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The Penn Science Café and Penn Lightbulb Café Return

PHILADELPHIA-- The Penn Science Café and the Penn Lightbulb Café are back, bringing the University of Pennsylvania’s top scholars out on the town to share their research.

Sleep-wake cycles on a 520-day trip to Mars

On June 3, 2010, a crew of six male astronauts from Russia, Italy, and China waved goodbye to their families, entered the spaceship that would be their home for the next 17 months, and prepared for liftoff. Next stop: Mars.

Drop in

Penn’s Office of Admissions offers a special service for faculty, staff, alumni, and their children approaching college age who have attended Penn Admissions Information Sessions and participated in campus tours, but have additional questions about the admissions process.

Looking for good art

The Burrison Gallery is an entity of the University Club that provides a venue for artists within the Penn community to exhibit their work. The Gallery is calling for artwork submittals for future exhibitions. Any Penn faculty, staff, alumni, or family member may submit work for consideration.

Eye on the Future: Coursera

For the Record: ROTC at Penn

The Students Army Training Corps was established at Penn in 1917 to educate and train students for World War I. About a year later, it evolved into the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC). Students in the Army ROTC program took courses in military science and tactics, with requirements set by the U.S. War Department. Completing the four-year program qualified students for commissions in the army.

Former FBI agent discusses recovering priceless art

Robert K. Wittman, the founder of the FBI’s Art Crime Team, calls his work, “‘CSI’ meets ‘Indiana Jones.’” During his 20-year career as an FBI special agent, Wittman traveled the world to recover stolen art and cultural property valued at more than $300 million, including Geronimo’s eagle-feathered war bonnet and a Rembrandt self-portrait, which was stolen from the Swedish National Museum in 2000.

Penn Researchers Develop Protein ‘Passport’ That Helps Nanoparticles Get Past Immune System

The body’s immune system exists to identify and destroy foreign objects, whether they are bacteria, viruses, flecks of dirt or splinters. Unfortunately, nanoparticles designed to deliver drugs, and implanted devices like pacemakers or artificial joints, are just as foreign and subject to the same response.

Penn Vet’s Nicola Mason and Penn Medicine and Penn Nursing’s Yvonne Paterson Win One Health Award

PHILADELPHIA — Nicola Mason and Yvonne Paterson have been named this year’s recipients of the University of Pennsylvania One Health Award.

Where can I find books the Libraries don’t have?

Dear Benny,I’m an avid reader who also likes to do research on a variety of topics, but there are some books that just aren’t available in the Libraries’ massive collection. How can I access books that Penn Libraries doesn’t have?—Always Learning Dear Always Learning,