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
Penn physicists led by Bo Zhen have created hybrid light-matter particles that interact strongly enough to compute, pointing toward ultrafast, low-energy optical AI hardware.
Penn’s newest supercomputer is transforming research
Penn’s first campus-wide HPC and AI cluster, “Betty,” is expanding access to powerful computing, enabling groundbreaking projects, and fostering new collaborations across disciplines.
A bioengineered bean gum from the lab of Penn Dental’s Henry Daniell is found to reduce the levels of three microbes associated with head and neck squamous cell cancer to almost zero, without affecting the beneficial bacteria normally found in the mouth.
Fighting oral cancer with bioengineered chewing gum
Research led by Penn Dental’s Henry Daniell shows that antiviral and antibacterial chewing gums reduce the levels of three microbes linked to worse outcomes in oral cancers, paving the way for more effective and affordable therapies.
The performing arts at Penn: Process, practice, and purpose
In the vivid tapestry of performing arts groups at Penn, students prepare for their performances while simultaneously enriching their college experience.
