Defining neural ‘representation’ Neuroscientists use the word “represent” to encompass multifaceted relationships between brain activity, behavior, and the environment. Defining neural ‘representation’ Neuroscientists frequently say that neural activity ‘represents’ certain phenomena, PIK Professor Konrad Kording and postdoc Ben Baker led a study that took a philosophical approach to tease out what the term means.
Biometric screenings for wellness return to campus Biometric screenings for wellness return to campus Be in the Know, Penn’s faculty and staff wellness campaign, begins a new year and is bringing back on-campus biometric screenings.
What it’s like to be stationed at a particle accelerator A photo from the installation of the detector. The large silver and orange striped tubes are the solenoid magnet, which is the largest toroidal magnet ever constructed. It provides a magnetic field of up to 3.5 Tesla. Now that Run 3 has started, the magnet is on even when we researchers are working underground, so they are required to use non-magnetic tools. (Image: Courtesy of Gwen Gardner and Lauren Osojnak) What it’s like to be stationed at a particle accelerator Gwen Gardner and Lauren Osojnak, Ph.D. candidates in physics, describe their work as part of the Penn ATLAS team at the Large Hadron Collider.
Cat Hammer named head sports dietitian at Penn Athletics Cat Hammer named head sports dietitian at Penn Athletics Hammer served as part-time sports nutritionist at Penn Athletics and oversaw the nutritional strategies and approach for 16 of the University’s intercollegiate teams.
Iran protests, explained On Sept. 21, 2022, a crowd chanted slogans during a protest over the death of a woman who was detained by the morality police, in downtown Tehran, Iran. Iranians saw their access to Instagram, one of the few Western social media platforms still available in the country, disrupted on Wednesday following days of the mass protests. (Image: AP Photo) Q&A Iran protests, explained Historian Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, an expert on modern Iran and gender in the School of Arts & Sciences, discusses what sparked the protests and why they’re important.
$50M gift to accelerate Colton Center for Autoimmunity at Penn Medicine Jonathan Epstein, Penn Medicine’s chief scientific officer; Ezekiel Emanuel, vice provost for global initiatives; Dean J. Larry Jameson; Penn President Liz Magill; Judy and Stewart Colton; E. John Wherry, chair of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics; and University of Pennsylvania Health System CEO Kevin Mahoney. $50M gift to accelerate Colton Center for Autoimmunity at Penn Medicine The center for autoimmune research brings together star faculty, powering the next generation of autoimmune disease advances.
A robot made of sticks Carroll adjusts StickBot to work in grasper mode, where the robot holds a coffee cup. A robot made of sticks Devin Carroll, a doctoral candidate in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, is designing a modular robot called StickBot, which may be adapted for rehabilitation use in global public health settings.
Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education winners announced The 2022 McGraw Prize recipients are (left to right) Barry Dunn, Cheryl Logan, and Roy Pea. Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education winners announced Cheryl Logan, Barry Dunn, and Roy Pea have been selected for outstanding achievement in pre-K–12, higher education and learning science research.
Wharton students set community values Wharton students set community values An undergraduate-led effort at Wharton has identified six core values that students want the school to embody.
Listen on repeat: Exploring medieval refrain songs Listen on repeat: Exploring medieval refrain songs Music professor Mary Channen Caldwell brings together over 400 devotional Latin refrain songs from the Middle Ages in her new book, the first to explore the medieval refrain in song outside of vernacular contexts.