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For Kennett Square’s mushroom farmworkers, healthy interventions come directly to the workplace
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Penn Nursing seniors José Maciel (left) and Antonio Renteria were awarded a 2019 President’s Engagement Prize for their project Cultivando Juntos, a 10-week community-based curriculum aimed at alleviating the social determinants of health for the mushroom farmworkers of Kennett Square.

For Kennett Square’s mushroom farmworkers, healthy interventions come directly to the workplace

With the President’s Engagement Prize, seniors José Maciel and Antonio Renteria plan to bring subjects like nutrition and sleep to the workers, reinforcing preventive screenings already provided by a local, federally qualified health center.

Michele W. Berger

A cardiologist’s take on the keto diet
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A cardiologist’s take on the keto diet

Does the keto diet improve blood sugar and lessen cardiovascular risk factors, or does it lead to spikes in bad cholesterol, heart problems, and hypoglycemia? One doctor looks to science for answers.

Penn Today Staff

How a year in space affects the brain
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Astronaut Scott Kelly on his nearly year-long mission on the International Space Station. (Photo: NASA)

How a year in space affects the brain

Penn Medicine’s Mathias Basner discusses the NASA Twins Study, which analyzed astronaut Scott Kelly’s physical and mental health after he spent 340 days in space, and found that Kelly’s performance on a cognitive test battery dropped when he returned to Earth for six months.

Michele W. Berger

Weekly paid professional staff learn resilience through free, online opportunity
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Karen Reivich (seen here in March 2019) is director of resilience training at Penn’s Positive Psychology Center. She teaches an online Coursera course, Resilience Skills in a Time of Uncertainty, that’s now free and available to the public. (Image: Eric Sucar)

Weekly paid professional staff learn resilience through free, online opportunity

Offered through the Online Learning Initiative and the College of Liberal and Professional Studies, the course teaches participants resilience, gratitude, authenticity, and more.

Michele W. Berger

University of Pennsylvania receives $6 million Stavros Niarchos Foundation gift to launch Paideia Program
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University of Pennsylvania receives $6 million Stavros Niarchos Foundation gift to launch Paideia Program

Penn announced a $6 million gift to launch the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Paideia Program, which will reimagine the ancient Greek ideal Paideia—or “education of the whole person”—with courses focusing on wellness, service, and citizenship.
College campuses are thinking about lactation spaces—but could be doing more
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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.

Michele W. Berger

Can music improve anxiety and depression for people with memory disorders?
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Mary Javian, chair of career studies at the Curtis Institute, Tempy Small, a program participant, and Adam Pangburn, coordinator of community performance at Curtis, participated in a drum circle to close out the final “Creative Expression through Music” session. Nick DiBerardino (not pictured) lead the classes, which were coordinated by Penn graduate students Sarah Bujno and Matt Volpe (in the background).

Can music improve anxiety and depression for people with memory disorders?

That’s the aim of a recently completed pilot program connecting Penn Memory Center patients, Penn graduate students, and Curtis Institute musicians.

Michele W. Berger

Executive Director of Counseling and Psychological Services named
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Gregory Eells. (Photo: Penn Counseling and Psychological Services)

Executive Director of Counseling and Psychological Services named

Dr. Gregory Eells, a national leader in university counseling services, will take the helm as executive director of Counseling and Psychological Services in March.