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Q&A: Dean Kumar and the ‘drone’ sightings
Picture of a drone flying lit nighttime cityscape

For more than a month, residents in New Jersey, parts of Pennsylvania, and New York have spotted unidentified flying objects, which local residents refer to as “drones,” hovering over neighborhoods, critical infrastructure and even restricted sites. To learn more about the mysterious flying objects, Penn Today spoke with local expert Dean Vijay Kumar of the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

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    • Q&A: Dean Kumar and the ‘drone’ sightings

    Penn Engineering Dean Vijay Kumar discusses the mysterious flying objects, or “drones,” hovering around parts of the East Coast.
    Brain tumor organoids accurately model patient response to CAR T cell therapy
    Microscopic view of a glioblastoma organoid.

    A patient-derived glioblastoma organoid treated with dual-target CAR-T cells. T cells (magenta) infiltrate the tumor organoid and kill tumor cells (blue; yellow indicates dying cells).

    (Image: Yusha Sun and Xin Wang from the laboratories of Guo-li Ming and Hongjun Song)

    Brain tumor organoids accurately model patient response to CAR T cell therapy

    Lab-grown tumors respond to cell therapy the same as tumors in the patients’ brains, according to researchers at Penn Medicine.

    Kelsey Geesler

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    How a well-being coach is helping health care workers battle burnout
    Visual concept of the brain’s mental health.

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    How a well-being coach is helping health care workers battle burnout

    In an effort to combat work-related stress among health care workers, a new well-being coach on hand to help staff unload some of their mental burdens and de-stress at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health.

    From Penn Medicine News

    A lipid nanoparticle delivers an mRNA cure for preeclampsia
    Kelsey Swingle working in a lab.

    Kelsey Swingle at work in the lab of Michael Mitchell.

    (Image: Kevin Monko)

    A lipid nanoparticle delivers an mRNA cure for preeclampsia

    Doctoral student Kelsey Swingle developed a lipid nanoparticle that delivers an mRNA therapeutic that reduces maternal blood pressure through the end of gestation and improves fetal health and blood circulation in the placenta.

    Melissa Pappas

    Introducing the Office of Religious and Ethnic Inclusion (Title VI)
    Campus overhead view featuring foliage and various campus buildings

    Office of Religious and Ethnic Inclusion is the first of its kind nationally, formed in response to recommendations from the Action Plan to Combat Antisemitism, as well as the reports of the University Task Force on Antisemitism and the Presidential Commission on Countering Hate and Building Community.

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    Introducing the Office of Religious and Ethnic Inclusion (Title VI)

    The office, which is now open, is co-led by Steve Ginsburg and Majid Alsayegh. Deborah Frey will serve as chief investigator.
    What’s That? The Heisman Trophy
    The Heisman Trophy in the office of football coach Ray Priore.

    Image: Eric Sucar

    What’s That? The Heisman Trophy

    In the office of Ray Priore, head coach of the football team, rests the Heisman Trophy, the most prestigious award in college sports.
    Climate crisis meets nursing know-how
    Roxana Chicas speaking at a Penn Nursing lecture.

    Roxana Chicas speaking at Penn Nursing about her research focused on heat stress among migrant workers.

    (Image: Courtesy of Penn Nursing News)

    Climate crisis meets nursing know-how

    How nurses at Penn are innovating public health care for a changing world.

    Christina Hernandez-Sherwood

    Two fourth-year students chosen as 2025 Marshall Scholars
    Headshots of Tej Patel and Sridatta Teerdhala

    Fourth-years (from left) Tej Patel and Sridatta Teerdhala have been chosen as 2025 Marshall Scholars.

    (Image: Courtesy of the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships) 

    Two fourth-year students chosen as 2025 Marshall Scholars

    Fourth-years Tej Patel and Sridatta Teerdhala, both in the Roy and Diana Vagelos Program in Life Sciences and Management, a dual degree in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Wharton School, have been chosen as 2025 Marshall Scholars.
    Care across cultures: Penn Medicine African Health Clinic
    Members of Penn’s African Health Clinic.

    From check-ups to managing diabetes, treating common illnesses, and X-raying injured extremities, the care team handles a variety of patients’ needs right from the off-site clinics.

    (Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine News)

    Care across cultures: Penn Medicine African Health Clinic

    For the last two years, the Perelman School of Medicine has partnered with the African Family Health Organization to offer weekly family-medicine/primary care clinics for recent immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean.

    Alex Gardner

    A study of scammer culture in popular media
    Engraved vintage drawing of fragments of a broken mirror with a reflection of a female face on female hands.

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    A study of scammer culture in popular media

    Sarah Banet-Weiser and Kathryn Claire Higgins examine how the shows “Inventing Anna” and “The Dropout” reflect a post #MeToo society.