Professor David Roos awarded the 2025 Rudolf-Leuckart Medal

The University of Pennsylvania and the School of Arts and Sciences is proud to announce that the German Society for Parasitology has awarded Professor David Roos the 2025 Rudolf-Leuckart Medal. The Rudolf-Leuckart Medal is their society's highest honor, awarded to internationally renowned researchers who have distinguished themselves through significant work in parasitology.

From one gene switch, many possible outcomes

A team of researchers led by Aman Husbands of the School of Arts & Sciences has uncovered surprising ways transcription factors—the genetic switches for genes—regulate plant development, revealing how subtle changes in a lipid-binding region can dramatically alter gene regulation.

Climate Solutions for the Living World

This one-day symposium will showcase the diverse, interdisciplinary research at the University of Pennsylvania that focuses on monitoring, understanding, and effectively addressing climate change.

Finding a new behavioral adaptation in fruit flies

From left: Dawn Chen, Yun Ding, and Minaho Li. Yun Ding (center) of the School of Arts & Sciences led research on courtship rituals of a close cousin of the common fruit fly and discovered a novel female adaptation that promotes prolonged courtship in males.

Biology Launches Plant ARC

Penn Arts & Sciences recently launched the Plant Adaptability and Resilience Center, or Plant ARC.