Penn’s Amy Gutmann and David L. Cohen Named to Commission Marking Nation’s 250th Anniversary
Amy Gutmann, president of the University of Pennsylvania, and David L. Cohen, chair of the University’s Board of Trustees and senior executive vice president of Comcast Corporation, are among 16 private citizens named to the United States Semiquincentennial Commission, which will plan for the 250th anniversary in 2026 of American independence.
“By law, the Commission will convene its meetings at Independence Hall in Philadelphia,” according to USA250, the Pennsylvania-based nonprofit planning for the United States Semiquincentennial. “Its recommendations will give special emphasis to locations of historical significance to the United States, to individuals who have made a significant impact on the nation’s development, and to the ideas that have advanced the ‘quest for freedom of all mankind.’”
Pennsylvania’s U.S. senators, Bob Casey and Pat Toomey, and Pennsylvania representatives Patrick Meehan, Robert Brady, Brendan Boyle and Ryan Costello were instrumental in establishing the Commission. Casey, Toomey, Brady and Meehan are also members of the Commission board.
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.
