11/29/12 8:48pm
Even outside the curriculum, students volunteer their time at community outreach programs responsive to the needs of West Philadelphia residents.
11/19/12 6:12pm
According to Daniel Polsky, Perelman School of Medicine and health care management professor, the ACA will impact how hospitals operate.
10/25/12 12:05am
SHS will not be hosting any more clinics, but will administer vaccines through individual appointments.
10/17/12 11:08pm
This semester is the first time these students are taking advantage of the newly renovated simulations labs, which features an operating table, anesthesia and oxygen machines and dummies with vital signs. The students even don a gown, a mask, booties and gloves.
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10/09/12 10:39pm
A recent School of Nursing study proved that overworked nurses have a direct correlation to patient infections, injuries and death rates. The study surveyed more than 7,000 nurses in Pennsylvania and found them to be overwhelmingly dealing with burnout-related issues that include too many overtime hours and increase in patient load.
10/02/12 10:35pm
In spring 2015, when the new changes will take effect, medical school hopefuls will sit for six and a half hours to take MCAT2015 — almost two hours longer than the current version. Each year, more than 85,000 students take the exam.
09/23/12 5:57pm
This school year, Penn’s Student Health Service created a new Campus Health Initiatives department, which will use education, outreach and research to promote the health of Penn students.
09/13/12 11:24pm
The Graduate Nurse Education Demonstration will grant the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania — the largest clinical site for the School of Nursing — nearly $36 million over the next four years to train more advanced practice registered nurses.
09/06/12 9:36pm
Two lawsuits that accused Craig Thompson — the president of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center — of taking research he conducted at Penn to start his own biotechnology company have been settled.
09/04/12 10:36pm
The popular food stop Wawa at 36th and Chestnut streets was part of a four-state wide recall of prepackaged fruit and parfaits.
07/25/12 9:38pm
For rising Wharton and Engineering junior Ryan Marschang — whose solar technology startup Invisergy took top prize at a business plan competition at Stanford University last month — the victory provided both funding and connections.
07/11/12 9:01pm
If a student is unable to find a job soon after the semester begins, the student will lose whatever money remains in the work-study grant.
07/03/12 10:52pm
Under Penn Connects 2.0, Penn has added 45 additional acres to its campus and a combined 4.8 million square feet of new spaces while restoring current campus facilities, according to Penn President Amy Gutmann.
06/21/12 5:26pm
Amy Sadao will discontinue her post at Visual AIDS on Sept. 1 to become the ICA director.
06/13/12 8:49pm
At the conference, 250 public health workers and researchers heard the most up-to-date research on the impact of high-sugar drinks on the body and discussed how to convince the public of these detrimental effects.
06/06/12 10:17pm
On May 10, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing unveiled a new leadership development program designed specifically for nursing school deans.
06/06/12 10:02pm
Total crime saw a 24 percent increase from May 2011 to May 2012.
05/30/12 7:23pm
As senior associate vice provost for student affairs at Penn, Nair founded the Student Affairs Leadership Team, a collaboration between students and faculty to improve campus life.
05/23/12 10:35pm
Penn is the tenth university to partner with the nationwide public charter school program, which encourages underprivileged youth to achieve their goals of attending college.
05/23/12 10:14pm
A Penn research team is urging Philadelphians to take notice of the locations of life-saving electronic devices.
