Janice R. Bellace CW’71,L’74, professor of legal studies and management and the Samuel Blank Professor of Legal Studies at the Wharton School, has been named Associate Provost effective March 1. As associate provost, Bellace will direct the academic personnel process, which includes faculty recruitment, appointments and promotions, and handle issues relating to faculty governance. This is Bellace’s third stint as an academic administrator; she also served as vice dean and director of undergraduate studies at Wharton from 1990 to 1994 and as the school’s deputy dean from 1994 to 1999.
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.
