Lester Luborsky, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Psychology in Psychiatry, received the American Psychological Foundations Gold Medal Award for lifetime achievement in August. This award is the third Luborsky has received this year; he also won the Mary Sigourney Award for Psychoanalysis from the American Psychoanalytic Association and the Paul H. Hoch Award from the American Psychopathological Association.
Douglas F. Cowen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, has received a National Science Foundation Career Award for his work on AMANDA, an experiment to detect ultra high energy neutrinos at the South Pole.
Scott L. Diamond, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and Instructor of Medicine and Engineering, is the 1999 recipient of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Allan P. Colburn Award for Excellence in Publications by a Young Member of the Institute. It is awarded to a distinguished chemical engineer under the age of 36 and includes a $5,000 award.
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.
