The key to keeping your employees happy Wharton management professor Sigal Barsade details her research on emotional contagion. (Image: Wharton Magazine) The key to keeping your employees happy Moods, emotions, even smiles are some of the emotional contagions Wharton professor Sigal Barsade cites as what are passed along throughout the workplace, making the professional environment either more pleasant or more unhappy.
Tweets from Twitter users could predict loneliness Tweets from Twitter users could predict loneliness By identifying similar themes across tweets, researchers are uncovering markers that could be used to predict loneliness, something that could lead to depression, heart disease, and dementia.
Childhood exposure to trauma costs society $458 billion annually Childhood exposure to trauma costs society $458 billion annually Bureaucratic hurdles block access to treatment services, so they tend to go unused. This leads to adverse outcomes that put stress on public systems like social services and law enforcement.
Bariatric surgery is safe for teens with morbid obesity Bariatric surgery is safe for teens with morbid obesity A new Penn Medicine study shows the risks of complications and readmissions may be lower than the risks associated with lifelong obesity.
Leadership named for Paideia Program at Penn Students lounge on the grass of College Green. (Photo: Penn Sustainability) Leadership named for Paideia Program at Penn Michael X. Delli Carpini has been named the inaugural faculty director and Leah Seppanen Anderson the inaugural executive director of the University of Pennsylvania’s new Stavros Niarchos Foundation Paideia Program for Penn undergraduates.
‘Dear Evan Hansen’ tells a fictional story of suicide. But its actors field messages from very real people in crisis Penn In the News STAT News ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ tells a fictional story of suicide. But its actors field messages from very real people in crisis Dan Romer of the Annenberg Public Policy Center spoke about how those behind the mental health-focused Broadway show “Dear Evan Hansen” are dealing with fan letters on the topic of suicide and anxiety. “They’re actually reaching out individually to people. That’s good that they do that. It’s actually quite responsible,” he said. The culture of coworking spaces The culture of coworking spaces As Penn sociologist David Grazian discovered through hundreds of hours of fieldwork, despite today’s digital work-anywhere economy, having a physical place to conduct business still matters. The price of noise The price of noise Silence is a rare commodity these days, because society has only gotten louder. “And we're all paying a price for it in terms of our health,” says Mathias Basner, an associate professor of sleep and chronobiology in psychiatry at Penn. Mindfulness at work: A little bit goes a long way Mindfulness at work: A little bit goes a long way New research from Wharton management professor Lindsey Cameron finds that including just a few minutes of mindfulness in each day makes employees more helpful and productive. Penn parents equipped with new book on resilience A Penn parent picks up a copy of "The Stressed Years of Their Lives" at a New Student and Family Orientation event held Aug. 21 at Irvine Auditorium. (Photo by: Steve McCann) Penn parents equipped with new book on resilience ‘The Stressed Years of Their Lives,’ co-authored by Professor of Psychiatry Anthony Rostain, was handed out to hundreds of parents as part of New Student Orientation.
The culture of coworking spaces The culture of coworking spaces As Penn sociologist David Grazian discovered through hundreds of hours of fieldwork, despite today’s digital work-anywhere economy, having a physical place to conduct business still matters.
The price of noise The price of noise Silence is a rare commodity these days, because society has only gotten louder. “And we're all paying a price for it in terms of our health,” says Mathias Basner, an associate professor of sleep and chronobiology in psychiatry at Penn.
Mindfulness at work: A little bit goes a long way Mindfulness at work: A little bit goes a long way New research from Wharton management professor Lindsey Cameron finds that including just a few minutes of mindfulness in each day makes employees more helpful and productive.
Penn parents equipped with new book on resilience A Penn parent picks up a copy of "The Stressed Years of Their Lives" at a New Student and Family Orientation event held Aug. 21 at Irvine Auditorium. (Photo by: Steve McCann) Penn parents equipped with new book on resilience ‘The Stressed Years of Their Lives,’ co-authored by Professor of Psychiatry Anthony Rostain, was handed out to hundreds of parents as part of New Student Orientation.