About 60 fourth- and fifth-graders from Harrity Elementary School in Southwest Philadelphia surprised artist Terry Adkins and clamored for his autograph as he stood in front of his work “Ezekiel” (1995) at the Institute of Contemporary Art earlier this month. The students’ visit to his critically acclaimed exhibit, “Relay Hymn,” is one of a series that is bringing public school children into the ICA to see and make art. “Relay Hymn” will be in the upstairs gallery at the ICA until Nov. 7
Nanoparticle blueprints reveal path to smarter medicines
New research involving Penn Engineering shows detailed variation in lipid nanoparticle size, shape, and internal structure, and finds that such factors correlate with how well they deliver therapeutic cargo to a particular destination.
A generous gift from alumni Glenn and Amanda Fuhrman brings the work of internationally acclaimed artist Jaume Plensa to the University of Pennsylvania. The latest addition to the Penn Art Collection expands Philadelphia's public art.
A massive chunk of ice, a new laser, and new information on sea-level rise
For nearly a decade, Leigh Stearns and collaborators aimed a laser scanner system at Greenland’s Helheim Glacier. Their long-running survey reveals that Helheim’s massive calving events don’t behave the way scientists once thought, reframing how ice loss contributes to sea-level rise.
