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Philly water straight from the tap
Two smiling people with a pitcher of water stand next to a sign saying "Philly Water Bar"

As part of a partnership including Penn’s ImpactED and Water Center, trained neighborhood ambassadors shared the benefits of drinking tap water in their local communities, both at formal events and in informal interactions. (Image: Tiffany Ledesma for PWD) 

Philly water straight from the tap

A collaborative city-wide campaign that included ImpactED and the Water Center at Penn helped spread the word that Philadelphia tap water is safe and healthy to drink.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Lending a hand at the Farm Show
farm show calving center

Lending a hand at the Farm Show

At the Pennsylvania Farm Show, the School of Veterinary Medicine showcased its role in sustaining one of the state’s largest industries.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Penn Medicine birth marks a milestone in uterus transplant clinical trial
uterine transplant baby close up

Born in November 2019, Benjamin Gobrecht’s arrival was a “perfect miracle” for his parents, Jennifer and Drew, and a medical milestone for researchers at Penn Medicine. He was the first baby born as part of Penn’s uterus transplant clinical trial.

Penn Medicine birth marks a milestone in uterus transplant clinical trial

The birth is Penn’s first as part of its uterus transplant clinical trial, and second in the United States following a deceased donor transplant.

Katie Delach

These overlooked global diseases take a turn under the microscope
ebola virus through a microscope

In an experiment by the School of Veterinary Medicine’s Ronald Harty and Bruce Freedman, virus-like particles of Ebola (in green and yellow), which mimic the process by which the authentic Ebola virus spreads, exit a cell along filaments of actin (in red), a structural protein. Harty and Freedman are designing compounds to block this process, increasing the likelihood an infected individual could recover. (Image: Gordon Ruthel/School of Veterinary Medicine)

These overlooked global diseases take a turn under the microscope

Faculty at the School of Veterinary Medicine target neglected tropical diseases with advanced science, cross-disciplinary collaborations, and work in the lab and the field.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Computer-generated antibiotics and biosensor Band-Aids
cesar de la fuente in his lab

Computer-generated antibiotics and biosensor Band-Aids

For Penn synthetic biologist César de la Fuente and his team, these concepts aren’t some far-off ideal. They’re projects already in progress, and they have huge real-world implications should they succeed.

Michele W. Berger

This Penn heart patient is a 9-year-old boxer dog named Sophie
sophie the boxer with a penn vet doctor

This Penn heart patient is a 9-year-old boxer dog named Sophie

Sophie underwent a cardiac ablation procedure in a Perelman School of Medicine translational research lab to treat her arrhythmia—the first time a dog with her diagnosis received such a treatment. Veterinary cardiologist Anna Gelzer says of the collaboration, “It’s the best of both worlds.”

Katherine Unger Baillie

Using science to make cities safer and healthier
Two people standing in front of a fenced-in vacant lot, one leaning against the fence, the other standing with arms crossed.

Penn Medicine’s Eugenia South, seen here with John MacDonald of the Department of Criminology, studies the effect of chronic stress and neighborhood environment on health outcomes. South’s latest pilot, Nurtured in Nature, follows work from the pair showing that cleaning up vacant lots leads to a signifiant decrease in gun violence and less stress for local residents. (Pre-pandemic photo)

  • Q&A

    • Using science to make cities safer and healthier

    In a Q&A, criminologist John MacDonald discusses his new book, grounded in years of research on the positive effects of remediation like fixing up abandoned lots and houses.

    Michele W. Berger

    Inspiring young women in STEM
    a group of people seated at a circle of chairs talking to each other

    Inspiring young women in STEM

    Over two days, nearly two dozen female STEM role models at Penn welcomed more than 100 high school students and teachers to campus as part of the Girls Advancing in STEM (GAINS) Initiative Conference on campus.

    Erica K. Brockmeier

    How does opioid exposure affect brain development in young children?
    Two people standing in a building entryway. Windows are on their left, a yellow wall with a portrait are on their right. They're both looking into the camera and smiling.

    The new NIH-funded work from researchers Dylan Tisdall of Penn Medicine and Allyson Mackey of the School of Arts and Sciences will work to develop an MRI method geared specifically to three- to five-year-olds and calculate how exposure to opioids can impede neurocognitive development of children in that age range.

    How does opioid exposure affect brain development in young children?

    That’s the question Allyson Mackey and Dylan Tisdall hope to answer, through a new grant from an NIH initiative focused on addiction research.

    Michele W. Berger