HUP Food Pantry team innovates to address food insecurity HUP Food Pantry team innovates to address food insecurity Between June 2020 and November 2021, the HUP Food Pantry gave out nearly 5,000 bags of food to postpartum families with food insecurity.
A new class of materials for nanoscale patterning The researchers developed a way of alternating between “blocks” of two types of polymer with precise lengths. These “multiblock copolymers” spontaneously form layered and cylindrical structures, which could be used for nanopatterning, a way of manufacturing microscopic components. The researchers also demonstrated a “double gyroid” structure which could be used for more complicated nanopatterning templates. (Image: Penn Engineering Today) A new class of materials for nanoscale patterning Recent research demonstrates how a new class of polymers can produce small, precise patterns on the nanometer scale, with future implications for large-scale computer chip fabrication.
Ph.D. candidate’s initiative brings refugees out of Ukraine and supplies in History Ph.D. student Sam Finkelman helps a Ukrainian refugee out of a van in Budapest, Hungary, earlier this month. (Image: Courtesy of Sam Finkelman) Ph.D. candidate’s initiative brings refugees out of Ukraine and supplies in When Sam Finkelman’s yearlong research trip to Russia, Hungary, and Ukraine was interrupted by war, he went into action.
Dean’s Forum with filmmaker Jon Chu In the 2022 Dean’s Forum, filmmaker Jon Chu joined professor David Eng to talk about the power of representation. Photo: Lisa Godfrey. Dean’s Forum with filmmaker Jon Chu Chu joined David Eng of the School of Arts & Sciences in the 2022 Stephen A. Levin Family Dean’s Forum to discuss art and the power of representation.
Exploration awaits as Penn Abroad ramps up student trips (Homepage image) Participants in the Penn Global Seminar to the Galápagos Islands traveled over winter break to see first-hand the ecology, evolution, and natural history of Galápagos, along with the growing impact of humans on this fragile place. (Image: Courtesy of Penn Abroad) Exploration awaits as Penn Abroad ramps up student trips Two years after the pandemic forced Penn Abroad to brings students home, trips are back on and a busier-than-normal abroad schedule is coming in fall 2022.
Correcting night blindness in dogs Correcting night blindness in dogs Researchers in the School of Veterinary Medicine and colleagues have developed a gene therapy that restores dim-light vision in dogs with a congenital form of night blindness, offering hope for treating a similar condition in people.
Ivy League gives props to three Quakers Ivy League gives props to three Quakers Sarah Schneider of the softball team, Asa Wilson of the baseball team, and Krissy Kowalski of the women’s lacrosse team have earned weekly conference recognition.
Oscars 2022, predicted The 94th Academy Awards will be held inside the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 27. (Image: Lionel Hahn/Abaca/Sipa via AP Images) Oscars 2022, predicted Penn Cinema and Media Studies and Theatre Arts faculty make their predictions about this year’s Oscar winners—organized by category.
COVID-19 turned everything upside down. What has Penn Medicine’s innovation team learned? Image: Penn Medicine News COVID-19 turned everything upside down. What has Penn Medicine’s innovation team learned? To many in health care—including those in Penn Medicine’s Center for Health Care Innovation—the COVID-19 pandemic is a crisis from which to find the next great learning opportunity.
Changing lives in refugee communities through access to clean water The water tank for the Olua I community is now installed and fully operational, with 10 filling stations where community members can obtain clean water. In the coming weeks, Maji aims to finish fencing the area around the water tank and installing additional irrigation equipment. (Images: Martin Leet) Changing lives in refugee communities through access to clean water As winners of the 2021 President’s Engagement Prize, May graduates Martin Leet and Leah Voytovich co-founded Maji, a nonprofit organization dedicated to projects that support refugee initiatives in Uganda.