When it comes to training the next generation of scientists, Alana O’Reilly and Dara Ruiz-Whalen are taking a new approach that moves beyond the realm of expos and science fairs. Together they run the Immersion Science Program at Fox Chase Cancer Center,...

Originally published in Forward, Fall/Winter 2017 By Andrew Becker It’s a true story that reads like a Hollywood script: two scientists from different countries meet at a conference and decide to collaborate on a shared interest. Along with a third ...

One Family's Journey from Pakistan to Philadelphia In Mahmood Saeed’s experience, necessity truly does breed invention. He’s been in the U.S. for nearly three years and while he has come to love his new city of  Philadelphia, he will always miss his ...

Originally published in Forward, Fall/Winter 2017 In India, I grew up surrounded by cultural and religious diversity and I learned from an early age the value of different opinions and perspectives. Moving to the U.S. to pursue doctoral studies, I was ha...

Originally published in Forward, Spring/Summer 2017   By Paige Allen Scientists are seekers. Their inquiries may lead them to the far reaches of the world, or inward to incomprehensibly small molecular worlds. At a time before research on individual...

By Paige Allen Originally published in Forward, Spring/Summer 2017 Roland Dunbrack was a toddler when Stanley P. Reimann died. But Reimann — founder of the Institute for Cancer Research, which evolved into Fox Chase Cancer Center — shared some striking...