National Academy of Medicine elects five new members from Penn Top row, from left to right: Kurt Thomas Barnhart, Christopher B. Forrest, and Susan L. Furth. Bottom row, left to right: Desmond Upton Patton and Robert H. Vonderheide.(Images: Courtesy of Penn Medicine; Desmond Patton image by Eric Sucar) National Academy of Medicine elects five new members from Penn Kurt T. Barnhart, Christopher B. Forrest, Susan L. Furth, Desmond Upton Patton, and Robert H. Vonderheide are among 100 new Academy members elected this year, one of the highest honors in health and medicine.
Three from Penn receive NIH Director Award Jina Ko (left) and Kevin Johnson (middle), from both the School of Engineering and the Perelman School of Medicine, along with Sheila Shanmugan (right) from the latter, have received the National Institute of Health Director’s Award to support their “highly innovative and broadly impactful” research projects through the High-Risk, High-Reward program. no cred Three from Penn receive NIH Director Award Kevin B. Johnson, Jina Ko, and Sheila Shanmugan awarded NIH Common Fund’s High-Risk, High-Reward Research program.
‘Ripple Effect’ explores hybrid work Image: iStock/gorodenkoff ‘Ripple Effect’ explores hybrid work The Wharton School’s faculty research podcast, “Ripple Effect,” delves into the nature and practice of hybrid work via faculty research, and presents it as knowledge employees can use.
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.