Now is the time to get those budding athletes ready for the future in one of Penn’s summer sports camps.
In addition to the Quaker Basketball Camp (Current, April 20), day camps will be offered in the following sports:
FENCING: An intermediate level camp for 14- to 17-year-olds. Two one-week sessions beginning July 23. Info: Dave Michanik, 215-898-6116.
GYMNASTICS: For beginners and intermediate-level gymnasts, geared towards young children. Five one-week sessions beginning June 19. Cost per session $210. Info: Tom Kovic, 215-898-5316.
FIELD HOCKEY: A Nike-sponsored elite camp for 9th to 12th grade girls. Two one-week sessions, June 18-22 and July 30-Aug. 3. Cost per session $495. Info: Donna Mulhern, 215-898-6308.
SOCCER: For 6- to 13-year-olds at all skill levels. Two one-week sessions beginning July 17. Cost per session $200. Info: Jon Pascale, 215-573-6177.
TENNIS: For 6- to 16-year-olds at all skill levels. Nine one-week sessions beginning June 12. Cost per session $225. Info: Hal Mackin, 215-898-4741.
VOLLEYBALL: A Nike-sponsored camp for 7th to 12th graders at all skill levels. One-week session begins Aug. 9. Info: Kerry Major, 215-898-6495.
WOMEN’S LACROSSE: A Nike-sponsored elite camp for 10th to 12th graders. One-week session begins June 22. Cost $395. Info: visit eSportsCamps.com.
Penn engineers and collaborators have developed a transparent, micro-engineered device that houses a living, vascularized model of human lung cancer—a “tumor on a chip”—and show that the diabetes drug vildagliptin helps more CAR T cells break through the tumor’s defenses and attack it effectively.
Tumor-on-a-chip offers insight into cancer-fighting cells in immunotherapy
Penn engineers and collaborators have built a living tumor on a chip to expose how cancers block immune attacks, and how one existing drug could make immunotherapy like CAR T more effective against solid tumors.
Xin Sun prepares samples collected from the Eastern Tropical North Pacific aboard a research vessel. By adding stable isotope tracers to these vials, Sun and her team can track how different microbial groups convert nitrogen compounds into nitrous oxide, revealing how subtle shifts in oxygen and organic matter change the ocean’s chemistry.
Can tiny ocean organisms offer the key to better climate modeling?
In the shadowy layers of the Pacific, microbes decide how much nitrous oxide—a potent greenhouse gas—rises skyward. New research from Penn’s Xin Sun offers an improved understanding of microbial ecology and geochemistry—key to forecasting global emissions in response to natural and man-made climate change.
Two X-ray plates from Arthur Goodspeed, believed to have created the world’s first X-ray image, were donated by his family to Penn’s University Archives.
Over 20,000 educators share insights on school cell phone policies
Preliminary findings in the landmark research initiative “Phones in Focus” suggest stricter cell phone policies are linked to less disruption and greater teacher satisfaction.
FENCING: An intermediate level camp for 14- to 17-year-olds. Two one-week sessions beginning July 23. Info: Dave Michanik, 215-898-6116.
