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What Penn is thankful for

As families gather this year to give thanks for acts of kindness, fruitful opportunities, and the people who fill their lives with joy, so too does the Penn family.

Three chemistry professors win 2018 APS awards and three faculty in Penn Engineering are elected APS Fellows.

Six Penn researchers receive honors from American Physical Society

Three Penn researchers have been awarded prizes by the American Physical Society (APS), and three others were elected to its 2018 APS Fellowship class.

Charles Kane and Eugene Mele to share Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

For introducing a new class of materials with unique and useful properties, known as topological insulators, physicists Charles Kane and Eugene Mele will receive the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. The award honors “fundamental discoveries…that are transforming our world.”

Penn physicists win $3 million Breakthrough Prize

The School of Arts and Sciences’ Charles Kane and Eugene Mele have been awarded the 2019 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for their work developing a two-dimensional topological insulator, which forces electrons to travel in an orderly fashion. The material could some day be used to improve energy efficiency.

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Elected to the NAM, four faculty members earn the highest honor in biomedicine

Susan M. Domchek, Daniel E. Polsky, Marie Celeste Simon, and Rachel M. Werner are four of the 85 newly-elected members of the National Academy of Medicine.

Take Your Professor to Lunch program fosters student-faculty relationships, spurs serendipity

Students gathered for lunch with President Amy Gutmann on Tuesday as part of New Student Orientation & Academic Initiatives’ ongoing “Take Your Professor to Lunch” program.

So many new drivers were posting their licenses online that the Delaware DMV built safer ‘selfie zones’

Joseph Turow of the Annenberg School for Communication applauded the Delaware DMV for encouraging new drivers to be mindful of sharing sensitive information in selfies. It’s not that this generation isn’t invested in privacy, said Turow. “They care, but in the moment, they just don’t think about it.”

By foot, pedal, track, rail, or wheel, all roads lead to Penn

A look at the various commuter styles and accoutrements that get faculty and staff to campus, and why they travel the way they do.

Jeb Bush to teach at the University of Pennsylvania

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has been named a Presidential Professor of Practice for the 2018-19 academic year. President Amy Gutmann lauded Bush for his work to “stimulate economic growth and create jobs, lower government spending, transform education, and dramatically expand conservation of the Everglades.”

Could you take seven spin classes in one day? Meet the Philly man who logged more than 4,300 miles at Flywheel in less than a month

The Wharton School’s Leonid Spesivtsev won Flywheel’s Tour de Fly competition by a 15,000 point margin, winning a bike and other prizes. However, his primary motivation was personal growth: “I wanted to see how far I could push myself, and if the challenge would continue to positively impact my work life.”

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