Charting a new frontier with psychedelic drugs Image: iStock/microgen Charting a new frontier with psychedelic drugs Penn Medicine’s Dominic Sisti is part of a group of experts including bioethicists, psychiatrists, and Indigenous scholars charting a path toward crafting guidelines for the ethical use of psychedelics.
Exploring the 1918 pandemic’s impact on Philadelphia’s Black and immigrant neighborhoods Matthew Breier, a rising third-year student in the College of Arts and Sciences, spent a lot of time going through Philadelphia’s 1918 city directory this summer. Through the Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program, he is helping professor David Barnes understand the impact of the 1918 influenza pandemic on the city’s Black and immigrant neighborhoods.nocred Exploring the 1918 pandemic’s impact on Philadelphia’s Black and immigrant neighborhoods Rising third-year Matthew Breier has been conducting research with public health historian David Barnes through the Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program.
Rich people really are happier than the rest of us: study Penn In the News Money Rich people really are happier than the rest of us: study A study by Matthew Killingsworth of the Wharton School finds that the ultra-rich are far happier than people earning $500,000 a year, who are themselves notably happier than low- and middle-income earners. New form of repetitive magnetic brain stimulation reduces treatment time for bipolar disorder Image: National Institutes of Health via Picryl New form of repetitive magnetic brain stimulation reduces treatment time for bipolar disorder The potential bipolar disorder therapy can be completed in five days of treatment, compared to four-to-six weeks for standard transcranial magnetic simulation treatments. You can never have too much money, happiness researcher finds Penn In the News Bloomberg You can never have too much money, happiness researcher finds Matthew Killingsworth of the Wharton School says that the positive association between money and well-being continues far up the economic ladder. The local democratic mission of HE: Lessons from the U.S. Penn In the News University World News The local democratic mission of HE: Lessons from the U.S. A paper edited by Ira Harkavy and Rita A. Hodges of the Netter Center for Community Partnerships examines how urban universities can further democracy and inclusion by working with their local communities. Using AI to map research in the School of Arts & Sciences Colin Twomey created the University Atlas Project, showing the thematic commonalities between research publications from current faculty in the School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania. Viewers can search for publications by department, faculty member, program affiliation, keyword, or year. The map can be viewed at uatlas.com/penn/sasnocred Using AI to map research in the School of Arts & Sciences Colin Twomey of the Data Driven Discovery Initiative applied a large language model to create a color-coded, interactive map of publications from current SAS faculty. How direct cash assistance aids cancer patients from low-income households Image: iStock/Milena Magazin How direct cash assistance aids cancer patients from low-income households A new study by Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice examines the potential of a joint program between Bradley Cooper’s One Family Foundation and the Independence Blue Cross Foundation Institute for Health Equity on health care and economic insecurity. Paying drivers to stay off cell phone could make roads safer, Penn study finds Penn In the News CBS Philadelphia Paying drivers to stay off cell phone could make roads safer, Penn study finds A study by M. Kit Delgado of the Perelman School of Medicine finds that a $50 financial incentive for drivers to stay off their cell phone could make the roads safer. Abortion restrictions harm mental health, with low-income women hardest hit Penn In the News The Conversation Abortion restrictions harm mental health, with low-income women hardest hit A study co-authored by Michaela R. Anderson of the Perelman School of Medicine traces how newly introduced gestational restrictions and abortion bans have affected mental health outcomes on a state-by-state basis. Load More
New form of repetitive magnetic brain stimulation reduces treatment time for bipolar disorder Image: National Institutes of Health via Picryl New form of repetitive magnetic brain stimulation reduces treatment time for bipolar disorder The potential bipolar disorder therapy can be completed in five days of treatment, compared to four-to-six weeks for standard transcranial magnetic simulation treatments.
