Quakers and Cavaliers get ready to rumble in NCAA Regional Image: Penn Athletics Quakers and Cavaliers get ready to rumble in NCAA Regional The baseball team is making back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 34 years.
Weitzman’s Sharon Hayes explores performance, identity, and history Installation view of Sharon Hayes’ “Ricerche: four, 2024,” at the Whitney Biennial.Installation view of Sharon Hayes’ “Ricerche: four, 2024,” at the Whitney Biennial. (Image: Ron Amstutz) Weitzman’s Sharon Hayes explores performance, identity, and history The professor of fine arts is debuting the fifth installment of her video series “Ricerche” at the 2024 Whitney Biennial.
A new $250M approach to addressing health care patients’ food insecurities Image: Hoag Levins A new $250M approach to addressing health care patients’ food insecurities Penn plays a major scientific role in new initiative backed by the American Heart Association- and Rockefeller Foundation-led consortium.
Positioned for Success Cheryl Nnadi (left) and Taussia Boadi (right) created Positioned for Success, a 2023 winner of Projects for Progress.nocred Positioned for Success The program, launched by recent College of Arts and Sciences grads Taussia Boadi and Cheryl Nnadi, was a 2023 Projects for Progress winner and provides academic support to middle school students affected by gun violence.
B cells drive responses of other immune cells, can be modified to prevent multiple sclerosis symptoms Image: iStock/Nathan Devery B cells drive responses of other immune cells, can be modified to prevent multiple sclerosis symptoms Penn Medicine research finds that abnormally active B cell metabolism causes an inflammatory immune response in individuals with MS.
Experimental mRNA avian flu vaccine Image: iStock/ktsimage Experimental mRNA avian flu vaccine Promising preclinical results from a new Penn Medicine study suggest an mRNA vaccine platform could limit the impact of avian flu pandemics.
Brewing brilliance nocred Brewing brilliance Nader Engheta and Firooz Aflatouni of Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science turn tea time into new ideas.
How much gossip is needed to foster social cooperation? (Image: iStock/AndreyPopov) How much gossip is needed to foster social cooperation? Researchers Mari Kawakatsu, Taylor A. Kessinger, and Joshua B. Plotkin in Penn’s Department of Biology developed a model incorporating two forms of gossip to study indirect reciprocity.
Abortion, not inflation, directly affected congressional voting in 2022 Image: iStock/EvgeniyShkolenko Abortion, not inflation, directly affected congressional voting in 2022 Contrary to the conventional wisdom that Americans are “pocketbook voters,” views on abortion and the Supreme Court are more likely to sway voters today.
Can more art equal less crime? Maya Moritz presenting at the 2024 Penn Grad Talks. She won first place in the Social Science category.(Image: Brooke Sietinsons) Can more art equal less crime? Maya Moritz, a first-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Criminology, is building the case, studying the effect of Philadelphia murals on the city’s crime rate.