Out this week: Emily Wilson’s ‘The Iliad’ Emily Wilson, a professor of classical studies, recently translated “The Iliad,” which publishes Sept. 26. (Image: Daniel McGarrity) Out this week: Emily Wilson’s ‘The Iliad’ After years in the making, Wilson’s translation of “The Iliad” will release on Sept. 26.
Something for everyone at Penn’s Friends and Family Day Image: Sabina Pierce Something for everyone at Penn’s Friends and Family Day This year’s event, open to Penn faculty, staff, and postdocs and their families, will include lunch, DJs, bounce houses, photo booths, and more.
Deans of health schools discuss climate change in their fields Kathy D. Morrison, faculty lead for the Environmental Innovations Initiative; Andrew M. Hoffman, dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine; Antonia M. Villarruel, dean of the School of Nursing; Farah Hussain, representing the dean of the Perelman School of Medicine; Sara S. Bachman, dean of School of Social Policy and Practice; Mark Wolff, dean of the School of Dental Medicine; and Julian Fisher, director of Oral and Planetary Health Policies in Penn Dental, sit onstage for a Climate Week discussion on climate and health. (Image: Tommy Leonardi) Deans of health schools discuss climate change in their fields Deans and leaders from the schools of Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Dental Medicine, Nursing, and Social Policy & Practice discussed climate and health at a Climate Week event.
Penn Medicine’s Carl June to receive 2024 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine Penn Medicine’s Carl June to receive 2024 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences The Richard W. Vague Professor in Immunotherapy in the Perelman School of Medicine is honored for pioneering the development of CAR T cell therapy, which programs patients’ own immune cells to fight their cancer.
Teaching Aristotle and modern moral philosophy nocred Teaching Aristotle and modern moral philosophy Philosophy professor Sukaina Hirji has expanded her work from Aristotle and the history of philosophy to contemporary issues of love and sex, oppression, and anger.
Paul Farber on the Monument Lab and public art Wendy Red Star, The Soil You See..., 2023, from Beyond Granite on the National Mall in Washington, DC. (Image: AJ Mitchell/Courtesy of Monument Lab) Paul Farber on the Monument Lab and public art The Penn alum and co-founder of Monument Lab offers a behind-the-scenes look at the new public art installation curated by Monument Lab on the National Mall.
Carl June on the boundless potential of CAR T cell therapy Carl June, at the flash mob celebration of the FDA approval of the CAR T cell therapy he developed, in August 2017.(Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine Magazine) Carl June on the boundless potential of CAR T cell therapy In a Q & A, June, the Richard W. Vague Professor in Immunotherapy, and Daniel Baker, a fourth-year doctoral student in Penn’s Cell and Molecular Biology department, discuss how the treatment can extend to treating diseases beyond cancer.
Chasing the mysteries of microbiome communication in our bodies Perelman School of Medicine’s Maayan Levy, and Christoph Thaiss. (Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine News) Chasing the mysteries of microbiome communication in our bodies Penn Medicine’s Maayan Levy and Christoph Thaiss, both assistant professors of microbiology, pursue an understanding of the the microbiome, the entirety of microbial organisms associated with the human body, and its relation to fundamental bodily systems.
Penn service has provided millions of dollars in student loan forgiveness Image: Eric Sucar Penn service has provided millions of dollars in student loan forgiveness In less than a year, 29 employees enrolled in the program have saved more than $2 million.