Penn GSE Professor to Speak at White House-Sponsored Conference During National HBCU Week
PHILADELPHIA —Marybeth Gasman, an associate professor in the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, will speak at the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities conference in Washington, D.C., during National HBCU Week, which runs Sept. 12-15.
Gasman and Nelson Bowman III, director of development at Prairie View A&M University of Texas, will speak about “Fundraising at HBCUs: An All-Campus Approach” on Monday, Sept. 13, at 2 p.m., at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City Hotel at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
Recently awarded the 2010 Ozell Sutton Medallion of Justice by the president of Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Ark., for her research on historically black colleges and universities, Gasman is an expert in African-American philanthropy and educational leadership.
She’s the author of “Envisioning Black Colleges: A History of the United Negro College Fund” and “Understanding Minority-Serving Institutions.”
On the move: Water quality and antimicrobial resistance testing goes mobile
Penn researchers have developed a mobile field laboratory allowing them to test water quality and track antimicrobial resistance in and around San Cristóbal in the Galápagos.
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A new role for dental providers? Rethinking where vaccines are given
Vaccinations have traditionally been administered in primary care settings or pharmacies. However, for about a decade, some states have authorized dentists to administer vaccines, and many others did so during the COVID-19 pandemic. The effectiveness of this approach has led some countries and states to expand or consider expanding the role of dental providers in delivering routine vaccines, including those against COVID-19 and the human papillomavirus (HPV), and in providing vaccine education.
Penn student develops a way for computer chips to run more efficiently
Fluid Silicon, a platform from President’s Sustainability Prize winner Nhlanhla Mavuso, allows computer chips to continuously monitor their health and self-tune as their characteristics change. The technology has the potential to reduce energy usage in data centers and improve reliability in mission-critical applications.
