Awards, accolades, and appointments for the Penn community
A roundup of the latest awards for members of Penn’s staff, faculty, and doctoral candidates.
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The University’s T. Gibbs Kane, Jr. W'69 Director of Athletics and Recreation, Alanna Wren, has been named Director of the Year by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics.
The Lurie Autism Institute, a joint initiative of Penn Medicine and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, has awarded geneticist Huda Y. Zoghbi with the inaugural recipient of the Nancy Lurie Marks Prize for Autism Research.
When the Schuylkill swallowed the city: Lessons from Hurricane Ida’s historic flood
New Penn research shows that Hurricane Ida wasn’t a once-in-a-century anomaly but a preview of how climate change, urbanization, and aging infrastructure are rewriting flood risk.
The Fed explained: What it does and why it matters
Former Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker and financial historian Peter Conti-Brown, both Wharton professors, unpack the central bank’s origins, its unusual structure, and the quiet ways it shapes the economy
How population changes are impacting primary education worldwide
Research from Penn sociologist Emily Hannum and colleagues reveals regional trends in whether school-age populations are increasing, plateauing, or decreasing—and shows how different countries are responding.
A bioengineered bean gum from the lab of Penn Dental’s Henry Daniell is found to reduce the levels of three microbes associated with head and neck squamous cell cancer to almost zero, without affecting the beneficial bacteria normally found in the mouth.
Fighting oral cancer with bioengineered chewing gum
Research led by Penn Dental’s Henry Daniell shows that antiviral and antibacterial chewing gums reduce the levels of three microbes linked to worse outcomes in oral cancers, paving the way for more effective and affordable therapies.
