Bill Schilling, director of Student Financial Aid at the University of Pennsylvania since 1980, is available to comment on trends in student assistance nationally, including public policy issues under consideration in Washington.
"Financial aid is experiencing some difficult times," Schilling said. "I, like many others in higher education, am concerned about what seems to be a lessening of a national commitment to need-based aid as a means of ensuring that talented students from all economic backgrounds have the opportunity for a four-year college education.
"There is substantial aid available for needy college-bound students, and it important for students and their families to understand that they should not rule out schools because of 'sticker price.' A college that may appear to be unaffordable may not be, once aid is factored in."
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Novel plant-based approach to a better, cheaper GLP-1 delivery system
Research led by Penn Dental’s Henry Daniell investigates the use of a lettuce-based, plant-encapsulated delivery platform as a new oral delivery of two GLP-1 drugs previously approved by the FDA in injectable form.
No brain, no gain: Neuronal activity enhances benefits of exercise
Research led by Penn neuroscientist J. Nicholas Betley and collaborators finds that hypothalamic neurons are essential for translating physical exertion into endurance, potentially opening the door to exercise-mimicking therapies.
In honor of Valentine's Day, and as a way of fostering community in her Shakespeare in Love course, Becky Friedman took her students to the University Club for lunch one class period. They talked about the movie "Shakespeare in Love," as part of a broader conversation on how Shakespeare's works are adapted.
In Becky Friedman’s English course Shakespeare in Love, undergraduate students analyze language, genre, and adaptation in the Bard’s plays through the lens of love.
Beating the heat: Designing cooling for bodies in motion
Dorit Aviv, director of Weitzman’s Thermal Architecture Lab, studies how humans, technology, and design intersect, paving the way for the development of novel approaches to cooling people efficiently.
