Mark F. Dingfield has been named executive vice president of Penn, featuring remarks from President J. Larry Jameson.

Joseph Gyourko of the Wharton School and a colleague write that “local barriers to construction increasingly determine where America grows.”

Lily Brown of the Perelman School of Medicine says that moving the needle in suicide prevention will require implementing a universal risk assessment for children in state care.

Two Pennsylvania women involved in a uterine transplant at Penn Medicine got to meet after the birth of the daughter of the recipient.

Thanks to Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas and Kiran Musunuru of the Perelman School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and their team, a baby boy becomes becoming the first patient to receive personalized CRISPR gene therapy.

Jonah Berger of the Wharton School says that off-the-cuff marketing offers viewers a rare glimpse behind the curtain, making them more engaged and likely to share the content.

In his new book, “Overbuilt,” Erick Guerra of the Weitzman School of Design argues that the interstate U.S. highway system sacrificed urban wealth and quality of life, particularly in low-income neighborhoods.

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says extreme weather conditions are now being locked in place for longer periods.

Yehoda M. Martei of the Perelman School of Medicine says that safely administering cancer treatment fundamentally depends on the availability of antibiotics.