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The auction is the biggest fundraising event by Penn Law School's student-run Equal Justice Foundation. Money raised from the auction will provide scholarships to summer interns at non-profit, legal-aid and governmental organizations. The students gain valuable legal experience and help organizations and individuals that need but cannot afford legal assistance. Students who have received scholarships have worked in areas such as immigrant rights, criminal prosecution and housing rights.
Items to be auctioned include a weekend for two in Las Vegas in a penthouse suite at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino along with passes for Canyon Ranch as well as services such as music lessons, a homemade dinner at a Penn Law School professor's house and gift certificates for dinners at some of the finest Philadelphia restaurants.
In 2002, EJF raised $40,000 to provide grants to fellow Penn Law students.
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.
