Prospective students touring campus, athletes at practice, faculty and students interacting in class and serving in the community, students participating in cultural and arts organizations. Those are just some of the images captured in a special photo project called “A Day in the Life of Penn."
Designed to record a typical day at Penn, the photo project encouraged members of the Penn community to record happenings from sunrise to late night on April 12, documenting the pace and energy of life at Penn through the eyes of the people who live, study, and work at the University. Pictures were snapped not only across campus, but also at the Morris Arboretum, Penn Vet’s New Bolton Center, and around the world. To see the photo essay, go to www.upenn.edu/spotlights/day-life-penn.
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.
