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Extending battery lifespan and capacity through self-healing materials
Electric cars in lines with batteries exposed.

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Extending battery lifespan and capacity through self-healing materials

Eric Detsi, associate professor in materials science and engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, has developed batteries that heal from the damage sustained by charging, extending their lifespan.

Ian Scheffler

60 years of civil rights with Mary Frances Berry
Marcia Chatelain and Mary Frances Berry converse on a stage in front of an audience

Emeritus professor Mary Frances Berry reflected on the 60-year anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in conversation with Marcia Chatelain.

(Image: Tyrone Bullock, Jr.)

60 years of civil rights with Mary Frances Berry

The emeritus Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought reflected on the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in conversation with Marcia Chatelain.

Kristina García

Wale Adebanwi on social mobility, ethnonationalism, and democratic politics in Nigeria
Book cover for “How to Become a Big Man in Africa” written by Wale Adebanwe.

Wale Adebanwi is a Presidential Penn Compact Professor of Africana Studies and director of the Center for Africana Studies. 

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Wale Adebanwi on social mobility, ethnonationalism, and democratic politics in Nigeria

The Presidential Penn Compact Professor of Africana Studies and director of the Center for Africana Studies revisits his journalistic roots with his new book about youth, violence, social dynamics, and governmental evolution.

Blake Cole

Penn in Latin America and the Caribbean showcases University scholarship
The interior main room of Perry World House, where conference attendees listen to a presentation

The 7th Penn in Latin America and the Caribbean (PLAC) conference, organized by an interdisciplinary group of faculty, staff, and students, showcased public and community engaged scholarship across the region and its diaspora.

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Penn in Latin America and the Caribbean showcases University scholarship

The seventh Penn in Latin America and the Caribbean conference centered on the theme of “Public and Community Engaged Scholarship in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Its Diaspora.”

Kristina García

Toward carbon-negative architecture
A rendering of the carbon-absorbing and storage system

A rendering of the carbon-absorbing and storage system developed by the Penn team and its partners suggests how minimized material use and maximized surface area are expressed in the structure's slabs, columns, and beams.

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Toward carbon-negative architecture

A multidisciplinary team of researchers from Weitzman and Penn Engineering are working to develop a new building system that would reduce carbon in all aspects of concrete construction.

From the Weitzman School of Design

Bridging cultures and building connections at the Lauder Institute
Kenric Tsethlikai.

Kenric Tsethlikai began working at the Lauder Institute in 2008 as the director of Language and Culture Programs. He was appointed managing director in 2012.

(Image: Lauren Treutler)

Bridging cultures and building connections at the Lauder Institute

How the Institute’s managing director Kenric Tsethlikai’s native roots laid the seeds for international success.

From the Lauder Institute