Amy Gutmann Receives Honorary Degree at Johns Hopkins Commencement Ceremony
Amy Gutmann: A renowned political scientist, philosopher, bioethicist, professor, and author, Gutmann is the eighth president of the University of Pennsylvania. She is internationally recognized for championing access to higher education; under her leadership, Penn has become the largest university in the country providing all-grant financial aid for all undergraduates. She chaired President Barack Obama's Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues from 2009-2017. Before her appointment at Penn in 2004, she spent 28 years at Princeton University, where she was the founding director of the University Center for Human Values, and subsequently served as dean of the faculty and provost.
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.
