Three years on: A look at the Penn Wharton China Center

The impact of the Beijing-based center and research fund has been far-reaching on campus and in China.

Restored Robbins House celebrates collaborative M&T spirit

Tackling blindness with nanotechnology

48 years ago: PennDesign Dean Frederick Steiner on Earth Day

President Gutmann recognized as a global leader by Fortune Magazine

Quaker Days help potential students decide whether to make Penn home

Three Penn faculty elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Science steps out of the lab and into Philly’s parks and neighborhoods

Q&A with Barbie Zelizer

The Morris Arboretum was partly funded by beer, says brewery historian

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Arts and Sciences faculty dish knowledge, one minute at a time

With only a minute to spare, Kimberly Bowes is going for the “wow factor.”

By Lauren Hertzler ・ April 18, 2018

Revealing Penn Museum’s Middle East treasures

Objects that trace the path of human history—from the era of hunting and gathering to the creation of cities—are on display in the Museum’s new Middle East Galleries.

By Louisa Shepard ・ April 16, 2018

Korea expert discusses looming U.S.-North Korea summit

Eugene Park, director of the James Joo-Jin Kim Program in Korean Studies, examines the forthcoming meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korea Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un.

By Greg Johnson ・ April 16, 2018

Calculus III for cells

Cells can sense and respond to surface curvature in very clever ways. The results, which revealed that curvature is a profound biological cue, could pave the way to new tools in the field.

By Ali Sundermier ・ April 16, 2018

How to help children at risk for abuse

Resources are available to protect kids from systemic child abuse. The executive director at Penn’s Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice and Research has insight and advice for everyone to help keep kids and communities safe.

By Jill DiSanto ・ April 16, 2018

Musical magic

Andrea Mitchell and Joe Biden at Penn Biden Center

Campus & Community

Penn’s New Home in Washington

Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences

When ancient technology and high-tech robots intersect

Campus & Community

Class of 2018 President’s Engagement and Innovation Prize winners announced

Nine seniors received the annual awards for their post-graduate projects, designed to make a meaningful global impact.

Health Sciences

Being hungry shuts off perception of chronic pain

Finding food is a necessary survival skill, but so is avoiding pain. Research led by J. Nicholas Betley and postdoctoral researcher Amber Alhadeff showed that being hungry activates a neural pathway that inhibits the sensing and responding to chronic pain. The findings offer up new targets for treating pain.

A new study from Penn researchers Joseph Kable and Caryn Lerman linked the amygdala and the prefrontal cortex to risk tolerance.

Health Sciences

Risk tolerance linked to amygdala and prefrontal cortex brain regions

New research links willingness to take risks to brain structure and function, specifically the amygdala, the prefrontal cortex, and connections between the two.

Health Sciences

Researchers prove that timed brain stimulation improves memory

Performance can be enhanced by as much as 15 percent, according to a study by Penn neuroscientists published in Nature Communications. It is the first time such a connection has been made.

Health Sciences

Researchers look inside the brain itself to treat depression

Neuroscientists at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia are looking at treatment for major depressive disorder by stimulating neural pathways of the brain itself.

Science & Technology

Building futures through LEGOs

In the FIRST LEGO League tournament, middle school teams mentored by Penn Engineering students worked to design and build robots related to the theme of water.

Campus & Community

Encouraging Philadelphia high school students to ‘Tech It Out’

Tech It Out Philly introduces high school students to different topics in computer science, such as web development, robotics, circuitry, and hardware.

Sung is developing design software to enable people without an engineering background to create custom origami robots that can move on the ground. The tool, called Interactive Robogami, is based on a database of robot parts which users can combine together like a “virtual Lego set.”

Science & Technology

These small robots are inspired by origami

Through origami-inspired engineering, one researcher hopes to not only create rapidly fabricable robots, but also build intuitive design software that enables others who may not be trained in engineering to create their own personalized robots.

Intelligent, Adaptive and Resilient Robot

Science & Technology

These robot teams will be intelligent, adaptive, and resilient

The United States Army Research Laboratory awarded the School of Engineering and Applied Science a five-year, $27 million grant to develop new methods of creating autonomous, intelligent, and resilient teams of robots.

Health Sciences

Study uncovers therapeutic targets for aggressive triple-negative breast cancers

As part of a breast-cancer diagnosis, doctors analyze the tumor to determine which therapies might best attack the malignancy. But for patients whose cancer is triple-negative — that is, lacking receptors for estrogen, progesterone and Her2 — the options for treatment dwindle. Triple-negative cancers, or TNBC, also tend to be more aggressive than other cancer subtypes.

Health Sciences

Targeting enzyme in ‘normal’ cells may impede pancreatic cancer’s spread, Penn Vet team shows

Cancer of the pancreas is a deadly disease, with a median survival time of less than six months. Only one in 20 people with pancreatic cancer survives five years past the diagnosis. The reason is the cancer’s insidiousness; tumor cells hide deep inside the body, betraying no symptoms until late in the disease, when the cancer has almost invariably spread to other organs.

Health Sciences

Slowing the spread of an insidious cancer

Cancer of the pancreas is rare, but deadly. Research from Penn Vet may slow its spread.

Health Sciences

Protons with a purpose

As many as 115 patients treated each day. Upwards of 5,000 people who have received life-saving cancer care since 2010. As impressive as these numbers are, the outcomes at the Roberts Proton Therapy Center are even more so.

