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Benjamin Prosser with his daughter, Lucy, and wife, Erin.

Gift to Penn Medicine and CHOP establishes Center for Epilepsy and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

This $25M gift will bolster the efforts of an interdisciplinary group of clinicians and scientists at Penn and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, led by director Benjamin Prosser, to accelerate research in genetic therapies for neurodevelopmental disorders.

Kayla Padilla, left shoots a shot over a defender against Harvard. Simone Sawyer, right, dribbles to the basketball against Harvard.

Ivy League applauds Padilla, Sawyer

Kayla Padilla of the women’s basketball team has been named Ivy League Player of the Week and teammate Simone Sawyer has been selected Ivy League Rookie of the Week.

Francisco Diaz at the Penn Museum in front of a carved stone pillar

Who, What, Why

Who, What, Why: Francisco Díaz on anthropology and the modern Maya

Francisco Díaz studies Maya contributions to archeology at a time when Indigenous people were viewed as little more than laborers. His research shows that Indigenous people were archaeologists in their own right, working season after season with specialized skills to excavate the past.

Doctor in lab pointing to ultrasound images of a uterus.

How one doctor-patient relationship could change how women are treated for gynecologic cancers

In appreciation for her cancer treatment team led by Neil Taunk, patient Dalia Jakas established a fund to empower Taunk’s research into how treatment can be improved for uterine cancers like the one she experienced.

Two scientists walk on glacier ice near a river and mountains

From glacier ice, a wealth of scientific data

Biogeochemist Jon Hawkings of the School of Arts & Sciences and his lab study glaciers to understand the cycling of elements through Earth’s waters, soils, and air in its coldest regions, with implications for climate change, ecosystem health, and more.

Simone Sawyer, left, drives to the basketball against Harvard at the Palestra. Nick Spinoso, right, drives to the basket against Harvard at Harvard.

Quakers cook Crimson

On Saturday at the Palestra the women’s basketball team avenged its recent loss to Harvard, and on Saturday in Massachusetts, the men’s basketball defeated the Crimson, their fifth-straight win.

Understanding India’s urban future

A two-year project supported by Penn Global and the Center for the Advanced Study of India takes a deep dive into the political workings of India’s rapidly urbanizing landscape.

Four peple standing, posing for the camera. Three are students at Kamuzu University of Health Sciences. The fourth is a professor there, Adamson Muula.

The future of health research in Malawi

A workshop convened by Penn, University College Dublin, and the Young Researchers Forum in Malawi brought together stakeholders to discuss the African nation’s use of technology in health care and the double burden of non-communicable and infectious diseases.

Videotaping interrogations in Pennsylvania

The Quattrone Center has released “Videotaping Interrogations in Pennsylvania,” the first study to review Pennsylvania interrogation practices.

Crowd of pedestrians with data points overlapping over the graphic.

Americans don’t understand what companies can do with their personal data

A new survey of 2,000 Americans finds that people don’t understand what marketers are learning about them online and don’t want their data collected, but feel powerless to stop it.

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