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Charlotte Brown in front of historic nursing photo display.

Bringing together passions for nursing, community, and policy

Charlotte Brown recalls a childhood climbing up and falling out of trees, picking blueberries in the mountains and currants in the woods, and paddling down her backyard creek on snow sleds with her three younger brothers—“lots of just being outside, being happy, being rained on,” she says.

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Study challenges conventional thought on nurse continuity in ICUs

Research from Penn’s School of Nursing finds that the relationship between nurse continuity and patient outcomes is more complex than previously assumed.

Combining AI and artmaking for youth well-being

Through a community-led partnership project, graduate student Eileen Feng and an interdisciplinary, cross-school team are working with local youth to tailor an AI-supported platform for healing through creative arts.

Person with a goatee and moustache wearing a tee-shirt and vest, the hand wrapped up in gauze as if it was injured. The person has a pained expression.

Childhood trauma and neighborhood disorder impact mental health of injured Black men

A new study by Penn Nursing’s Therese Richmond highlights the critical role of social and environmental factors in post-injury recovery.

Uncovering key brain circuit in the fight against cocaine use disorder

A new study published in Science Advances by Penn Nursing’s Heath Schmidt has identified a critical brain circuit that plays a pivotal role in regulating cocaine-seeking behavior.

Exploring the role of AI in palliative care and decision-making

Working with professors George Demiris and Connie Ulrich, Penn Nursing Ph.D. student Oonjee Oh is investigating the role of AI in end-of-life care from technological and ethical perspectives.

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Task force recommendations for economic prosperity and national security

Dean Antonia M. Villarruel of Penn Nursing and Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center are on the Vision for American Science and Technology task force that devised the policy recommendations.

Interim Penn President J. Larry Jameson in a lab examining a piece of equipment.

Celebrating five years of excellence at VinUniversity

Interim Penn President J. Larry Jameson visited VinUni in Hanoi, Vietnam, to commemorate the university’s fifth anniversary and Penn’s seventh year of allyship. He delivered a lecture about how excellent universities advance society.

A sculpture of six brightly colored steel triangles points toward the sky.

Art Matters

Art Matters: ‘Six Triangles’ by Ephraim Peleg

A colorful sculpture created by a Holocaust survivor represents the six million who died.

A group of students sits around a rectangular table in a discussion. A man stands next to a pad of paper on an easel preparing to take notes.

Perry World House student fellows explore global policy solutions

Through global trips and weekly seminars, the program centers students’ interests in global policy to help solve real-world problems, and the students gain one-of-a-kind experience along the way.

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