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Nurse case manager supports her Ukrainian homeland from afar
Left: Alena Blain in a medical white coat. Right: Alena Blain at a table video chatting.

Nurse case manager supports her Ukrainian homeland from afar

As Russia continues its war on Ukraine, Alena Blain, a nurse case manager at Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center, collects and packages much needed medical supplies to send to hospitals in Ukraine for treating people injured in the war.

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New journal focuses on how the mind and brain process language
A cartoon drawing of two silhouetted heads facing each other, with lines to indicate speaking, moving from the mouths to the brains around in a circle.

New journal focuses on how the mind and brain process language

The open-access, online-only Glossa Psycholinguistics recently published its inaugural issue after more than two years of effort from Penn linguist Florian Schwarz and colleagues around the world.

Michele W. Berger

ToxiSense wins 2022 Venture Lab Startup Challenge
Eric Aroesty, Aravind Krishnan, Udit Garg, Andrew Diep-Tran, and Aarush Sahni.

(From left to right) Startup Challenge sponsor Eric Aroesty with members of Toxisense: Aravind Krishnan, Udit Garg, Andrew Diep-Tran, and Aarush Sahni. (Image: The Wharton School)

ToxiSense wins 2022 Venture Lab Startup Challenge

Four first-year students win the $50,000 Perlman Grand Prize for their sustainable water testing method through genetically engineering plants with bioluminescent properties.
A multidisciplinary approach to considering the Earth’s changing systems
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(Homepage image) Touching on a broad range of topics from climate’s impact on national security to resilient building design to emissions related to food production, the course aimed to boost students’ understanding of earth systems and climate literacy. (Image: NASA)

A multidisciplinary approach to considering the Earth’s changing systems

Bringing expertise from each of their disciplines, the School of Arts & Sciences’ Kathleen Morrison and Joseph Francisco and the Environmental Innovations Initiative’s Melissa Brown Goodall infused chemistry, anthropology, policy, and more into an introductory course on climate and the environment.

Katherine Unger Baillie

A passion for addressing ‘meaningful causes’ with data
a portrait of angelina heyler outside on a staircase

Angelina Heyler, a senior in the School of Engineering and Applied Science from Hong Kong, discovered a passion for data science and applied statistics while majoring in systems science and engineering. In addition to fostering community engagement within Penn Engineering as well as with students in West Philadelphia, she’s also thankful for the connections she made on campus through Ultimate Frisbee.

A passion for addressing ‘meaningful causes’ with data

Senior Angelina Heyler, a systems science and engineering major who is submatriculating in Penn’s data science accelerated master’s program, spent her time at Penn fostering a passion for applied problem solving, building community, and playing Ultimate Frisbee.

Erica K. Brockmeier

Frozen testicular tissue still viable after 20 years
Cross-section of testes tissue shows a variety of cells labeled pink and blue and sperm

After being transferred to an infertile mouse, testes tissue from a rat that had been frozen for more than two decades gave rise to sperm and germ cells. (Image: Eoin Whelan/PLOS Biology/CC-BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)

Frozen testicular tissue still viable after 20 years

Many pediatric cancer treatments, though lifesaving, can compromise future fertility. In a new study in rodents, researchers from the School of Veterinary Medicine showed that testicular tissue frozen for more than 20 years could give rise to sperm.

Katherine Unger Baillie

The past, present, and future of the Positive Humanities
Book cover that reads "Oxford Library of Psychology, edited by Louis Tay, James O. Pawelski, The Oxford Handbook of The Positive Humanities" next to a picture of James Pawelski.

The past, present, and future of the Positive Humanities

A new Oxford Handbook from Penn’s James Pawelski and Louis Tay of Purdue explores this emerging field, which brings together positive psychology, philosophy, the humanities, and the arts.

Michele W. Berger