Penn’s Way, the University and Penn Medicine’s workplace charitable giving campaign, started earlier this month and is running through Friday, Nov. 20. Faculty and staff from Penn and Penn Medicine can donate to local charitable organizations to build stronger and safer neighborhoods, and improve the quality of life for people in the region.
Last year, unprecedented participation levels enabled the campaign to exceed the $1.5 million goal; this year’s campaign has a goal of $1.55 million.
Visit the Penn’s Way website to enter a pledge online. There, donors can also learn about the Penn’s Way partner organizations—the Center for Responsible Funding, Penn Medicine, and United Way.
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.
