Christie Novatin named new head softball coach Image: Penn Athletics Christie Novatin named new head softball coach Novatin arrives at Penn following four years as the associate head coach at UConn, where she helped lead the Huskies to back-to-back regular season Big East Championships.
Driving systemic change to prevent domestic violence fatalities Image: Courtesy of Penn Carey Law Driving systemic change to prevent domestic violence fatalities The Quattrone Center and the City of San Francisco have released a report recommending policies and procedures to reduce domestic violence-related fatalities.
Pitching ace Dromboski named Second-Team East All-Region Image: Penn Athletics Pitching ace Dromboski named Second-Team East All-Region The rising third-year finished the season with a 7-3 record, a 3.17 ERA, 97 strikeouts, and 35 walks in 71 innings.
AI could transform social science research Image: iStock/gorodenkoff AI could transform social science research Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor Philip Tetlock and researchers from the University of Waterloo, University of Toronto, and Yale, discuss AI and its application to their work.
New Student Performing Arts Center design advances Architect’s rendering of the new Student Performing Arts Center as viewed from 33rd and Chestnut streets. Courtesy of Steven Holl Architects. New Student Performing Arts Center design advances The new student-centered performing arts venue to be built along Woodland Walk and 33rd Street will provide multiple flexible spaces for teaching, rehearsals, and student performances.
Exploring the relationship between cooking and scientific discovery Laser tomography of champagne glasses: (left and right) counter-rotating convection cells self-organize at the air-champagne interface, and (center) stabilized eddies in a surface-treated glass. (Image: Fabien Beaumont, Gérard Liger-Belair, and Guillaume Polidori) Exploring the relationship between cooking and scientific discovery Penn physicist Arnold Mathijssen and colleagues have authored a review article discussing the history of food innovations and the current scientific breakthroughs that are changing the way we eat.
A historian’s take on Juneteenth Doctoral candidate VanJessica Gladney speaking at Penn Spectrum Weekend in 2019. (Image: Eddy Marenco) A historian’s take on Juneteenth In a Q&A, fifth-year Ph.D. candidate VanJessica Gladney talks about what the day means and what broader conversation she hopes it will foster.
Mary Frances Berry and Kermit Roosevelt on Juneteenth’s history Annenberg Classroom, part of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, has released a documentary “Juneteenth: Exploring Freedom’s Stories” that surveys the history of the holiday. nocred Mary Frances Berry and Kermit Roosevelt on Juneteenth’s history A new documentary produced by the Annenberg Public Policy Center explores the history of the holiday and illustrates how and why freedom and citizenship were intertwined. The film features Berry and Roosevelt, among others.
A plant-based, oral delivery of insulin regulates blood sugar levels similar to natural insulin With Daniell’s plant-based drug production and delivery platform, plant tissue is bombarded with biomedically important proteins, such as insulin, prompting the plant chloroplasts to take up the genes and express that protein. Harvested leaves can be freeze-dried and encapsulated, providing an affordable, shelf-stable means of delivery. (Image: Courtesy of Penn Dental Medicine) A plant-based, oral delivery of insulin regulates blood sugar levels similar to natural insulin A new, affordable method of insulin delivery developed by Henry Daniell of the School of Dental Medicine lowers the risk of hypoglycemia when compared to current diabetes treatments.
Design and build, but first, collaborate Students and community members celebrated the Lex Street Garden’s completion on May 4, 2023. nocred Design and build, but first, collaborate The Weitzman School’s spring design-build studio was a collaboration between students, community leaders, and residents to develop a key site as a visible distillation of the New Freedom District in West Philadelphia.