Nine honored at Alumni Award of Merit Gala 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.nocred 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.
White House names Abramson Cancer Center neuro-oncologist a Cancer Moonshot Scholar Richard Phillips is one of 11 Cancer Moonshot Scholars chosen for innovative cancer research. He will specialize in tumor epigenetics, researching how changes to DNA can impact the development of cancer cells in children and young adults.(Image: Dan Burke) White House names Abramson Cancer Center neuro-oncologist a Cancer Moonshot Scholar Richard E. Phillips, chief of the division of Neuro-Oncology and an assistant professor of neurology, is among 11 scholars included in this year’s cohort, who will support cancer research and innovation across the country.
Six Penn experts elected to National Academy of Medicine Top row, left to right: Zoltan Pierre Aramy, Kathryn H. Bowles, and Scott D. Halpern. Bottom row, left to right: Eugenia South, Alexis A. Thompson, and E. John Wherry III.nocred Six Penn experts elected to National Academy of Medicine The honor recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.
A year after the Nobel Prize, Penn’s mRNA research is revving up The flurry of new innovation in mRNA beyond COVID-19 vaccines began prior to Drew Weissman and Katalin Karikó’s Nobel, but the award has only built on the wave of enthusiasm for mRNA research.(Image: Dan Burke) A year after the Nobel Prize, Penn’s mRNA research is revving up In 2023, Drew Weissman and Katalin Karikó received Nobel Prize recognition for mRNA vaccines. Today, the work continues apace as successes across the University show how medicine is changing rapidly as a result of the prize-winning discovery.
PIK Professor Dorothy Roberts named a 2024 MacArthur Fellow Image: Courtesy of MacArthur Fellows Program PIK Professor Dorothy Roberts named a 2024 MacArthur Fellow Roberts, who has appointments in Penn Carey Law and School of Arts & Sciences, is one of 22 Fellows to be named this year.
Moore earns second straight Ivy Rookie of the Week award Image: Penn Athletics Moore earns second straight Ivy Rookie of the Week award The first-year setter had 86 assists and had a .455 hitting percentage over the weekend. Penn went 1-1 and beat Princeton for the first time since 2015.
Trailblazers in education honored with the 2024 Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education Edmund W. Gordon, Jody Lewen, and Robert Lerman have been selected for outstanding achievement in pre-K–12, lifelong learning, and higher education.(Image: Courtesy of Penn GSE) Trailblazers in education honored with the 2024 Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education Edmund W. Gordon, Robert Lerman, and Jody Lewen have been selected for outstanding achievement in pre-K–12, lifelong learning, and higher education.
Katalin Karikó, Nobel Laureate and pioneering mRNA researcher, named to Distinguished Daughters of Pennsylvania Katalin Karikó is a senior vice president at BioNTech and an adjunct professor of neurosurgery in the Perelman School of Medicine. (Image: Peggy Peterson/Courtesy of Penn Medicine) Katalin Karikó, Nobel Laureate and pioneering mRNA researcher, named to Distinguished Daughters of Pennsylvania Karikó was honored by Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro at a special ceremony in Harrisburg.
Announcing the Draw Down the Lightning Grants nocred Announcing the Draw Down the Lightning Grants A new initiative that advances In Principle and Practice, the Draw Down the Lightning grants encourage collaborative endeavors in support of the strategic framework’s four principles and five practices.
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope will investigate the history of galaxies Robyn Sanderson and Adrien Thob of the School of Arts & Sciences are part of a team of astronomers using NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to uncover the “fossil record” of the universe as they look to clues to unearth key insights into its formation.(Image: Courtesy of NASA, Ralf Crawford (STScI)) NASA’s Roman Space Telescope will investigate the history of galaxies Robyn Sanderson and collaborators are unearthing the history of the universe’s formation by looking for clues that reveal its “galactic fossil record.”