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Penn Junior Tabeen Hossain Learns Eco-Lessons From Two European Leaders
By Niharika Gupta The summer before her junior year at the University of Pennsylvania, Tabeen Hossain decided to take her academic journey in environmental science and policy abroad to Berlin and Rotterdam. In those two cities, she discovered the cultural aspects of sustainability, environmentalism and policymaking.
Penn Researchers Offer New Approach to Treating Cocaine Addiction
In the ongoing fight against drug addiction, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Nursing and Perelman School of Medicine have discovered a unique application for an FDA-approved drug curr
Penn professor explores what it means to be positive
The world has room for two kinds of superheroes, says James O.
Penn Professor Robert Ghrist Brings Complicated Math to the Masses
It’s not easy to make confusing mathematics topics understandable, let alone interesting, to non-mathematicians, but University of Pennsylvania professor Robert Ghrist has figured out the formula.
Eggs for breakfast keep children fuller longer, says Penn study
What’s a good breakfast for growing children? Ask Penn Nursing professor Tanja Kral and she’ll likely answer, “One that incorporates protein-rich foods like eggs.”
Penn anthropology series talks extinction
“How do humans perceive extinction?” asks Adriana Petryna, a Penn cultural anthropologist in the School of Arts & Sciences. “And how do we manage or mismanage resources as a result?
Penn Nursing’s Community Champions Engage to Improve Health
From outside the Sayre Recreation Center at 58th and Walnut streets, the only indication of something happening on a chilly December Tuesday is a dozen or so parked cars. Otherwise, the massive fenced-in lot is quiet.
Penn Science Café Presents ‘Friendship and Your Brain’
WHO: Michael Platt Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor James S. Riepe University Professor of Neuroscience Perelman School of Medicine
Penn Professor Deborah Thomas Named Editor-in-Chief of ‘American Anthropologist’
Deborah Thomas, an anthropology professor in the University of Pennsylvania School of Arts & Sciences, has been named editor-in-chief of the American Anthropological Association’s flagship journal,
Penn study links nurse education, environment to breast milk consumption
A mother’s breast milk contains nutrients and immunological benefits important for every newborn, a fact recently confirmed by the U.S. surgeon general and the World Health Organization. For very low birth weight (VLBW) infants—babies born weighing 3.3 pounds or less—in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), not consuming breast milk can have potentially devastating consequences.