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Charles Kane to receive Lorentz Medal
Charles Kane

Charles Kane, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Physics at Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences.

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Charles Kane to receive Lorentz Medal

Awarded every four years by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, the medal honors Kane’s pioneering research on topological insulators.

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Melissa Lee wins APSA’s Mary Parker Follett prize for best scholarly article in politics and history

Melissa Lee wins APSA’s Mary Parker Follett prize for best scholarly article in politics and history

The Klein Family Presidential Associate Professor of Political Science’s article, “From Pluribus to Unum: The Civil War and Imagined Sovereignty in Nineteenth Century America,” will be the recipient of American Political Science Association’s Politics and History Section’s Mary Parker Follett prize, awarded annually for the best scholarly article in politics and history.

A Penn Vet care team collaborates to treat a dog with a strong will but a sick heart
Elizabeth Mauldin with her dog Little Dove outside of Penn Vet.

Elizabeth Mauldin, a dermapathologist at Penn Vet, has owned Little Dove since she was a pup.

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A Penn Vet care team collaborates to treat a dog with a strong will but a sick heart

A team of experts at Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine stabilized and diagnosed a tricky disease through teamwork and quick action.

From Penn Vet

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Foraging patterns and preferences of local honeybees
A person in a beekeeper suit holding a panel covered in bees and honeycomb.

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Foraging patterns and preferences of local honeybees

A new Penn Vet study aims to shed light on honeybees’ foraging habits, with an eye toward aiding their survival.

From Penn Vet

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Tips on avoiding tiny ticks
Tick crawling up person's pant leg.

Penn Medicine’s Sharon Tsay explains how to avoid ticks, what to do if bitten, and how to recognize the early symptoms of tick-borne illnesses.

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Tips on avoiding tiny ticks

Sharon Tsay of the Perelman School of Medicine offers advice for enjoying late-summer tick-free outdoor fun.

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How to enable public policy climate solutions

How to enable public policy climate solutions

When it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, enhancing carbon sinks, and promoting adaptation to a changing climate, solutions abound. Implementing these solutions through policy, however, is anything but simple.

From the Environmental Innovations Initiative

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AI uncovers new antibiotics in ancient microbes
Cesar de la Fuente in his lab.

César de la Fuente (pictured) and his team used AI to study the proteins of hundreds of ancient microbes, searching for new antibiotic candidates.

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AI uncovers new antibiotics in ancient microbes

César de la Fuente uses AI to hunt for new antibiotic candidates in unlikely places, from the DNA of extinct organisms to the proteins of ancient microbes.

Ian Scheffler

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Cracker Barrel crumbles under public pressure, reverting to classic logo after losing almost $100M in market value—but will the flip-flop cost them?

Cracker Barrel crumbles under public pressure, reverting to classic logo after losing almost $100M in market value—but will the flip-flop cost them?

Americus Reed from the Wharton School says it is Logo Change 101 to do a “pressure test” with your most loyal customers before making stylistic changes.