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The physics of fat droplets reveal DNA danger
Microscopic view of fat molecules.

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The physics of fat droplets reveal DNA danger

Penn Engineers are the first to discover fat-filled lipid droplets’ surprising capability to indent and puncture the nucleus, the organelle which contains and regulates a cell’s DNA.

Devorah Fischler

A hub for water innovation and leadership
Jazmin Ricks and high school students from Paul Robeson High School at Cobbs Creek.

Jazmin Ricks teaches students from Paul Robeson High School during the 2022 Cobbs Creek Summer Enrichment program.

(Image: Melanie Chu)

A hub for water innovation and leadership

As the Water Center marks five years on campus, Penn Today takes a look at its achievements, ongoing projects, and plans for the future.

Liana F. Wait

Carl June on the boundless potential of CAR T cell therapy
Carl June with a microphone in the Penn Medicine atrium with the celebratory flash mob.

Carl June, at the flash mob celebration of the FDA approval of the CAR T cell therapy he developed, in August 2017.

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Carl June on the boundless potential of CAR T cell therapy

In a Q & A, June, the Richard W. Vague Professor in Immunotherapy, and Daniel Baker, a fourth-year doctoral student in Penn’s Cell and Molecular Biology department, discuss how the treatment can extend to treating diseases beyond cancer.

From Penn Medicine News

Searching for resilience in our reefs
Sea anemone larvae and a pipette.

Sea anemone larvae is exposed to various high temperatures, and its growth and development is studied.

(Image: Brooke Sietinsons)

Searching for resilience in our reefs

Some corals survive hotter temperatures better than others. In the lab of biologist Katie Barott, School of Arts & Sciences second-year students Alex Piven and Angela Ye have spent the summer trying to understand why.

From Omnia

How social media platforms lean left or right, and its users follow
Illustration of CEO standing with people with social media icons for heads rushing toward them.

Image: iStock/Feodora Chiosea

How social media platforms lean left or right, and its users follow

Brendan Mahoney, a doctoral candidate at the Annenberg School for Communication, examines the ways we communicate online and the corporations that host those conversations.

From Annenberg School for Communication

Chasing the mysteries of microbiome communication in our bodies
Maayan Levy and Christoph Thaiss.

Perelman School of Medicine’s Maayan Levy, and Christoph Thaiss.

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Chasing the mysteries of microbiome communication in our bodies

Penn Medicine’s Maayan Levy and Christoph Thaiss, both assistant professors of microbiology, pursue an understanding of the the microbiome, the entirety of microbial organisms associated with the human body, and its relation to fundamental bodily systems.

Kelsey Geesler

Penn Carey Law’s Jasmine E. Harris on conservatorships
A person wearing a t-shirt with Britney Spears face on it holds a pink flag with the slogan #FreeBritney.

A Britney Spears supporter waves a “Free Britney” flag outside a court hearing concerning the pop singer’s conservatorship at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse on June 23, 2021, in Los Angeles.

(Image: AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

  • Q&A

    • Penn Carey Law’s Jasmine E. Harris on conservatorships

    Harris, an expert in disability and anti-discrimination law, discusses the history of conservatorship agreements, how they can be problematic, and why now is the time to do more than just overhaul the system.

    Kristen de Groot