Drew Jones writes, “I’ve used the system dynamics modeling I studied in my engineering degree to create interactive simulation models that are building ‘grounded hope’ for climate change.” One result is his recent op-ed in The New York Times, “Stopping Climate Change is Hopeless. Let’s Do It.” Sue Domchek, professor of oncology at University of Pennsylvania Hospital Abramson Cancer Center and executive director of Penn Medicine’s Basser Center for BRCA, received the John Allen Blue Award for her work in breast cancer research, treatment, and education.

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