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Q&A: The first American pope
The new pope, Pope Leo, waves from St. Peter’s Basilica.

Pope Leo XIV at St. Peter’s Basilica after being chosen the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church on May 8.

(Image: AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

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    • Q&A: The first American pope

    Melissa Wilde of the Department of Sociology, whose research has led her to the Vatican Secret Archive, among other places, discusses the new Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff, and the implications for the Roman Catholic Church.

    3 min. read

    Enhanced CAR T cell therapy offers new strategy for lymphoma
    3-D rendering of chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cell therapy, a treatment for a variety of cancers

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    Enhanced CAR T cell therapy offers new strategy for lymphoma

    A new study from Penn Medicine marks a significant development in the ongoing evolution of CAR T cell therapy, as a novel cytokine-enhanced CAR T that has been tested in patients with blood cancer shows robust response rates.

    Meagan Raeke

    First new subtype of Castleman disease discovered in 45 years
    David Fajgenbaum in his lab.

    David Fajgenbaum is an assistant professor of medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and associate director of patient impact in the Penn Orphan Disease Center. He also leads the Castleman Disease Research Program.

    (Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine)

    First new subtype of Castleman disease discovered in 45 years

    A new study co-authored by Penn Medicine’s David Fajgenbaum expands the spectrum of the rare disorder, which will help diagnose and treat patients caught between existing classification systems.

    2 min. read

    Benjamin Nathans wins 2025 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction
    Benjamin Nathans.

    Benjamin Nathans, the Alan Charles Kors Endowed Term Professor of History, has been awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his book “To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement.”

    (Image: Matthew Hamilton)

    Benjamin Nathans wins 2025 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction

    Nathans, the Alan Charles Kors Endowed Term Professor of History in the School of Arts & Sciences, has taught at Penn since 1998.

    2 min. read

    Concrete panels as teaching tools, materials testing, and outdoor sculptures
    Richard Garber standing outside in front of concrete panel

    Architect Richard Garber created and teaches the graduate course Matter Making and Testing: Designing with Next Generation Precast Concrete.

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    Concrete panels as teaching tools, materials testing, and outdoor sculptures

    On view outside the Weitzman School of Design are three freestanding concrete panels designed and made by students in a unique graduate seminar that partners with a local concrete-fabrication plant

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    National Academy of Sciences elects four from Penn
    Four headshots of Penn Faculty. Top left tile clockwise: Mark Devlin, Katalin Karikó, E. John Wherry III, and Virginia M.Y. Lee

    Four faculty have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their innovative contributions to original scientific research. The newly honored scholars are Mark Devlin (top left) from the School of Arts & Sciences and Katalin Karikó (top right), Virginia M.Y. Lee (bottom left), and E. John Wherry III (bottom right) from the Perelman School of Medicine.

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    National Academy of Sciences elects four from Penn

    The newly elected members, recognized for their innovative contributions to original research, are Mark Devlin of the School of Arts & Sciences and Katalin Karikó, Virginia Lee, and E. John Wherry III of the Perelman School of Medicine.

    3 min. read

    How to teach your child about financial literacy

    How to teach your child about financial literacy

    Wharton’s Olivia S. Mitchell offers tips for raising a generation of smart spenders and savers.

    From Knowledge at Wharton

    2 min. read

    The reimagineers of Penn Medicine
    Raina Merchant and two staffers in an office looking at a computer at Penn Medicine.

    Raina Merchant (right) is an emergency physician and Penn Medicine’s chief transformation officer.

    (Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine News)

    The reimagineers of Penn Medicine

    Penn Medicine is harnessing innovation and cutting-edge technology to health care, from developing new treatments to streamlining management and improving leadership.

    Christina Hernandez-Sherwood

    2 min. read