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Seven Penn researchers receive NIH Director Awards
Payne, Aimee and Mason, Nicola

Aimee Payne (left) of Penn Medicine and Nicola Mason of Penn Vet are co-investigators on an NIH Director's Transformative Research Award that will support investigations into the use of immunotherapies to treat an autoimmune disease in pet dogs. Payne and Mason are among seven Penn researchers to win highly competitive NIH Director's awards this year.

Seven Penn researchers receive NIH Director Awards

Seven researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, and School of Engineering and Applied Science are to receive National Institutes of Health Director Awards, highly competitive grants to support innovative biomedical research.

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A study in black and white
William Kentridge at Penn's Arthur Ross Gallery

Coffeepots are one of the themes in the work by South African artist William Kentridge on view at Penn’s Arthur Ross Gallery through Nov. 11. 

A study in black and white

The Arthur Ross Gallery’s current exhibition features 58 linocut prints by South African artist William Kentridge. Created with black ink on type-filled dictionary pages, the prints depict objects that are iconic in the artist’s work, including coffee pots, typewriters, trees, birds, and cats. The exhibit is on display through Nov. 11.
To reduce concussions in football, change kickoffs
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To reduce concussions in football, change kickoffs

Research findings support an experimental rule in football that reduced concussions by moving the kickoff line from the 35- to 40-yard line and the touchback line from the 25- to 20-yard line.

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Discovering a single cell that leads to relapse
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Discovering a single cell that leads to relapse

Research from the Abramson Cancer Center identified a single leukemic cell, engineered for CAR T therapy, that caused a deadly recurrence of pediatric B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

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Football team to play in China in 2019
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Football team to play in China in 2019

In March, the Quakers will hold their first spring practices of the 2019 season, as well as clinics for youths and young adults, and sightsee, before the Penn-China Global Ambassadors Bowl.

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Dorothy Roberts on how prison and foster care systems harm black mothers
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Dorothy Roberts, the George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology, and the Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights

Dorothy Roberts on how prison and foster care systems harm black mothers

The Law School professor contributed to a new book that argues the prison and foster care systems work in concert against black women.

Penn Today Staff