You can never have too much money, happiness researcher finds Penn In the News Bloomberg You can never have too much money, happiness researcher finds Matthew Killingsworth of the Wharton School says that the positive association between money and well-being continues far up the economic ladder. The local democratic mission of HE: Lessons from the U.S. Penn In the News University World News The local democratic mission of HE: Lessons from the U.S. A paper edited by Ira Harkavy and Rita A. Hodges of the Netter Center for Community Partnerships examines how urban universities can further democracy and inclusion by working with their local communities. Using AI to map research in the School of Arts & Sciences Colin Twomey created the University Atlas Project, showing the thematic commonalities between research publications from current faculty in the School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania. Viewers can search for publications by department, faculty member, program affiliation, keyword, or year. The map can be viewed at uatlas.com/penn/sasnocred Using AI to map research in the School of Arts & Sciences Colin Twomey of the Data Driven Discovery Initiative applied a large language model to create a color-coded, interactive map of publications from current SAS faculty. How direct cash assistance aids cancer patients from low-income households Image: iStock/Milena Magazin How direct cash assistance aids cancer patients from low-income households A new study by Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice examines the potential of a joint program between Bradley Cooper’s One Family Foundation and the Independence Blue Cross Foundation Institute for Health Equity on health care and economic insecurity. Paying drivers to stay off cell phone could make roads safer, Penn study finds Penn In the News CBS Philadelphia Paying drivers to stay off cell phone could make roads safer, Penn study finds A study by M. Kit Delgado of the Perelman School of Medicine finds that a $50 financial incentive for drivers to stay off their cell phone could make the roads safer. Abortion restrictions harm mental health, with low-income women hardest hit Penn In the News The Conversation Abortion restrictions harm mental health, with low-income women hardest hit A study co-authored by Michaela R. Anderson of the Perelman School of Medicine traces how newly introduced gestational restrictions and abortion bans have affected mental health outcomes on a state-by-state basis. Load More
The local democratic mission of HE: Lessons from the U.S. Penn In the News University World News The local democratic mission of HE: Lessons from the U.S. A paper edited by Ira Harkavy and Rita A. Hodges of the Netter Center for Community Partnerships examines how urban universities can further democracy and inclusion by working with their local communities. Using AI to map research in the School of Arts & Sciences Colin Twomey created the University Atlas Project, showing the thematic commonalities between research publications from current faculty in the School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania. Viewers can search for publications by department, faculty member, program affiliation, keyword, or year. The map can be viewed at uatlas.com/penn/sasnocred Using AI to map research in the School of Arts & Sciences Colin Twomey of the Data Driven Discovery Initiative applied a large language model to create a color-coded, interactive map of publications from current SAS faculty. How direct cash assistance aids cancer patients from low-income households Image: iStock/Milena Magazin How direct cash assistance aids cancer patients from low-income households A new study by Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice examines the potential of a joint program between Bradley Cooper’s One Family Foundation and the Independence Blue Cross Foundation Institute for Health Equity on health care and economic insecurity. Paying drivers to stay off cell phone could make roads safer, Penn study finds Penn In the News CBS Philadelphia Paying drivers to stay off cell phone could make roads safer, Penn study finds A study by M. Kit Delgado of the Perelman School of Medicine finds that a $50 financial incentive for drivers to stay off their cell phone could make the roads safer. Abortion restrictions harm mental health, with low-income women hardest hit Penn In the News The Conversation Abortion restrictions harm mental health, with low-income women hardest hit A study co-authored by Michaela R. Anderson of the Perelman School of Medicine traces how newly introduced gestational restrictions and abortion bans have affected mental health outcomes on a state-by-state basis. Load More
Using AI to map research in the School of Arts & Sciences Colin Twomey created the University Atlas Project, showing the thematic commonalities between research publications from current faculty in the School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania. Viewers can search for publications by department, faculty member, program affiliation, keyword, or year. The map can be viewed at uatlas.com/penn/sasnocred Using AI to map research in the School of Arts & Sciences Colin Twomey of the Data Driven Discovery Initiative applied a large language model to create a color-coded, interactive map of publications from current SAS faculty.
How direct cash assistance aids cancer patients from low-income households Image: iStock/Milena Magazin How direct cash assistance aids cancer patients from low-income households A new study by Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice examines the potential of a joint program between Bradley Cooper’s One Family Foundation and the Independence Blue Cross Foundation Institute for Health Equity on health care and economic insecurity.
Paying drivers to stay off cell phone could make roads safer, Penn study finds Penn In the News CBS Philadelphia Paying drivers to stay off cell phone could make roads safer, Penn study finds A study by M. Kit Delgado of the Perelman School of Medicine finds that a $50 financial incentive for drivers to stay off their cell phone could make the roads safer. Abortion restrictions harm mental health, with low-income women hardest hit Penn In the News The Conversation Abortion restrictions harm mental health, with low-income women hardest hit A study co-authored by Michaela R. Anderson of the Perelman School of Medicine traces how newly introduced gestational restrictions and abortion bans have affected mental health outcomes on a state-by-state basis. Load More
Abortion restrictions harm mental health, with low-income women hardest hit Penn In the News The Conversation Abortion restrictions harm mental health, with low-income women hardest hit A study co-authored by Michaela R. Anderson of the Perelman School of Medicine traces how newly introduced gestational restrictions and abortion bans have affected mental health outcomes on a state-by-state basis.