Penn Vet’s Working Dog Center receives USDA grant to combat New World screwworm
The Working Dog Center at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet WDC) has received a two-year $404,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that will develop a canine-based surveillance capability for locating the soil-stage New World screwworm (NWS). Because working directly with NWS is highly regulated, researchers will use a screwworm proxy species to evaluate how effectively detection dogs can locate the target odor while the pests are in their underground stage.
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.
