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Dorothy Roberts on the future of abortion advocacy
A crowd of people gathered, one holds a sign that reads ABORTION IS ESSENTIAL.

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    • Dorothy Roberts on the future of abortion advocacy

    Dorothy Roberts speaks with Penn Today on the implications of the Dobbs decision, which struck down Roe v. Wade, leaving many states with no legal right to abortion.

    Kristina Linnea García

    Can nature-inspired designs affect cognition and mood?
    Farhan Jivraj sits at a desk and looks at the topographic rug in the biophilic room

    Can nature-inspired designs affect cognition and mood?

    A team from the Center for Neuroaesthetics created a biophilic room to test the idea. Preliminary findings from a small pilot show promise, but also spur many questions about how to best use such a space.

    Michele W. Berger , Kelsey Geesler , Michael Grant

    Student-led project takes a global view of the Green New Deal
    Map of the earth with extinct animals superimposed over the continents.

    Mass extinction, represented here by ranges once roamed by now-extinct species, is one strand of Field Notes Towards an Internationalist Green New Deal. (Image: Weitzman News)

    Student-led project takes a global view of the Green New Deal

    The Green New Deal and its implications for the design professions have been areas of sustained focus for The Ian L. McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology at Weitzman since 2019.

    Intervening to stop bone loss
    Penn Dental Medicine professor Shuying Yang

    Shuying (Sheri) Yang

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    Intervening to stop bone loss

    A study led by Shuying (Sheri) Yang of the School of Dental Medicine identified a new role for a protein that keeps osteoclasts—the cells that break down bone—in check, and may guide the development of new therapies to counter bone loss.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    The future of nursing
    Exterior of Claire M. Fagin Hall.

    The future of nursing

    Penn Nursing dean Antonia Villarruel and associate dean for research and innovation Therese Richmond co-authored commentary published in the journal Nursing Outlook about the the National Institute of Nursing Research’s new strategic plan.

    From Penn Nursing News

    New evidence suggests human brain produces immature neurons throughout lifespan
    Microscopic view of illuminated brain neurons.

    New evidence suggests human brain produces immature neurons throughout lifespan

    Work from Perelman School of Medicine and elsewhere found these neurons in significant numbers in the hippocampus. The findings pave the way for the deeper study of the role this neuron formation plays in memory, mood, behavior, and brain disorders.

    Mentorship strategies to boost diversity in paleontology
    Scientists Erynn Johnson and Aja Carter use a 3D printer to make shell shapes

    Erynn Johnson and Aja Carter both earned their doctoral degrees in paleontology from Penn, employing pioneering techniques, such as 3D printing to replicate the forms of ancient creatures. In a new publication, they share advice for attracting and retaining students and trainees from underrepresented groups to paleontology. 

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    • Mentorship strategies to boost diversity in paleontology

    Drawing on research as well as their experiences as women of color in paleontology, Aja Carter and Erynn Johnson, who earned doctoral degrees from Penn, coauthored a paper offering advice for making the field more inclusive.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    Goodbye to an iconic tree
    Large tree without leaves on a sunny day

    The Quad elm cut an imposing figure, shown here in the spring of 2021, before leaf out. The space will be replanted with three native white oaks at a later date. (Image: Eric Sucar/University Communications)

    Goodbye to an iconic tree

    More than a century old, the American elm located in the heart of the Quadrangle residences has been ailing and is due to be removed the week of July 25. The site will be replanted at a later date with three native white oaks.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    Inspired by nature, artificial microtubules can work against a current to transport tiny cargoes
    graphic of microvascular networks showing how free-swimming microrobots disperse but a microcatheter propels robots against a flow to a target

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    hile free-swimming microrobots have been explored as a way to precisely deliver therapeutics within a blood vessel, they can disperse in the strong flows, failing to reach their target at high enough concentrations. In contrast, microrobots propelled along an artificial microtubule, developed by physicist Arnold Mathijssen and colleagues, can be transported precisely, even working against the current. (Image: Courtesy of Arnold Mathijssen/Nature Machine Intelligence)

    Inspired by nature, artificial microtubules can work against a current to transport tiny cargoes

    Technology developed by Arnold Mathijssen of the School of Arts & Sciences and colleagues could one day clear blockages in blood vessels or precisely target chemotherapy drugs to a tumor.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    Educating community-oriented biologists
    A student smiling in a lab wearing a lab coat.

    Reginald Kwarteng is an undergraduate student researcher in the Wagner Lab. (Image: Wil Prall)

    Educating community-oriented biologists

    Mecky Pohlschröder of the School of Arts & Sciences reflects on an SNF Paideia course that connects research conducted in the STEM field to the broader community, allowing students to observe the influences of their work outside of the lab.