Penn Medicine CAR T therapy expert Carl June receives 2022 Keio Medical Science Prize Richard W. Vague Professor in Immunotherapy Carl June. Penn Medicine CAR T therapy expert Carl June receives 2022 Keio Medical Science Prize The award from Japan’s oldest private university honors outstanding contributions to medicine and life sciences.
Crime and the scientific method Crime and the scientific method The multidisciplinary faculty in the Department of Criminology harness diverse methodologies to improve public safety and inform policy and planning.
2022 Presidential Ph.D. Fellows announced at Penn 2022 Presidential Ph.D. Fellows announced at Penn The Fellows come from the nine schools at Penn that offer Ph.D. programs, and will receive a three-year fellowship, including funds to support their research.
Emma Hart on the death of Queen Elizabeth II Buckingham Palace announced the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-reigning monarch, on Sept. 8. (Image: Jane Barlow/AP Photos) Q&A Emma Hart on the death of Queen Elizabeth II The Penn historian and early modern Britain expert shares her thoughts about the British monarch who reigned for 70 years.
The future of decline in America Jed Esty The future of decline in America In his new book “The Future of Decline: Anglo-American Culture at its Limits,” English Professor Jed Esty offers alternatives to America’s “language of greatness,” taking lessons from the experience of Britain during the past century.
What to know about Penn’s Eco-Reps program The Staff and Faculty Eco-Reps program provides a variety of ways for those interested in sustainability to get involved. What to know about Penn’s Eco-Reps program Four representatives from across the University talk about how this group provides a campus community that helps fight climate change, plus ways people, offices, and labs can get involved.
On book bans and free speech Sigal Ben-Porath is a professor in Penn’s Graduate School of Education, in the Literacy, Culture, and International Education Division. She studies the ways institutions like schools and colleges can sustain and advance democracy. (Image: Eric Sucar) Q&A On book bans and free speech Sigal Ben-Porath of the Graduate School of Education says book bans and challenges affect free speech and expression, especially for young people, and that institutions of higher education are important for developing tools based on evidence for assessment.
Examining experimental print in ‘Cut/Copy/Paste’ Whitney Trettien, assistant professor of English in the School of Arts & Sciences, has just published her first book, "Cut/Copy/Paste." Q&A Examining experimental print in ‘Cut/Copy/Paste’ In her first book, Whitney Trettien of the School of Arts & Sciences experiments with printed and digital assets while examining bookwork from the 17th and 18th centuries.
PIK Professor Kevin Johnson: Informatics evangelist PIK Professor Kevin Johnson: Informatics evangelist The Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor with appointments in Penn Engineering and the Perelman School of Medicine on forging his own path in the fields of health care and computer science.
The Higgs boson discovery, 10 years later The 25-meter-tall and 46-meter-long ATLAS detector, which identified the Higgs boson, is attached to the Large Hadron Collider. Lipeles and colleagues are moving into new research directions, including exploring how the Higgs might interact with dark matter. (Image: Yomiuri Shimbun/AP Images) The Higgs boson discovery, 10 years later Penn physicist Elliot Lipeles reflects on the past, present, and future of physics, from the discovery of the Higgs boson to theories about new subatomic particles.