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This season’s flu and COVID-19 vaccines
Four bottles of Influenza vaccine beside one medical syringe.

Image: Bernard Chantal for Adobe Stock

  • Q&A

    • This season’s flu and COVID-19 vaccines

    Judith A. O’Donnell of the Perelman School of Medicine answers common questions about this year’s flu shot and the new COVID-19 vaccines.

    Liana F. Wait

    Who, What, Why: Amy Wu and the Brain Exercise Initiative
    Amy Wu

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  • Who, What, Why

    • Who, What, Why: Amy Wu and the Brain Exercise Initiative

    The fourth-year is the founder and president of Penn’s chapter of the Brain Exercise Initiative, a service club that connects student volunteers with senior citizens to help combat social isolation and cognitive decline.

    Liana F. Wait

    From seed sowing to harvest
    Xavier Watkins-Wright washing cucumbers and peppers.

    Xavier Watkins-Wright washes freshly picked cucumbers and peppers at Penn Farm.

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    From seed sowing to harvest

    Five undergraduates spent their summer interning at Penn Farm, where they practiced regenerative agricultural techniques and learned about environmental and food justice.

    Liana F. Wait

    Stressed? Depressed? Mindfulness training could offer long-term relief
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    Stressed? Depressed? Mindfulness training could offer long-term relief

    Yvette Sheline of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted on how many cultures have used different variations of mindfulness, and that classes are generally affordable and accessible in most cities.

    Helping first responders avoid on-the-job injuries
    Ann Seaton seated in the back of an ambulance.

    Ann Seaton is an athletic trainer employed by Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health Physicians Sports Medicine.

    (Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine News)

    Helping first responders avoid on-the-job injuries

    A collaboration with an athletic trainer who encourages stretches and preventative measures is keeping emergency responders safer on the job.

    From Penn Medicine News

    With frank text and bold illustrations, graphic novel tackles puberty head on
    Gemma Hong and Sophie Young standing together holding copies of their book.

    Penn undergraduates Gemma Hong (left) and Sophie Young (right) hold copies of the graphic novel they wrote and created with alum Julie Merberg and illustrator Amelia Pinney.

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    With frank text and bold illustrations, graphic novel tackles puberty head on

    The new book, for 9- to 14-year-olds and written by two Penn undergrads and an alum, details what physically happens in the body as girls experience puberty, plus the internal emotions and external social forces that accompany it.

    Michele W. Berger

    Does more money correlate with greater happiness?
    Illustration of a person holding a brief case bounding up stacks of money. Dollar signs float all around and one appears in a large circular coin at the bottom right.

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    Does more money correlate with greater happiness?

    Reconciling previously contradictory results, researchers from Penn and Princeton find a steady association between larger incomes and greater happiness for most people but a rise and plateau for an unhappy minority.

    Michele W. Berger