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How to navigate another summer of COVID-19
On a sunny day on an outdoor patio, a man in a surgical mask pours a smiling woman a drink.

Hosting safe summer gatherings is possible with the right precautions. Penn's Melanie Kornides and John Wherry give advice as to how.

How to navigate another summer of COVID-19

John Wherry of the Perelman School of Medicine and Melanie Kornides of the School of Nursing stress the continued importance of vaccination and testing.

Luis Melecio-Zambrano

Penn Glee Club performs on its first European tour as a gender-inclusive choir
Glee Club members in formalwear gathered together in ballroom under crystal chandeliers

On the first traveling tour with a gender-inclusive choir, 54 members of the Penn Glee Club performed in Spain and France. They debuted new formalwear before an audience of Penn alumni at the Ritz in Paris. 

Penn Glee Club performs on its first European tour as a gender-inclusive choir

On the first traveling tour as a gender-inclusive choir, the Penn Glee Club performed before audiences that included alumni in a Paris ballroom and passers-by on the streets of Barcelona.

Louisa Shepard

Parental nicotine use and addiction risk for children
A put-out cigarette standing on its end, next to half of another crumpled cigarette. In the background are two whole cigarettes.
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    • Parental nicotine use and addiction risk for children

    In research done using rats, Penn Nursing’s Heath Schmidt and colleagues found that males that engaged in voluntary nicotine use had offspring more likely to do so, too. Some offspring also developed impaired memory and anxiety-like behavior.

    Michele W. Berger

    Incarceration associated with negative mental health risks for Black men
    The door of a prison cell open, with closed cells behind it.

    Incarceration associated with negative mental health risks for Black men

    A review of literature from the past decade found that for this group in the U.S. such a detention was linked to higher levels of psychological distress, more severe symptoms of PTSD and depression, and more.

    Michele W. Berger , Ed Federico

    Making meaning from the loss of a child
    woman sitting cross-legged on sofa using breast milk pumps

    Pumping and donating milk to a nonprofit milk bank offers a way to channel grief for some bereaved parents whose child died at birth, according to research by Diane Spatz of the School of Nursing and colleagues. 

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    Making meaning from the loss of a child

    Research by Diane Spatz of the School of Nursing and colleagues reveals how donating milk served as an important part of the grieving process for some parents who had lost a baby before or at birth.

    Katherine Unger Baillie , Michele W. Berger

    27 students and recent graduates awarded 2022 Fulbright grants
    18 headshots of students

    University of Pennsylvania’s Fulbright grant recipients for the 2022-23 academic year include 18 graduating seniors, from left: (top row) Aishwarya Balaji, Lilian Chen, Ria Chinchankar, Amira Chowdhury, Luke Coleman, Sonali Deliwala; (middle row) Alice Heyeh; Robin Hu, J’Aun Johnson, Jordyn Kaplan, Erin Kraskewicz, Shaila Lothe; (bottom row) Brendan Lui, Rebecca Morse, Kaitlyn Rentala, Anyara Rodriguez, Stefan Tomov, Irene Yee.

    27 students and recent graduates awarded 2022 Fulbright grants

    Twenty-seven Penn students and alumni have been awarded Fulbright grants for the 2022-23 academic year, including 18 seniors who will be graduating May 16.

    Louisa Shepard

    U-Night shines in person
    A group of students in a large tent, smiling.

    U-Night shines in person

    The first in-person celebration for rising juniors in two years was not dampened by the rain, as the Class Board of 2024 honored one of Penn’s most resilient student class.
    Running to shine a light on mental health
    Samantha Roecker standing outside Claire M. Fagin hall with her hands on her hips.

    Samantha Roecker is a clinic nurse in the otorhinolaryngology practice at the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine and a student in the Family Nurse Practitioner Program at Penn’s School of Nursing. She recently ran the Boston Marathon, her 12th marathon, and broke the world record for fastest run in scrubs.

    Running to shine a light on mental health

    Earlier this week, Penn’s Samantha Roecker competed in the Boston Marathon. In the process, she raised more than $45,000 to help nurses struggling as a result of the pandemic, and she broke the world record for fastest marathon in scrubs.

    Michele W. Berger