Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Ei-ichi Negishi Gr’63 shares Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
A Double Reward
A program at the School of Veterinary Medicine provides free surgery and follow-up care to shelter dogs with mammary tumors and matches them with willing owners, while also collecting data that could advance treatment of human breast cancers.
Turning the Tables on BRCA-related Breast Cancer
Novel drug treatment may shrink breast-cancer tumors.
Taking the Morality Out of Abstinence Sex-Ed
In abstinence education, pragmatism beats moral argument
Alone Together
Vivian Seltzer has spent decades developing and testing a theory that she believes is “the first roadmap through adolescence.”
Findings
Stories Behind the Stories Edition
Tiny Solutions, Big Implications
Randy Snurr EAS’88
The Power of Choice
Sheena Iyengar W’92 C’92
Vision Shot
Eye-opening advance in gene therapy
Findings
Rethinking Depression Treatment, BlackBerry Nation, and the Cholesterol Cure
Findings
Sharpen Up, Sleepyhead; Eat Your Broccoli, Already; and The Water Is High
Music Appreciation for Monkeys
Charles Snowdon Gr’68
Are Better Brains Better?
Penn neuroscientists Martha Farah and Anjan Chatterjee believe the answer is more complicated than you think.
Blowing Yesterday’s Cigarette Smoke Into Today’s Healthcare Debate
Blame smoking, not system, for Americans’ poor health outcomes
Will Do Science for Stimulus Money
Stimulus funds support student research
Findings
The Population Fertility Curve, Better Baboon Moms, and the Homeownership Blues
Female Happiness: On the Skids?
What do women have against happiness?
Penn Team Nabs Celebrity Cancer Grant
Penn-led team awarded $18 million by Stand Up to Cancer
Truth in Advertising
Wharton study reveals the truth about advertising
A Life Worth Living
Thanks to advanced technology and the family, friends, colleagues, and caretakers who make up his “crew,” Penn neuroscientist and alumnus Scott Mackler continues to function professionally and personally a decade after being diagnosed with the lethal neurodegenerative disease ALS.
The “Dark Matter” of Social Interaction
“Surprising disconnect” between pay and work quality
Findings
Learning from the Unexpected, The Bachelor Blues, and Swallowing the Holiday-Suicide Myth
Findings
Killer T-Cells for HIV, Adult Stem Cells for Liver Therapy, and the Urban Beauty Dividend
The Zeus Dig Goes Deeper
More proof on origin of Zeus worship