Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw brings art history to ‘Kids Corner’ on WXPN Shaw and O’Connell record the art history show to air on the first Thursday of each month. nocred Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw brings art history to ‘Kids Corner’ on WXPN Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw speaks about artists and art history during a monthly segment on WXPN’s “Kids Corner,” marking 35 years on the air with host Kathy O’Connell and producer Robert Drake.
A naming celebration for Gutmann College House nocred A naming celebration for Gutmann College House The former Penn president, now U.S. Ambassador to Germany, joined President Liz Magill, faculty, staff, and students at the living-learning space on campus.
This Wharton undergrad cycled the world’s highest volcano Second-year Wharton student Ryan Torres on Locust Walk with the bike that brought him to the summit of the world’s tallest volcano. (Image: Courtesy of Wharton Stories) This Wharton undergrad cycled the world’s highest volcano Second-year Ryan Torres not only scaled Ojos del Salado by bike, he raised funds for World Bicycle Relief, an international nonprofit dedicated to improving access to cycling around the world.
The psychology of playing the fool Tess Wilkinson-Ryan is a professor of law and psychology at Penn Carey Law. (Images: Courtesy of Penn Law (left) and Harper Wave) Q&A The psychology of playing the fool Law professor Tess Wilkinson-Ryan’s new book “Fool Proof: How Fear of Playing the Sucker Shapes Ourselves and the Social Order―and What We Can Do About It” explores the psychology of fools, dupes, cons, and morality.
Harnessing an innate protection against Ebola An innate mechanism in human cells may prevent Ebola virus from spreading, according to new Penn Vet-led research. Using powerful confocal microscopy, they tracked the budding of virus-like particles from cells (shown in the filamentous projections in the cell in the upper right) and how autophagy, a “self-eating” cellular process, by which viral proteins are sequestered in vesicles (shown in the cell in the lower left), inhibits virus-like particles from exiting. (Image: Courtesy of the Harty lab) Harnessing an innate protection against Ebola School of Veterinary Medicine researchers have identified a cellular pathway that keeps Ebola virus from exiting human cells, with implications for developing new antivirals.
Who, What, Why: Zaid Tabaza on veganism in the Middle East nocred Who, What, Why Who, What, Why: Zaid Tabaza on veganism in the Middle East By tracing the evolution of this practice, Tabaza learned that in Jordan and Lebanon, the historical appeal of plant-based diets derived from their curative potential and wide availability.
The brief: Affordable housing that’s both contextual and funky June Lin, Jessica Lin, and Jason Cornelison preparing their model for presentation. (Image: Weitzman News) nocred The brief: Affordable housing that’s both contextual and funky Undergraduate architecture students and community members strike a balance for a proposed development in historic Germantown.
Is social media good or bad for social unity? nocred Is social media good or bad for social unity? Annenberg professors Sandra González-Bailón and Yphtach Lelkes reviewed all of the previous literature to determine what scholars have discovered to date.
How species partnerships evolve nocred How species partnerships evolve Biologists from the School of Arts & Sciences explored how symbiotic relationships between species evolve to become specific or general, cooperative, or antagonistic.
What is the future of Social Security? nocred Q&A What is the future of Social Security? As Social Security continues to march toward insolvency, Olivia S. Mitchell of the Wharton School discusses current policy debates and the role of financial literacy in achieving reform.