Health
Penn Positive Psychology Center offers new workshops to address mental health challenges
The Dowd/Sanders Wellness and Resilience Program will be offered on both Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons, starting on Jan. 26.
Supremo Food Market closes temporarily due to violations of city health code
The Department of Health was subsequently reinspected Supremo on Jan. 23, and the Cease Operations Order remained in place.
Pottruck celebrates 20th anniversary with giveaways, free classes
The festivities will take place from 3 to 5 p.m. and will include activities such as open bouldering on the rock wall, bench press and free throw competitions, and a spin class.
Penn students, faculty weigh in on concerns about ChatGPT use in education
ChatGPT, which was developed by OpenAI, can complete tasks like writing essays or code and solving math problems.
Penn opens Center for Living Donation, combining several transplant-related programs
The Center for Living Donation, which opened in December, combines the former Kidney Living Donor Program, Liver Living Donor Program, and the Uterus Transplant Program.
Year in Review: The top stories that defined Penn in 2022
The Penn community navigated a changing University administration, campus renovations, and student protests this year.
Year in Review: Penn starts springs semester with strict COVID-19 rules, ends restrictions in fall
Beginning the spring semester with remote learning and double-masking, Penn students returned in the fall to pre-pandemic levels of restriction.
Penn’s LGBT Center announces opening of its new Clothing Closet
The idea first stemmed from a desire to provide gender-affirming products like binders and shapewear to Penn students.
Penn Medicine researchers develop multivalent flu vaccine using mRNA technology
Researchers have developed a new flu vaccine that can protect against all 20 known flu subtypes and can potentially protect against new strains in the future.
Upper respiratory illnesses are on the rise on campus and across the city
The flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are on the rise following the relaxation COVID-19 prevention measures, such as social distancing and mask-wearing, according to Public Health and Wellbeing.
Over 4,000 Penn community members receive bivalent COVID booster shot at University clinic
The clinic was open to the entire Penn community and their families over the age of 16, and 61% of those who received a vaccine from the clinic were students.
National Cancer Institute grants Penn Medicine $3.5 million for cervical cancer care in Botswana
The grant continues a two-decade history of collaborating with local healthcare partners in the sub-Saharan African nation through the Botswana-UPenn Partnership.
New islet transplant method will allow Type 1 Diabetes patients to achieve "insulin independence"
The researchers, co-led by Michael Rickels, the Willard and Rhoda Ware Professor in Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases in the Perelman School of Medicine, found that many patients didn’t need insulin to maintain their blood sugar for up to eight years.
American Heart Association names Penn professor as 2022 Distinguished Scientist
Volpp, a cardiac arrest survivor, won the award for his research into how cardiovascular outcomes can be impacted by certain health policies.
Penn community members talk gubernatorial election's impact on abortion access
Should Mastriano win the gubernatorial race and the state legislature limits access to reproductive healthcare, Penn could become the only Ivy League institution whose students do not have access to an abortion because of their state's policies.
Penn Medicine researchers develop an artificial intelligence algorithm to diagnose rare diseases
Researchers developed a method to forecast rare disease development called PANDA with $4.7 million of funding from the National Institute of Health.
Penn to offer bivalent COVID-19 vaccine at booster clinic next week
The booster clinic will take place from Nov. 3 to Nov. 4. It will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. both days.
Wellness at Penn launches S.U.P.E.R., its new substance abuse prevention initiative
The goal of S.U.P.E.R. is to reach students that are abstaining from substance use, in recovery, or interested in learning more about harm reduction practices, according to Penn Wellness.
Fentanyl-related deaths have continued to rise in Philadelphia since the COVID-19 pandemic
Over the course of 12 months, over ten million used syringes were collected by Prevention Point, a Kensington-based nonprofit.