The Washington Post

Researchers Use Immune-Cell ‘Army’ to Battle Another Tough Cancer

Carl June of the Perelman School of Medicine responded to news of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes’ success in treating breast cancer, calling the results “striking.” He wondered, however, if this was “one in a million … or something that is an approach that will benefit many women?”

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CNN

Feeling Disgust Helps Us Stay Healthy, Study Says

The School of Arts and Sciences’ Paul Rozin said, discussing his research on human disgust reactions, that the response is the product of “both biological and cultural evolution.”

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Reuters

RPT-INSIGHT-Software and Stealth: How Carmakers Hike Spare Parts Prices

Aaron Roth of the School of Engineering and Applied Science discussed the continued use of software to establish the highest prices consumers are willing to pay, a common practice in retail and manufacturing.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

In Philadelphia and Around the Country, Overdoses at Public Libraries are a Daunting Reality

Carolyn Cannuscio of the Perelman School of Medicine and the Center for Public Health Initiatives (CPHI), Roxanne Dupuis of CPHI, and Eliza Whiteman of Penn’s Healthy Library Initiative co-authored a call for more support and resources from public health, social service, and health care institutions in tackling overdoses at public libraries.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Up in the Air, Carson Wentz Is Down to Earth

Retired professor Kenneth Thomas of the Wharton School recounted his chance meeting with Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz on a flight to Philadelphia.

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6.25

Secret Token

Author Andrew Lawler reads from his new book, “The Secret Token: Myth, Obsession, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke,” an examination of how the disappearance of the early-America colony continues to influence American discourse, and what the latest findings are about what happened to the settlement—right down to a mysterious secret token marked on a tree.

6:00p.m.

Penn Book Center, 130 S. 34th St.

6.21

Reelblack

Slought Curator Stephanie Renee facilitates a conversation with Mike Dennis and Daryl Debrest from Philadelphia-based film and video production company Reelblack, which makes and markets films about black lives.

7:00p.m. - 8:00p.m.

Slought, 4017 Walnut St.

  • Innovation tournament targets mental health clinicians across Philadelphia

    The “IDEA Gala” tournament gathered submissions from 55 local clinicians for solutions to mental health organizations to better provide mental health services to vulnerable communities in Philadelphia.

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    Tell Zurghul Excavation

    Davide Nadali and Andrea Polcaro, two members of Italian archaeological team Tell Zurghul, deliver a lecture about their findings from an ongoing excavation of the ancient Sumerian city of Nigin.

    5:00p.m. - 6:00p.m.

    Penn Museum, 3260 South St.

  • Can bundled payments help control health care costs?

    New research out of the Perelman School of Medicine shows that bundled Medicare payments effectively reduced costs and improved the quality of health care. It may be key to slowing or even reversing the rise of health care costs in the country.

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