Envisioning campus as ‘living lab’ to improve bird habitat A white-throated sparrow finds a perch on campus. Penn's landscape planner Chloe Cerwinka is embarking on a study of birds that take advantage of the University's green spaces. (Photo: Joe Durrance) Envisioning campus as ‘living lab’ to improve bird habitat The University’s 300 acres in West Philadelphia serve as welcoming habitat for dozens of bird species. Chloe Cerwinka is documenting the area’s feathered inhabitants to improve their habitat.
Promoting cross-campus collaborations in health research Yvonne Paterson of Penn Medicine and Penn Nursing (left) and Nicola Mason of Penn Vet (right) conduct cancer research that has advanced care for both dogs and people. (Photo: Peggy Peterson) Promoting cross-campus collaborations in health research The One Health Communications Group is a collaboration that brings together several schools and centers to develop groundbreaking health research in a cross-disciplinary and innovative environment.
2018: The Year in Review 2018: The Year in Review The 2017-18 school year saw breakthrough research, innovative projects and collaboration that benefit students on campus and partners throughout the country and around the world.
New DVM Meghan Ramos continues her dog scent detection research as a Penn Vet Working Dog Center fellow. New DVM Meghan Ramos continues her dog scent detection research as a Penn Vet Working Dog Center fellow. At Penn Vet's Working Dog Center, Ramos is leading research projects training dogs to detect infections using scent detection.
Netter Center prepares high school seniors to enter the contemporary workplace The inaugural cohort of CareerExplorers and their supporters, including "employer mentors" from Penn. Photo: Rita Hodges, Netter Center for Community Partnerships Netter Center prepares high school seniors to enter the contemporary workplace Five students from West Philadelphia explored careers during a six-month internship at Penn, where they learned about fields from accounting to Zamboni operations.
Digitized plant collection to answer how living in a ‘megalopolis’ affects flora A massive effort to digitize hundreds of thousands of plant specimens, led by Penn's Morris Arboretum, will enable botanists to answer questions about how plants fare in urban areas. (Images: Morris Arboretum) Digitized plant collection to answer how living in a ‘megalopolis’ affects flora Digital records of the roughly 800,000 plant specimens from five mid-Atlantic states will create a digital herbarium, a database covering 400 years of native flora.
Future doctors take to the community Future doctors take to the community A course developed at the Perelman School of Medicine connects medical students with high-risk patients in Philadelphia through apprenticeships with community health workers.
NICU uses volunteer cuddlers to calm premature babies A cuddling program at Penn Medicine’s Chester County Hospital provides babies in the NICU with positive touch during medical procedures. NICU uses volunteer cuddlers to calm premature babies It seems intuitive that holding a baby provides comfort, but a recent study found that human touch plays a major role in the progression of infant neurodevelopmental function.
Inside the mind of David Hollenberg, the guiding hand behind Penn’s building projects University Architect David Hollenberg has worked as University Architect since June 2006. Inside the mind of David Hollenberg, the guiding hand behind Penn’s building projects A Q&A with the visionary University Architect in the Division of Facilities and Real Estate Services behind such projects as the Pennovation Center and Robbins House.
Survival of the trees on an urban campus Survival of the trees on an urban campus Since 2015, the Office of the University Architect has been partnering with the Morris Arboretum on a tree donation program in order to determine how particular trees fare in an urban environment.