Penn Medicine Researchers Study Prescription-Drug Monitoring Programs

Individual use of prescription opioids has increased four-fold since the mid-1990s, in part due to increased awareness of pain control for chronic conditions such as low back pain and fibromyalgia and a Joint Commission mandate that hospitals assess patients' pain as a "vital sign" along with their blood pressure and temperature.

Holly Auer

Penn’s Student Health Director Honored

            PHILADELPHIA – Evelyn Wiener, University of Pennsylvania Student Health Services director, is receiving the American College Health Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the organization’s meeting today in Chicago.

Jeanne Leong

Penn to Host G20 Foreign Policy Think Tanks Summit

The Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), one of the leading think tanks in Brazil and the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) will co-sponsor a three-day conference at the University of Pennsylvania, the “G20 Fo

Jacquie Posey

PennDesign Students Assist Cities in Highway Projects

Many interstate highways across North America are about 50 years old, at the end of their lifespans and in need of repair or replacement. Some communities, such as Montreal, New Orleans and the Bronx are actively considering or in the process of removing an aging highway.

Jeanne Leong

Penn Researchers Detail Polling-place Effect

Given how much time and money American political parties spend in redistricting, they may want to consider how voters are assigned to particular polling locations.

Jacquie Posey