‘Ladysitting’ on stage Lorene Cary (center) with actor Melanye Finister (right) and the Arden's Terry Nolen (left) at the Kelly Writers House. Image: Delaney Parks ‘Ladysitting’ on stage The new play “Ladysitting” at the Arden Theatre Co. is by Penn English faculty and alumna Lorene Cary, based on her memoir about caring for her grandmother in the last of her 101 years.
Men’s squash team wins national championship Image: Penn Athletics Men’s squash team wins national championship The third-ranked Quakers triumphed over top-ranked Trinity on Sunday to win their first Potter Cup in school history.
How AI tools can help assess verbal eyewitness statements Image: iStock/Aphithana Chitmongkolthong How AI tools can help assess verbal eyewitness statements Quattrone Center Academic Director Paul Heaton’s new paper explores how he and his co-authors trained a large language model to parse eyewitness confidence statements.
Imagining a sustainable future in Southern Greenland The Narsarsuaq Hotel, a former military barracks located a few hundred feet from the Narsarsuaq Airport (a former military airfield), and the diesel power plant in Narsaq. The town is one of the only settlements in South Greenland still powered by diesel instead of hydro-electric power. (Image: Billy Fleming) Imagining a sustainable future in Southern Greenland Billy Fleming and landscape architecture students in the Weitzman School of Design brainstormed possibilities for a green economy in a former mining town in one of the fastest-warming regions on Earth.
When do stereotypes undermine indirect reciprocity? iStock / bakhtiar_zein When do stereotypes undermine indirect reciprocity? Researchers from Penn and Princeton develop a model to evaluate how reputation and indirect reciprocity affects cooperative behaviors.
Penn students take first at the Thurgood Marshall Moot Court regionals Kanyinsola Ajayi (left) and Ty Parks won first place in the Thurgood Marshall Moot Court Competition Mid-Atlantic Regional Competition.(Image: Courtesy of Penn Carey Law) Penn students take first at the Thurgood Marshall Moot Court regionals Penn Carey Law’s Kanyinsola Ajayi and Ty Parks captured first place in the Mid-Atlantic Regional Competition, and advance to the competition’s national championship.
New molecules, inspired by space shuttles, advance lipid nanoparticle delivery for weight control Like space shuttles using booster rockets to breach the atmosphere, lipid nanoparticles equipped with the new molecule more successfully deliver medicinal payloads. (Image: Courtesy of Penn Engineering) New molecules, inspired by space shuttles, advance lipid nanoparticle delivery for weight control Penn Engineering researchers have invented a new way to synthesize the key chemical components of lipid nanoparticles that help protect and deliver medicinal payloads.
Penn Trustees approve 2024-2025 undergraduate charges and financial aid budget nocred Penn Trustees approve 2024-2025 undergraduate charges and financial aid budget The University of Pennsylvania Board of Trustees has approved a 3.9% increase in tuition and a record $311 million undergraduate financial aid budget for the coming year.
The role of history in how efficient color names evolve (Image: iStock/scyther5) The role of history in how efficient color names evolve In a new study, biology and psychology researchers show how existing color vocabularies constrain future options for efficient color vocabularies.
One-on-one with Jordan Obi Image: Eric Sucar One-on-one with Jordan Obi The fourth-year forward discusses her love of basketball, building team chemistry, being a quiet leader, her most memorable game, and her most interesting class.