“Those Nerdy Girls” Explain The Pandemic to America

A volunteer team of women scientists, many from Philly, launched Dear Pandemic last year to spread real and clear information about Covid-19. They now speak to 1 million people a month.

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

Changing Behavior … For Good

Wharton professor Katy Milkman is co-leading groundbreaking research, along with her Penn colleague Angela Duckworth, to uncover why we make the decisions we do, and how we can make better ones—that stick

By Jessica Blatt Press
Week 9

Jason Kelce’s Eagles Education Season

This week, the Super Bowl-winning offensive lineman compares Philly schools to those of Chicago—and celebrates a local education innovation

By Jason Kelce
Business For Good

iBreastExam

The device, by a Philly-area engineer, is helping poor women around the world check for breast cancer earlier and cheaper. It could save lives here, as well

By Michaela Haas
The Citizen Recommends

Science on Screen

Bryn Mawr Film Institute kicked off its 2nd spotlight on the sciences this week

By Siobhan Gleason
The Citizen Recommends

Melina Uncapher

In the latest in Drexel’s ExCITe Center’s Education Innovation series, a neuroscientist explores how brain science can improve student learning

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

Science While Black

Philly-based iPraxis is working to introduce local kids of color to science. It’s not just about jobs—it’s about changing society

By Quinn O'Callaghan
The Citizen Updates

Emily Kramer-Golinkoff

Emily’s Entourage founder is racing against time to cure her own rare disease

By Kyle Mountain