cancer, it is vital for people who are obese to lose weight. A new study from the Wharton School finds that there are professional and career reasons for losing weight, as well.
    Rutendo Chigora: Rhodes Scholar & Activist

    Rutendo Chigora: Rhodes Scholar & Activist

    From Harare, Zimbabwe, Rutendo Chigora is a senior double majoring in international relations and political science, and minoring in English. In December, she was awarded one of the two Rhodes Scholarships available to students from Zimbabwe. She will study at the University of Oxford in Oxford, England.
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