Madison Dawkins was a freshman at Penn when she first understood the crisis of mass incarceration, thanks to a seminar called Race, Crime, and Punishment, taught by political science professor Marie Gottschalk. The course left such an impression on Dawkins she created her own minor in race and criminal justice through Africana Studies, and began a student organization calls BARS–Beyond Arrests: Rethinking Systematic Oppression, to educate fellow students on criminal justice reform.
To Dawkins, the discussion of prison reform focuses almost entirely on incarcerated men, and ignores the effect of incarceration on women, especially on their health. Dawkins response was to lead a health and mindfulness program for incarcerated women at the Riverside Correctional Facility.
Nanoparticle blueprints reveal path to smarter medicines
New research involving Penn Engineering shows detailed variation in lipid nanoparticle size, shape, and internal structure, and finds that such factors correlate with how well they deliver therapeutic cargo to a particular destination.
A generous gift from alumni Glenn and Amanda Fuhrman brings the work of internationally acclaimed artist Jaume Plensa to the University of Pennsylvania. The latest addition to the Penn Art Collection expands Philadelphia's public art.
A massive chunk of ice, a new laser, and new information on sea-level rise
For nearly a decade, Leigh Stearns and collaborators aimed a laser scanner system at Greenland’s Helheim Glacier. Their long-running survey reveals that Helheim’s massive calving events don’t behave the way scientists once thought, reframing how ice loss contributes to sea-level rise.
