Author and journalist Jennifer Egan, who graduated from the College in 1985, was recently awarded the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her novel, “A Visit From the Goon Squad.” The jury of judges called the novel “an inventive investigation of growing up and growing old in the digital age, displaying a big-hearted curiosity about cultural change at warp speed.”
Egan, the first Penn graduate to win the prestigious award for fiction, is scheduled to visit the Kelly Writers House on May 14, as part of Alumni Weekend. Egan will read at 4 p.m., along with poet and 2007 College grad Sam Donsky.
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.
