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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.
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.
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
‘Click It or Ticket’ Enforcement on Penn Campus
PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania Police Department will participate in the national “Click It or Ticket” seat-belt-enforcement campaign through June 10.
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.
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.
Penn Study Documents Gender Pay Gap Among Stockbrokers
PHILADELPHIA – The excesses of Wall Street may be big news, but behind the headlines is another major story. When it comes to men and women stockbrokers, men take home bigger paychecks.
Penn Researchers Recognized for Improving Nanotech Design Principles
PHILADELPHIA — Targeted drug delivery is one of the more enticing applications of nanotechnology; by designing pharmaceuticals on an atomic scale, engineers hope to get them attacking diseases with newfound precision and efficiency.
Graduate School of Education Welcomes Education Writers Association Conference to Penn
PHILADELPHIA –- Hundreds of education journalists will gather at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education for the 65thEducation Writers Association’s national seminar tomorrow through Saturday.