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Learning to listen in troubled times
People in masks talk about an exercise in listening

Ernesto Pujol leads a workshop on “Listening in Troubled Times,” part of a lecture on the topic organized by the SNF Paideia Program. (Image: Lisa Marie Patzer)

Learning to listen in troubled times

The SNF Paideia Program and partners featured Ernesto Pujol and Aaron Levy, an artist and an interdisciplinary scholar who have transformed both what it means to listen and what the act of listening can achieve as part of a lecture and workshops.

Kristen de Groot

Opioid use disorder treatment: Doctor-recommended drugs and therapy

Opioid use disorder treatment: Doctor-recommended drugs and therapy

Jeanmarie Perrone of the Perelman School of Medicine said opioid use disorder, like diabetes, is a chronic disease requiring ongoing treatment in various forms. "Patients who are on diabetes medicine could still come in with high blood sugar. And we don't say, well, that's your fourth time here with high blood sugar; we're not going to treat you at all anymore," she said.

Gun violence exposure increases mental health-related ED visits by children
Adolescent wearing a mask seated in a waiting room with an adult in a mask holding their hand.

Gun violence exposure increases mental health-related ED visits by children

A proximity to violence and multiple exposures increase the risk of pediatric mental health distress, according to research from Penn Medicine and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

From Penn Medicine News

Reported anger, sadness, depression, and anxiety spiked after George Floyd killing
Masked people in a protest crowd holding signs that read Black Lives Matter, He Could Not Breathe, and Justice 4 George Floyd.

On May 26, 2020, people protested against police violence after the death of George Floyd. (Image: Fibonacci Blue)

Reported anger, sadness, depression, and anxiety spiked after George Floyd killing

The police killing of George Floyd took an unprecedented toll on the emotional and mental health of Black Americans, according to a new study by LDI senior fellow Sharath Guntuku.

From Penn LDI

9/11, 20 years later
ground zero from liberty state park

Tribute in Light, an annual display near the site of Ground Zero, commemorates the Sept. 11 attacks. (Homepage image: Scott Spitzer)

9/11, 20 years later

Experts across the University share their thoughts on how 9/11 transformed their field, their research, and the world.

Kristen de Groot , Louisa Shepard

Forging healthy bonds with canine companions
Smiling person kneels with dog along riverbank

Forging healthy bonds with canine companions

School of Veterinary Medicine postdoc Lauren Powell’s research illuminates how the personalities of both dogs and their owners influence the pairs’ ability to overcome behavioral challenges.

Katherine Unger Baillie