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Art Matters: ‘In the Garden’ by Jennifer Bartlett
Lynn Dolby points to one of Jennifer Bartlett’s “In the Garden” panels.

Lynn Smith Dolby, director of the Penn Art Collection. 

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  • Art Matters

    • Art Matters: ‘In the Garden’ by Jennifer Bartlett

    During these hot days of summer, the cool of a garden water feature depicted in “In the Garden” by artist Jennifer Bartlett could provide some respite. Made of 270 one-foot-square steel plates painted with enamel, sections of the mural are installed in five locations in Van Pelt Library.
    Does heat travel differently in tight spaces?
    Green-tinted image showing thermal plumes in a Hele-Shaw cell, illustrating heat transfer in confined spaces.

    Hugo Ulloa and Daisuke Noto of the School of Arts & Sciences have unearthed findings that address long-standing mysteries in the mechanics of fluids in confined, tight spaces: how their boundaries affect heat as it emanates from one place and dissipates throughout the space. The image above is a lab-scale hydrothermal system modeled utilizing a Hele-Shaw cell of 10 cm tall, 20 cm long and 4 mm gap. The interior of the Hele-Shaw cell is filled with degassed, deionized water heated from the bottom and cooled from above. A green laser sheet crosses the middle plane of the cell to visualize the motions of micro-scale particles seeded on the water, allowing researchers to estimate the fluid velocity and temperature.

     

     

    (Image: Courtesy of Daisuke Noto)

    Does heat travel differently in tight spaces?

    New research led by Penn scientists offers insights into fundamental problems in fluid mechanics, findings that pave the way for more efficient heat transfer in myriad systems.
    Where scientific nationalism meets tradition
    A group of Penn students looking at Japanese artifacts being presented in a museum.

    (On homepage) At Uji, a city south of Kyoto that’s famous for tea, Penn students learn from a matcha master.

    (Image: John Kehayias)

    Where scientific nationalism meets tradition

    In May, John Kehayias led a Penn Global Seminar to Japan, exploring ideas of wartime-era scientific nationalism while cultivating cross-cultural exchange.
    The economic impact of the Olympics
    Silas Ruth poses on a bench near windows.

    Silas Ruth is a rising fourth-year who is researcing the economics of the Olympic Games.

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    The economic impact of the Olympics

    Rising fourth-year Silas Ruth, an economics major, examines sports mega-events like Paris 2024 through an economic lens.

    Kristen de Groot

    This HR leader hears, heeds, and helps those who heal others
    Kenya Pitt.

    Kenya Pitt is the chief human resources officer for Penn Presbyterian Medical Center.

    (Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine News)

    This HR leader hears, heeds, and helps those who heal others

    Kenya Pitt, chief human resources officer for Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, devotes her time to workforce strategies from compensation to talent acquisition to employee retention for the nearly 4,000 employees at PPMC.

    From Penn Medicine News

    Understanding how a red seaweed reduces methane emissions from cows
    Dipti Pitta with cows.

    Dipti Pitta and researchers in her lab at the School of Veterinary Medicine are investigating how adding a certain type of red seaweed to a cow's diet can curtail methane emissions, which are one of the top contributors to climate warming.

    (Image: Courtesy of Dipti Pitta)

    Understanding how a red seaweed reduces methane emissions from cows

    New research from the School of Veterinary Medicine has implications for addressing a leading contributor to climate warming.
    Charting a new frontier with psychedelic drugs
    A gloved hand dripping a substance from a pipette onto pills.

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    Charting a new frontier with psychedelic drugs

    Penn Medicine’s Dominic Sisti is part of a group of experts including bioethicists, psychiatrists, and Indigenous scholars charting a path toward crafting guidelines for the ethical use of psychedelics.

    Eric Horvath

    Four academic journeys explored
    Vijay Balasubramanian writes equations on a whiteboard with a graduate student

    Younger scientists often ask him about exploring multiple fields, Balasubramanian says. The advice he offers is to “have a central line where you have credibility, where you’ve established that you’re really, really good at what you do, and you can be trusted.”

    (Image: Eric Sucar)

    Four academic journeys explored

    Vijay Balasubramanian and Tukufu Zuberi in the School of Arts & Sciences, Amy Hillier in the School of Social Policy & Practice, and Brittany Watson in the School of Veterinary Medicine share their academic paths toward interdisciplinary work.

    Kristina García

    Exploring the 1918 pandemic’s impact on Philadelphia’s Black and immigrant neighborhoods
    Matthew Breier reads city directory.

    Matthew Breier, a rising third-year student in the College of Arts and Sciences, spent a lot of time going through Philadelphia’s 1918 city directory this summer. Through the Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program, he is helping professor David Barnes understand the impact of the 1918 influenza pandemic on the city’s Black and immigrant neighborhoods.

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    Exploring the 1918 pandemic’s impact on Philadelphia’s Black and immigrant neighborhoods

    Rising third-year Matthew Breier has been conducting research with public health historian David Barnes through the Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program.
    New Arthur Ross Gallery show explores the legacy of American artist David Driskell
    two people looking at five artworks on a wall

    The new exhibition at the Arthur Ross Gallery, “David C. Driskell and Friends: Creativity, Collaboration, and Friendship,” is on view until Sept. 15.

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    New Arthur Ross Gallery show explores the legacy of American artist David Driskell

    A new exhibition at the Arthur Ross Gallery, on view through Sept. 15, explores the work and legacy of David Driskell, a leading American artist, scholar, and curator who was central to establishing African American art as a field of study.