Human Resources is offering courses to help you be better at your job and courses for your well-being.
Professional advice
Need a guide to a strange new territory called management? HR’s Learning and Education department now offers one.
- The four-week “Transitioning to Management” program, which begins Feb. 5, helps managers and supervisors transition into their new roles with ease. Topics covered include the importance of delegating tasks, establishing credibility and authority as a supervisor and managing performance issues in the workplace. The program costs $50 and is open to all new managers and supervisors.
Other upcoming Learning and Education programs for professionals include:
- ”Franklin Covey’s Planning for Results,” Jan. 24
- ”Projecting a Positive Professional Image,” Jan. 31
- “FISH! Tales,” Feb. 13
For information or to register for any of these workshops, visit www.hr.upenn.edu/learning on the Web. Registration required.
Treat yourself and your family well
Quality of Worklife Programs is offering a series of one-hour workshops on dependent care issues and emotional well-being this semester. The workshops, led by experts from LifeBalance and the Penn-Friends Employee Assistance Program, include an optional half-hour for discussion and role-playing.
Topics covered include:
- “Beating the Winter Blues,” Jan. 24
- “Helping Your Child Achieve in School: Assisting with Homework,” Feb. 7
- “Handling the Difficult and Angry Customer,” Feb. 21
- “Legal Issues for Older Relatives,” March 7
All workshops meet from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Room 223, Houston Hall. For more information about quality of work life programs, contact Orna Rosenthal (rosenthal@hr.upenn.edu or 215-898-5166); to register, visit www.hr.upenn.edu/quality/workshop.asp on theWeb. Registration required.
Novel plant-based approach to a better, cheaper GLP-1 delivery system
Research led by Penn Dental’s Henry Daniell investigates the use of a lettuce-based, plant-encapsulated delivery platform as a new oral delivery of two GLP-1 drugs previously approved by the FDA in injectable form.
No brain, no gain: Neuronal activity enhances benefits of exercise
Research led by Penn neuroscientist J. Nicholas Betley and collaborators finds that hypothalamic neurons are essential for translating physical exertion into endurance, potentially opening the door to exercise-mimicking therapies.
In honor of Valentine's Day, and as a way of fostering community in her Shakespeare in Love course, Becky Friedman took her students to the University Club for lunch one class period. They talked about the movie "Shakespeare in Love," as part of a broader conversation on how Shakespeare's works are adapted.
In Becky Friedman’s English course Shakespeare in Love, undergraduate students analyze language, genre, and adaptation in the Bard’s plays through the lens of love.
Beating the heat: Designing cooling for bodies in motion
Dorit Aviv, director of Weitzman’s Thermal Architecture Lab, studies how humans, technology, and design intersect, paving the way for the development of novel approaches to cooling people efficiently.
