Articles by Alana Kelly
03/26/21 12:34am
Latinx health care workers seek city funding to increase community vaccination rates
The Latinx community comprises 15% of Philadelphia, but as of March 22, only about 12% of those vaccinated are Latinx. 03/15/21 1:28am
Penn panel discusses effect of lack of newsroom diversity and Trump-era misinformation
The panel, titled “Truth Telling, The Media, & Social Equity,” featured professional and student journalists, as well as Annenberg School for Communication Dean John L. Jackson, Jr. 03/04/21 11:19pm
Pennsylvania's 2022 primary election could be postponed due to census delay
In Pennsylvania, new census data has the potential to alter the current nine-nine congressional delegation tie between Republicans and Democrats. 02/09/21 2:37am
Quake Magazine, Penn’s only publication about sex, relaunches after over a decade
The magazine aims to highlight the appreciation of bodies, relationships, sex, and love of all kinds through an inclusive, artful space. 02/01/21 12:43am
Two Penn students develop doodle-based dating app, buoyed by support from viral TikTok video
The app, called Monet, allows users to send drawings to each other to start a conversation instead of swiping left or right on profiles. 12/08/19 6:10pm
Penn Libraries hosts author and storyteller Ashley Bryan to celebrate his new memoir
Many of the original sketches and correspondence used in the memoir are now part of the Ashley Bryan archive at the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts. 11/20/19 8:01pm
Wharton grad and MTV president Chris McCarthy will lead four more television networks
McCarthy will assume the presidency of of Comedy Central, Paramount Network, Smithsonian Channel, and TV Land. 11/14/19 11:01pm
New digital humanities class aims to bring more humanities students to computation
English professor Whitney Trettien said the new course will serve as a softer entry point for humanities students to learn how to apply tools and technologies to 'big picture' questions. 11/12/19 8:48pm
Pennsylvania youth have the ninth highest obesity rate in the country
The obesity rate for children ages 10 to 17 in Pennsylvania was 17.4 percent, more than two points above the national average of 15.3 percent. 10/29/19 8:34pm
Nursing professor calls for research to resolve workplace distress among clinicians
Penn Nursing professor Connie Ulrich is calling for more research to be done to resolve ethical distress for medical professionals to heighten retention rates. 10/16/19 12:35am