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Penn Researchers Tap Into Cell Power to Create Building “Skins” That Adapt to Heat/Light of Environment
PHILADELPHIA –- Engineers, design architects and cell biologists from the University of Pennsylvania will use a National Science Foundation grant to utilize the flexibility and sensitivity of human cells as the models for next-generation building “skins” that will adapt to changes in the environment and increase building energy efficiency.
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Former Philadelphia Managing Director Camille Cates Barnett To Become Penn IUR Scholar
Today, Eugenie Birch and Susan Wachter, co-directors of the Penn Institute for Urban Research (Penn IUR) announced that Dr. Camille Cates Barnett, formerly Managing Director of the City of Philadelphia, will become a Penn IUR Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania. With support of a William Penn Foundation grant to Penn IUR, Dr. Barnett will research best practices and innovations in urban governance, as well as pen articles on those topics and guest lecture in Penn IUR’s undergraduate urban research colloquium.
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Penn Public Safety to Test Emergency Notification System With Sept. 28 Shelter-in-Place Drill
PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania’s Division of Public Safety is testing the UPennAlert Emergency Notification system with a shelter-in-place drill on Tuesday, Sept. 28, at 2:55 p.m. Public Safety will test the system and its message-delivery methods, including those via personal electronic devices, the DPS Web site and the Penn Siren Outdoor System. A shelter-in-place drill is designed to provide refuge for the occupants of buildings in the event of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or natural disasters.
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At the Crossroads of Chromosomes: Penn Study Reveals Structure of Cell Division’s Key Molecule
PHILADELPHIA – On average, one hundred billion cells in the human body divide over the course of a day. Most of the time the body gets it right but sometimes, problems in cell replication can lead to abnormalities in chromosomes resulting in many types of disorders, from cancer to Down Syndrome.
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Bartending classes on campus
WHAT: A one-day, total-immersion course in bartending on Oct. 16 that will make you ready to shake, stir, mix and pour like a champ. The class is offered by Penn Student Agencies with instruction from the Main Line Center for Bartending. For class fees and registration visit www.pennstudent agencies.com.
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Campus garden takes root on Locust Walk
Photo credit: Peter Tobia Urban gardens have become a familiar sight in Philadelphia—from the Mill Creek Farm to the west, the Schuylkill River Park Community Garden in Center City and Greensgrow Farms in Kensington.
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Revolutionary Road
“Martyrdom Street” is the first novel from Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, an associate professor of history at Penn and director of the University’s Middle East Center. Set in Iran during the 1979 revolution and subsequent Iran-Iraq War, the book chronicles the lives of three Iranian women dealing with the consequences of war and the instability, disruption and upheaval created by revolution.
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Get smart fast at Penn lecture series
Bottom: Campbell Grey, an assistant professor of classical studies, discusses "Is America Rome? Why Do You Ask?" for the 60-Second Lecture series. If the popularity of the sitcom “The Big Bang Theory” or the number of television programs produced in the “Star Trek” franchise (six!) tells us anything, it is that popular culture and science don’t have to be enemies.
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Living on your own at Penn
Many Penn freshmen are getting what may be their first taste of independence, living miles or even oceans away from home. Mom and Dad may send the occasional care package (fewer and fewer as the years go by), but for the most part, the young men and women are on their own. In this edition of By The Numbers, we offer tips for living independently at Penn.
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‘The Voice of Franklin Field’ kicks off his final season
On this particular afternoon “The Voice of Franklin Field” is hoarse. It’s been a long, hot summer for John C.T. Alexander, who for the past 49 years has announced the first downs, tackles and touchdowns at Penn’s home games, and he blames air conditioning for the scratch in his throat.