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$50 million gift to University of Pennsylvania for autoimmune disease research
Forbes

$50 million gift to University of Pennsylvania for autoimmune disease research

A $50 million gift from Wharton School alumni Judy and Stewart Colton will further develop the work of the Colton Center for Autoimmunity at the Perelman School of Medicine, with a statement from President Liz Magill.

$50 million gift to Penn is aimed at new treatments for autoimmune disease
Philadelphia Inquirer

$50 million gift to Penn is aimed at new treatments for autoimmune disease

E. John Wherry of the Perelman School of Medicine hopes to find better answers for autoimmune conditions as director of the Colton Center for Autoimmunity, established and now accelerated by alumni Judy and Stewart Colton.

Second Penn affiliate named a 2022 Gates Cambridge Scholar
Sara Merican smiling before flowering plants on College Green

Sara Merican, a 2020 Penn graduate from Singapore, has been chosen as a 2022 Gates Cambridge Scholar. 

  

Second Penn affiliate named a 2022 Gates Cambridge Scholar

Sara Merican, a 2020 graduate, has been awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship to pursue a master’s degree in film and screen studies at the University of Cambridge in England. 
The Watson Effect: Jaylen, Justin Watson make biggest plays in Chiefs win
Fox 4 (Kansas City)

The Watson Effect: Jaylen, Justin Watson make biggest plays in Chiefs win

The Kansas City Chiefs’ newest acquisitions are both Watsons—Jaylen and Justin. Justin, a Penn alum and current KC Wide receiver caught a 41-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter to bring the Chiefs within 3 points of the Chargers, while rookie cornerback Jaylen Watson intercepted Justin Herbert and ran back a 99-yard pick-six to complete the Chiefs’ comeback.

$55M gift creates new ‘Cancer Interception’ Institute at Penn’s Basser Center for BRCA to stop hereditary cancers at the earliest stages
J. Larry Jameson, Susan Domcheck, Liz Magill, Mindy Gray, and Jon Gray in front of a sign that reads Basser Center for BRCA.

(Left to right) J. Larry Jameson, executive vice president of the University of Pennsylvania for the Health System; Susan Domchek, executive director of the Basser Center, Penn President Liz Magill, and Penn alumni Mindy and Jon Gray celebrate the gift to establish a new Basser Cancer Interception Institute.

$55M gift creates new ‘Cancer Interception’ Institute at Penn’s Basser Center for BRCA to stop hereditary cancers at the earliest stages

Funding for the Institute from Mindy and Jon Gray will propel early detection and prevention of breast, ovarian, pancreatic, and prostate cancers.

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Blackstone’s Gray gives UPenn $55 million for cancer prevention
Bloomberg

Blackstone’s Gray gives UPenn $55 million for cancer prevention

Alums Mindy and Jon Gray are funding the Basser Institute for Cancer Interception to focus on early detection and prevention of breast, ovarian, pancreatic, and prostate cancers.

$55 million gift to Penn is aimed at stopping breast cancer before it starts
Philadelphia Inquirer

$55 million gift to Penn is aimed at stopping breast cancer before it starts

Mindy and Jon Gray’s new Basser Institute is a spinoff of their previously funded Basser Center for BRCA, named for Mindy’s late sister Faith Basser and led by Susan Domchek of the Perelman School of Medicine.