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Philadelphia Inquirer

Penn and CHOP will test gene therapy for rare diseases with a new FDA trial protocol

A team led by Kiran Musunuru and Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas of the Perelman School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia will test the CRISPR framework for treating customized gene therapies for urea cycle disorders related to any one of seven genes.

2026-02-18

Nursing the Revolution: Care Work in Revolutionary America

This symposium will unite scholars of 18th-century nursing; early American healers; Indigenous, African, and European care practices; and Revolutionary War era military medicine and battlefield care, including related areas of focus, to discuss how the Revolutionary War—as a major health crisis—shaped healthcare labor in the early national United States. Free and open to the Penn community. Register to attend.

8:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.

McNeil Center, 3355 Woodland Walk

2025-12-16

How States & Cities Will Adapt Post-Shutdown

Open to the public, this panel, organized by the Penn Institute for Urban Research and the Volcker Alliance, features Wharton professor Susan Wachter and Apollo's chief economist, Torsten Slok, on what is likely to be a year of immense adjustment for many U.S. states, counties, and cities amid federal cutbacks. Register to attend.

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Virtual

SciTechDaily

According to scientists, this viral skincare trend actually works

Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine found that a natural compound in rosemary leaves could play a key role in proving wound healing and reducing the formation of scars.

Barron’s

2 mortgage overhauls that could unchain home sales

Sustan Wachter of the Wharton School says that the benefits of a 50-year mortgage could be undone through a rise in prices.

New York Magazine

‘There’s just no reason to deal with young employees’ AI is taking entry-level jobs

Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School says that AI is fast improving and can perform real, economically relevant work.

Education Week

The middle school transition is tough. How educators can help

Rhonda Boyd of the Perelman School of Medicine looks at the ways the pandemic impacted middle school students.

The Cool Down

Industry insiders issue a concerning prediction about America's growing energy bill crisis: ‘How worried should we be?’

John Quigley of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy commented on the trend of year-over-year increases in electricity prices.

Physics World

The forgotten pioneers of computational physics

The first fully electronic, general-purpose computer, the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC), became operational at Penn.

Time

When escaping abuse becomes a citizenship test

A study from Penn found that one-third of victims killed by their partners were murdered within a month of getting a restraining order.