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A new energy and intentionality to Penn purchasing
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A new energy and intentionality to Penn purchasing

The University launched its “Fueling Business Growth” campaign at this year’s Supplier Diversity Forum and Expo, meant to increase support of local, minority-owned businesses.

Lauren Hertzler , Dee Patel

Beating burnout at work
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Author Paula Davis provides a new framework to prevent employee burnout in her book, “Beating Burnout at Work: Why Teams Hold the Secret to Well-Being and Resilience," published by Wharton School Press. (Image: Wharton School Press)

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    • Beating burnout at work

    Author Paula Davis provides a new framework to prevent employee burnout in her book, “Beating Burnout at Work: Why Teams Hold the Secret to Well-Being and Resilience," published by Wharton School Press.

    Dee Patel

    Damian Pang may have discovered a new type of memory
    Damian Pang standing, smiling, in a suit.

    Damian Pang, Penn LPS Online Certificate in Neuroscience graduate. (Image: OMNIA)

    Damian Pang may have discovered a new type of memory

    The Penn LPS Online Certificate in Neuroscience let Pang gain additional knowledge and skills while still working full time as an airline pilot out of Hong Kong.

    From Omnia

    Rising sophomore Paola Camacho’s Hollywood summer
    Student standing outside on hill with Hollywood sign behind her

    Paola Camacho, in the Class of 2024 in the College of Arts and Sciences, was in Los Angeles this summer working with Hollywood writers and Penn alums David Stern and Stuart Gibbs through a RealArts@Penn internship. (Image: Courtesy of Paola Camacho)

    Rising sophomore Paola Camacho’s Hollywood summer

    Rising sophomore Paola Camacho is conducting research for Hollywood writers and Penn alums David Stern and Stuart Gibbs through a Real Arts@Penn internship in Los Angeles.
    100 years of insulin
    insulin lab

    Homepage image: Laboratory on the University of Toronto campus where Banting and Best carried out some of their research on insulin. (Image: Courtesy of Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto)

    100 years of insulin

    On July 27, 1921, Canadian doctors Frederick Banting and Charles Best successfully isolated the hormone insulin, one of the most important breakthroughs in treating diabetes. Experts from around the University share their thoughts on the medical triumph on the 100th anniversary.

    Kristen de Groot

    Through the thin-film glass, researchers spot a new liquid phase
    individual panes of glass in different colors stacked on top of each other

    Research from the lab of Zahra Fakhraai describes a new liquid phase in thin films of a glass-forming molecule. These results demonstrate how these glasses and other similar materials can be fabricated to be denser and more stable, providing a framework for developing new applications and devices through better design.

    Through the thin-film glass, researchers spot a new liquid phase

    A new study on thin films of glass shows how they can be fabricated to be denser and more stable, providing a framework for new applications and devices through better design.

    Erica K. Brockmeier

    Haiti in turmoil
    Perry World House exterior

    (Image: Eric Sucar)

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    • Haiti in turmoil

    Perry World House Visiting Fellow Henri-Paul Normandin, former Canadian ambassador to Haiti, reflects on the current situation and where Haiti goes from here.

    Kristen de Groot