December 15, 2006
Did You Know... Ralph J. Roberts, W'41, and his son Brian L. Roberts, W'81, have pledged $15 million to help create the first-of-its-kind proton therapy center for the treatment of cancer? The Roberts Proton Therapy Center will be unique in its ability to fully integrate conventional radiation treatment with proton radiation, which more accurately targets tumors and leaves surrounding healthy tissue unaffected. The Center will also be the first to be located on the campus of a world-class academic medical center, facilitating scientific research to measure and improve this innovative therapy.
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In honor of Ben Franklin's 300th Birthday on January 17, 2006, we offer a year of notable Franklin quotes:
"An empty Bag cannot stand upright."
December 7, 2006
Did You Know... that Mark I. Greene MD, PhD, the John Eckman Professor of Medical Science at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, was awarded the J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine for his pioneering work in a new class of targeted breast cancer therapies? For more than 25 years his research, which has focused on the molecular processes that underlie the development of breast and other cancers, has led to the development of the breast cancer drug Herceptin. Greene is currently exploring the potential of targeted therapies to prevent cancer recurrence and treat advanced malignancies.
More information here.
In honor of the 300th anniversary of Ben Franklin's Birthday on January 17, 2006, we offer a year of notable quotes:
"The Way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason." --Benjamin Franklin
December 1, 2006
Did You Know... that since dinosaur hunters began unearthing fossils in the 19th century, more than 500 different classes of the fabled lizards have been found -- but one Penn researcher says there are more than 1,000 others still awaiting discovery? Peter Dodson, a professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, expects these exciting findings to come quickly and believes that 90 percent of the undiscovered genera will be found in the next 140 years. In other words, he says, science is entering a true golden age of dinosaur discovery. "It's a safe bet that a child born today could expect a very fruitful career in dinosaur paleontology."
To read more about this exciting development, please see "The Penn Compact in Action"
In honor of the 300th anniversary of Ben Franklin's Birthday on January 17, 2006, we offer a year of notable quotes:
"He that speaks much, is much mistaken."
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