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Understanding the health paradox: The factors influencing white men’s well-being

While social and economic factors are often viewed as primary drivers of health, a new Penn Nursing analysis suggests that the relationship between societal position and physical well-being is more complex than previously understood.

A Juneteenth celebration in front of the Penn Museum.

A festival of community, culture, and freedom

Combining the Penn Museum’s Juneteenth celebration with Wharton’s Wellness Empowerment Project, the Penn Museum is offering free admission on June 13.

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New CAR T treatment opens doors for kidney patients

An early Penn Medicine trial demonstrates CAR T cells can safely desensitize even the most challenging transplant candidates.

Mass. has new limits on insurers’ much-hated prior authorizations. Here’s what to know

“For providers, there will still be a substantial amount of uncertainty and administrative burden related to prior authorization” because of the differing rules based on insurance type, says Aaron Schwartz of the Perelman School of Medicine.

To sell trucks, break out the cowboys and wrap them in Old Glory

“Americana is no longer a monolithic image you plug into,” says Americus Reed II of the Wharton School.

People celebrating in the audience at the Models of Excellence celebration.

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A celebration of staff excellence

Highlights from Penn’s annual campus-wide staff recognition celebration, where University leaders presented awards to four staff teams and seven individual honorees.

Green infrastructure

A roundup of Penn Today stories focusing on green infrastructure on campus, in research, in higher education, and in energy policy.

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Why are US consumers so angry? It’s not just high prices

Peter Fader of the Wharton School says consumers of retail services and products “are starting to realize that a lot of the cool data and technology is being used against them.”

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America 250: Penn’s mark on history (video)

GLP-1 use linked to lower breast cancer incidence in large cohort study

A retrospective analysis of more than 110,000 women between the ages of 45 and 80 found that those who take GLP-1 medications are about 30% less likely to develop breast cancer than those who do not take GLP-1 medications.