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A Q&A with the director of the Penn Center for AIDS Research
Four people in front of National AIDS Memorial Quilt.

Penn researchers affiliated with the Penn Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) attended AIDS Walk Philly in October 2024. Pictured with the National AIDS Memorial Quilt are Deratu Ahmed, a first-year epidemiology doctoral student studying pharmacogenetics related to HIV and tuberculosis in Botswana; Dominique Medaglio, a fourth-year epidemiology doctoral student studying ways to encourage smoking cessation for people with HIV in the United States; CFAR co-director Robert Gross, professor of medicine and epidemiology in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Penn Medicine; and CFAR director Ronald Collman, professor of medicine and microbiology.

(Image: Courtesy of Ronald G. Collman)

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    • A Q&A with the director of the Penn Center for AIDS Research

    Ronald G. Collman talks about the current state of AIDS care, work with the City of Philadelphia, and how the Center is supporting collaborations across campus.
    Giving robots superhuman vision using radio signals
    (From left) Freddy Liu, Haowen Lai, and Mingmin Zhao, assistant professor in CIS, setting up a robot equipped with PanoRadar for a test run.

    (From left) Freddy Liu, Haowen Lai, and Mingmin Zhao, assistant professor in CIS, setting up a robot equipped with PanoRadar for a test run.

    (Image: Sylvia Zhang)

    Giving robots superhuman vision using radio signals

    Engineers have developed a new tool to transform simple radio waves into detailed, 3D views of the environment.

    Ian Scheffler

    Penn fourth-year Om Gandhi is a 2025 Rhodes Scholar
    Om Gandhi.

    Penn fourth-year Om Gandhi has been awarded a 2025 Rhodes Scholarship. 

    (Image: Courtesy of Om Gandhi)

    Penn fourth-year Om Gandhi is a 2025 Rhodes Scholar

    Penn fourth-year Om Gandhi, from Barrington, Illinois, has been awarded a 2025 Rhodes Scholarship, which funds tuition and a living stipend for graduate study at the University of Oxford in England. He is among 32 American Rhodes Scholars, and an expected 100 worldwide.
    Breakthrough in energy-saving process could transform data storage
    Ritesh Agarwal looks through a microscope in his lab.

    Ritesh Agarwal is the Srinivasa Ramanujan Distinguished Scholar and a professor of materials science and engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

    (Image: Courtesy of Penn Engineering Today)

    Breakthrough in energy-saving process could transform data storage

    Researchers led by Ritesh Agarwal of the School of Engineering and Applied Science have discovered a groundbreaking, ultra-low-energy method for creating amorphous materials, which could boost the efficiency of phase-change memory technology, potentially revolutionizing data storage.

    Nine honored at Alumni Award of Merit Gala
    Top row: Belinda Bentzin Buscher, Robert Cort, and Ira Hillman. Second row: Jennifer Krevit, Desiree Martinez, and Sally Jutabha Michaels. Bottom row: Marc Morial, Deepak Prabhkar, and Andre Dombroski.

    Top row: Belinda Bentzin Buscher, Robert Cort, and Ira Hillman. Second row: Jennifer Krevitt, Desiree Martinez, and Sally Jutabha Michaels. Bottom row: Marc Morial, Deepak Prabhakar, and Andre Dombroski.

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    Nine honored at Alumni Award of Merit Gala

    On Nov. 15, eight distinguished alumni will receive Awards of Merit, the Alumni Social Impact Award, and the Creative Spirit Award, and André Dombrowski will receive the Faculty Award of Merit.
    Developing kidneys from scratch
    Rendering of kidneys.

    Image: iStock/Vladyslav Severyn

    Developing kidneys from scratch

    Bioengineering professor Alex Hughes tackles the burden of chronic kidney disease by creating kidney tissue from scratch, which could reduce the need for both dialysis and transplantation.

    Ian Scheffler

    New class of encrypted peptides offer hope in fight against antibiotic resistance
    Microscopic view of a string of amino acids.

    Image: iStock/Christoph Burgstedt

    New class of encrypted peptides offer hope in fight against antibiotic resistance

    New research by César de la Fuente finds that nearly 90% of peptides discovered exhibit significant antimicrobial properties, particularly through the disruption of bacterial membranes.

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    Ten years in, the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy is ‘just getting started’
    Ramón Méndez Galain at Carnot Prize ceremony.

    Carnot Prize recipient Ramón Méndez Galain, the former energy director for Uruguay, spoke at the 2023 Carnot Prize Policy Lecture and Award Ceremony, held at the Kleinman Center Energy Forum. 

    (Image: T. Kevin Birch)

    Ten years in, the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy is ‘just getting started’

    Through grants, awards, events, publications, a podcast, and more, the Center provides resources and a central hub for researchers across Penn tackling the energy transition.
    Training medical AI with knowledge, not shortcuts
    Medical students sit at a long desk in front of computers.

    Image: iStock/DragonImages

    Training medical AI with knowledge, not shortcuts

    By emulating the training pathway of human physicians, KnoBo breaks new ground in medical image recognition with AI.

    Ian Scheffler