The banana — Winston Pear (C’02, left rear) — was busy helping other customers. So it was left up to the bunch of grapes — Ryan Crocetto (C’99, center) — to turn diners Julie Bookbinder (EAS’02) and Mark Kurish (C’01) on to the delights of the banana and its kin. The two fruits, student employees of Dining Services, along with Lucky the Leprechaun — a.k.a. Dining Services Culinary Steward Shana Abelson — and a whole host of suppliers of good and healthy foods, spent lunchtime March 29 at Hill House, the third-to-last stop on a month-long traveling fair organized by Dining Services Nutritionist Emily Sherr to promote National Nutrition Month.
When the Schuylkill swallowed the city: Lessons from Hurricane Ida’s historic flood
New Penn research shows that Hurricane Ida wasn’t a once-in-a-century anomaly but a preview of how climate change, urbanization, and aging infrastructure are rewriting flood risk.
The Fed explained: What it does and why it matters
Former Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker and financial historian Peter Conti-Brown, both Wharton professors, unpack the central bank’s origins, its unusual structure, and the quiet ways it shapes the economy
How population changes are impacting primary education worldwide
Research from Penn sociologist Emily Hannum and colleagues reveals regional trends in whether school-age populations are increasing, plateauing, or decreasing—and shows how different countries are responding.
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.
