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Cultivando Juntos takes shape in Kennett Square
Cultivando Juntos team members standing in nursing building

Cultivando Juntos takes shape in Kennett Square

As part of their President’s Engagement Prize project, José Maciel and Antonio Renteria are reframing the concept of healthy living for mushroom farmworkers.

Michele W. Berger

Carbon-neutral by 2042: CSAP 3.0’s most ambitious plan
Anne Papageorge, Craig Carnaroli, and Baktiar Choudhury at University Council on Oct. 23

Anne Papageorge, Craig Carnaroli, and Baktiar Choudhury at University Council on Oct. 23

Carbon-neutral by 2042: CSAP 3.0’s most ambitious plan

At the University Council meeting on Oct. 23, Craig Carnaroli and Anne Papageorge highlighted the current successes and future plans of Penn’s Climate and Sustainability Action Plan 3.0. with an ambitious goal—to be 100% carbon neutral by 2042.
Consuming alcohol leads to epigenetic changes in brain memory centers
shape of a human head made of outlines of wine glasses, drink glasses and beer bottles.

Consuming alcohol leads to epigenetic changes in brain memory centers

What drives the biology behind alcohol cravings has remained largely unknown. A new Penn study shows how a byproduct of the alcohol breakdown produced mostly in the liver travels to the brain’s learning system and impacts behavior around environmental cues to drink.

Penn Today Staff

Magnets sustainably separate mixtures of rare earth metals
the back of an open phone showing chips and circuits

Magnets sustainably separate mixtures of rare earth metals

Chemists at Penn have identified a new approach for purifying rare earth metals, crucial components of technology that require environmentally-damaging mining procedures.

Erica K. Brockmeier

The science of sensations
Smiling scientist stands in a lab

Ishmail Abdus-Saboor has carved out a path studying the biology of touch, pain, and itch.

The science of sensations

To confront the ills of the opioid epidemic, scientists must develop a fundamental understanding of the biology of pain. Biologist Ishmail Abdus-Saboor’s work is setting the stage for screening alternative drugs and uncovering new pathways that an opioid-alternative could target.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Six Penn faculty members elected to National Academy of Medicine
Clockwise from top left: Stephan A. Grupp, Beverly L. Davidson, James H. Eberwine, Guo-lin Ming, George Demiris, Charles S. Abrams

Clockwise from top left: Stephan A. Grupp, Beverly L. Davidson, James H. Eberwine, Guo-li Ming, George Demiris, Charles S. Abrams

Six Penn faculty members elected to National Academy of Medicine

One of the nation’s highest honors in biomedicine, members are elected by their peers for accomplishments and contributions to the advancement of the medical sciences, health care, and public health.

Penn Today Staff

Weeklong focus on indigenous languages
About 50 people gathered together some in indigenous clothing.

Américo Mendoza-Mori (second row, fourth from left), founder of The Quechua Program at Penn, organized Indigenous Language Week at Penn. 

Weeklong focus on indigenous languages

As part of the United Nations International Year of Indigenous Languages, campus groups have organized the Indigenous Languages Week Celebration, supported by a grant from the Sachs Program for Arts Innovation Foundation.