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Peter Struck: A champion for the liberal arts
Peter Struck.

Peter Struck, Vartan Gregorian Professor of the Humanities, begins a new role as Stephen A. Levin Family Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.

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Peter Struck: A champion for the liberal arts

The Vartan Gregorian Professor of the Humanities discusses his new role as the Stephen A. Levin Family Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, and how the liberal arts are foundational to education.

Blake Cole

Liquid crystals in motion mimic biological systems
Various undulating shapes of crystals.

Under the right conditions, liquid crystals form structures reminiscent of biological systems, shown in actual (left) and false color (right), with the filaments in light blue and the flattened discs in yellow.

(Image: Christopher Browne)

Liquid crystals in motion mimic biological systems

Researchers in the lab of Chinedum Osuji have discovered that under the right conditions, liquid crystals form structures reminiscent of biological systems that can transport material from one place to another, much like complex biological systems.

Ian Scheffler

How is the world working to save biodiversity?
Three women sit at tables in front of an audience. A Zoom screen with three additional speakers is behind them.

Kathleeen Morrison, Fernanda Jiménez, and Julie Ellis present to the Penn community at CLALS. The program was also available to online participants; behind them, Carolina Angel Botero, Emilio Latorre, and Keith Russell present via Zoom.

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How is the world working to save biodiversity?

A Sept. 18 panel hosted by the Environmental Innovations Initiative and the Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies discussed local and global initiatives.

Kristina García

Your child’s mental health diagnosis
An adolescent speaking with a therapist.

Image: iStock/SeventyFour

Your child’s mental health diagnosis

School of Social Policy & Practice professor Jacqueline Corcoran’s new book is a go-to guide for those raising children with mental disorders.

From the School of Social Policy & Practice

Public opinion research in changing times
A graph indicating public opinion polling.

Image: Ikon Images via AP Images

Public opinion research in changing times

In a Q&A, William Marble of the Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies talks about how PORES has had to adjust to the series of rapidly changing events in the presidential race and to longer-standing shifts in public opinion research methodologies.
Reducing a dog’s temperature after exercise with voluntary head dunking
Dog dunks head in water.

Penn Vet researchers trained physically and mentally healthy dogs to voluntarily dunk their heads in water, an effective method for rapidly cooling canines after exercise.

(Image: Shelby Wise/Wise K9 Photography)

Reducing a dog’s temperature after exercise with voluntary head dunking

Penn Vet Working Dog Center researchers have identified an effective and field-applicable way to rapidly help dogs cool down after exercise.
Preparing the next generation of engineers to solve the world’s energy and sustainability problems
Lorena Grundy “Teaching with impact”

Lorena Grundy is Penn Engineering’s new practice assistant professor in chemical and biomolecular engineering.

(Image: Courtesy of Penn Engineering Today)

Preparing the next generation of engineers to solve the world’s energy and sustainability problems

Lorena Grundy is Penn Engineering’s new practice assistant professor in chemical and biomolecular engineering.

Melissa Pappas

Announcing the Draw Down the Lightning Grants
Penn students walking on Locust Walk in the fall.

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Announcing the Draw Down the Lightning Grants

A new initiative that advances In Principle and Practice, the Draw Down the Lightning grants encourage collaborative endeavors in support of the strategic framework’s four principles and five practices.