Freshman guard Bryce Washington’s heroics in Penn’s win over Saint Joseph’s earned him two player of the week awards.
Bryce Washington, a freshman guard on the men’s basketball team, played like a seasoned vet in Penn’s Big 5-clinching, 78-70 victory over Saint Joseph’s on Saturday at the Palestra, dropping 23 points and grabbing 10 rebounds, both team highs. His excellent execution has merited Ivy League Rookie of the Week and Big 5 Player of the Week awards.
In 35 minutes of play, Washington was 8-14 on field goals, 6-12 from the three-point line, and 1-1 from the foul line. He also had four assists and two steals.
The Quakers’ win over the Hawks marked the first time Penn has finished undefeated in the Big 5 in 17 years.
With a record of 12-6 (0-2 in the Ivy League), the Red & Blue look to pick up their first conference win of the season on Friday against Cornell at 5 p.m. in Ithaca, N.Y.
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.
