Set your VCRs: On Jan. 31, hundreds of millions of people will see a small business founded by a Penn student break into the big time during the Super Bowl. Jeremy's MicroBatch Ice Cream, founded by Jeremy Kraus (W'98) while he was enrolled as a Wharton undergraduate, will be featured in a Mail Boxes Etc. commercial during the big game. Kraus, pictured here (left) with Bill Anderson, owner of the MBE store at 3741 Walnut St., won the second annual "See Your Small Business on the Super Bowl Search" sponsored by the business-services chain. The commercial fits in with Kraus' plans to take his super-premium ice cream national this year.
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.