Campus & Community

Tackling blindness with nanotechnology

To tackle blindness caused by open angle glaucoma, Brandon Kao, Rui Jing Jiang, and Adarsh Battu came up with Visiplate, a nanoscale ocular implant that shunts away excess fluid.

Science & Technology

Creating atomic water filters

A vast majority of the earth’s water is salty, making it unfit for people to drink. Researchers are working on a technology that could potentially offer a new method of desalinating water that would be both fast and scalable.

Illustration showing optics switching the ‘contrast’ of electronic transistors

Science & Technology

Penn engineering research gives optical switches the ‘contrast’ of electronic transistors

Current computer systems represent bits of information — the 1’s and 0’s of binary code — with electricity. Circuit elements, such as transistors, operate on these electric signals, producing outputs that are dependent on their inputs.

Science & Technology

How squid have evolved to see in dim ocean water

In a new paper published in Science, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania provided a detailed look into how self-assembled squid lenses have evolved to adjust for light distortion, which allows them to see clearly in the dim waters of the open ocean.

Fortune

The World's 50 Greatest Leaders

President Amy Gutmann was featured on Fortune’s list of global leaders who have taken on the challenge of unbundling, splitting or delegating an organizations’ functions for improved effectiveness and increased value. She was also cited for, among other things, being a first-generation college-goer who has made it possible for many others to achieve the same goal.

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NBC News

What Is NATO? And What Do Trump and Russia Think About It?

Rebecca Lissner of Perry World House provided historical context for NATO’s continued value. In response to criticism of the alliance, Lissner proposed modernization over dissolution.

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The New York Times

Married People Less Likely to Die From Melanoma

The Perelman School of Medicine’s Giorgos C. Karakousis proposed that dermatologists might compensate for the disparity in skin cancer mortality rates by “suggesting more frequent visits for single people.”

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WebMD

How to Get Your FOMO Under Control

Seth J. Gillihan of the Perelman School of Medicine advised readers experiencing FOMO, or fear of missing out, to work on developing mindfulness and to take space from social media.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

WXPN's 'Kids Corner' Celebrates 30 Years of Creating a Radio Oasis For Philly's Children

World Café Live will be hosting an anniversary concert for Kids Corner this weekend, in celebration of three decades committed to amplifying young voices.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

For This Penn Class That Studies Beyoncé, Beychella Was Like an Epic Final Exam

Salamishah Tillet of the School of Arts and Sciences discussed her seminar “Family Feuds: Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Solange and the Meaning of American Music” and analyzed the viral Coachella performance’s commentary on Black womanhood.

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WBUR Radio (Boston)

After The U.S. Strikes Syria, What's Next

The School of Arts and Sciences’ Ian Lustick joined other foreign affairs experts to discuss possible consequences of the U.S. airstrikes on Syria.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Starbucks' Racial Blunder Shows It's Too Invested in the 'Yoga-pants' Set and Must Diversify Culture, PR Exec Says

Americus Reed and Kevin Werbach of the Wharton school both spoke about the aftermath of a racial-profiling incident at a Starbucks in Philadelphia. Reed noted that Starbucks has taken quick steps to remedy the situation and that the brand will likely benefit from the 24-hour news cycle’s rapid turnover.

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Foreign Affairs

Keep CRISPR Safe

President Amy Gutmann and PIK Professor Jonathan Moreno of the Perelman School of Medicine and the School of Arts and Sciences co-authored an article emphasizing the importance of letting “global scientific and biological ethics communities” lead the charge in facilitating the implementation of gene-editing technology.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Wall Street Not Immediately Fazed by Starbucks' Philly Racial Embarrassment, but Huge Risks Remain

Kevin Werbach of the Wharton School discussed a racial-profiling incident at a Philadelphia Starbucks. Werbach believes that the company will “not see any lasting damage” from the bad publicity but recommended that they work on their internal culture to prevent a repeat.

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Class of 2018 President’s Engagement and Innovation Prize winners announced

Nine seniors received the annual awards for their post-graduate projects, designed to make a meaningful global impact.

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Being hungry shuts off perception of chronic pain

Risk tolerance linked to amygdala and prefrontal cortex brain regions

Researchers prove that timed brain stimulation improves memory

Researchers look inside the brain itself to treat depression

Building futures through LEGOs

Encouraging Philadelphia high school students to ‘Tech It Out’

These small robots are inspired by origami

These robot teams will be intelligent, adaptive, and resilient

Study uncovers therapeutic targets for aggressive triple-negative breast cancers

Targeting enzyme in ‘normal’ cells may impede pancreatic cancer’s spread, Penn Vet team shows

Slowing the spread of an insidious cancer

Protons with a purpose

Tackling blindness with nanotechnology

Creating atomic water filters

Penn engineering research gives optical switches the ‘contrast’ of electronic transistors

How squid have evolved to see in dim ocean water

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Married People Less Likely to Die From Melanoma

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For This Penn Class That Studies Beyoncé, Beychella Was Like an Epic Final Exam

After The U.S. Strikes Syria, What's Next

Starbucks' Racial Blunder Shows It's Too Invested in the 'Yoga-pants' Set and Must Diversify Culture, PR Exec Says

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