There could hardly exist a more appropriate picture than the one at right, by Art Spiegelman, to publicize the 2005-6 Penn Humanities Forum on Word and Image. It’s fitting, too, that Spiegelman, the Pulitzer Prize-winning artist and graphic novelist, will kick off the year with a Sept. 27 talk on the history of comics. Spiegelman has pushed the boundaries of the graphic novel form, with his compelling Maus and Maus II books, about a comic book author’s relationship with his Holocaust survivor father, and also with “In the Shadow of No Towers,” his response to the September 11, 2001 attacks.
For more on the diverse events at this year’s Humanities Forum—from Kathleen Hall Jamieson on the deflective power of images in political ads to an exploration of music and literature by pianist Marc André Hamelin and soprano Jody Karin Applebaum—go to www.humanities.sas.upenn.edu.
—WORD AND IMAGE: Art Spiegelman speaks at 6 p.m. on Sept. 27 at Irvine Auditorium, 3401 Spruce St. Tickets: $8; $5 students. Call the Annenberg Center Box Office at 215-898-3900 or go to www.humanities.sas.upenn.edu. .
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.
