Prepping Philly high schoolers for college Prepping Philly high schoolers for college Rising 11th graders in the Provost Summer Mentorship Program at Penn spend a month on campus diving into the professional fields of dentistry, medicine, law, nursing, and engineering.
Negotiating a truce in the war on drugs Ethan Nadelman, founder and former executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, Penn political science professor Marie Gottschalk, Evan Anderson, a senior lecturer in the School of Nursing, and Roseanne Scotti, the New Jersey director of the Drug Policy Alliance, discussed their policy ideas. (Photo: Gwyneth K. Shaw) Negotiating a truce in the war on drugs A Penn Law symposium brought together experts from the legal, law enforcement, social work, and policy camps to discuss how to refocus the decades-long fight to be less punitive and more protective.
Green labs group strives to make science more sustainable In circumstances when plastic petri dishes are necessary for laboratory work, Preston ensure that they are properly cleaned and sorted for recycling. Reducing waste of all kinds, however, is the number one goal. Green labs group strives to make science more sustainable With a Green Labs working group, Elicia Preston of the Perelman School of Medicine and the University’s Sustainability Office in Facilities and Real Estate Services are striving to make the pursuit of scientific research a more eco-friendly endeavor.
With a second patient free from HIV, what’s next? With a second patient free from HIV, what’s next? Scientists have succeeded in sending an HIV patient into long-term remission, only the second time such a feat has been documented. Pablo Tebas and Bridgette Brawner discuss what this means for HIV research and for people living with the virus.
Making headway against a killer virus Making headway against a killer virus Around Penn, clinicians and researchers are focused on Ebola, working to ensure this disease—fearsomely lethal—can be vanquished.
To prevent HIV, start online To prevent HIV, start online A team led by José Bauermeister at Penn Nursing designed the My Desires & Expectations tool to address cognitive and emotional factors that influence sexual decision-making when seeking partners online.
College campuses are thinking about lactation spaces—but could be doing more Diane Spatz is a professor of perinatal nursing and the Helen M. Shearer Professor of Nutrition at the School of Nursing, and a nurse scientist for the lactation program at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. (Image: Eric Sucar) College campuses are thinking about lactation spaces—but could be doing more Breastfeeding mothers in higher-education environments can typically find a place to pump, but only recently have institutions begun to prioritize access to this resource.
Embracing a community’s practice to promote the measles vaccine Naomi Shapiro, a senior in Penn Nursing, in front of a wall of pashkevilim. These posters often contain language that can seem harsh or extreme to someone not accustomed to their tone. But within the community, they are well-received and taken seriously. Embracing a community’s practice to promote the measles vaccine Mimicking a news-sharing custom common among ultraorthodox Jewish communities, two Penn Nursing students created and placed posters around a Jerusalem neighborhood, employing a mystical technique that assigns a numerical value to each Hebrew letter.
Human milk is a ‘life-saving intervention’ for infants with congenital heart disease Human milk is a ‘life-saving intervention’ for infants with congenital heart disease With a lower risk of serious complications and improved feeding and growth outcomes, human milk is strongly preferred as the best diet for infants with congenital heart disease, according to a research review in Advances in Neonatal Care.
Seeing health care disparities firsthand in Chile On a Nursing Study Abroad winter break trip, a group of students in the course Health and the Health Care System in Chile got to see health care disparities in the South American country firsthand. Senior Elisheva Blas (seated farthest to the right) discusses the experience visiting run-down facilities with long wait times used by people on public insurance, and five-star spaces and services for those on private insurance. Seeing health care disparities firsthand in Chile A senior in the course Health and the Health Care System in Chile reflects on lessons from a 10-day Nursing Study Abroad winter break trip, which offered a holistic view of the South American country’s health system.