As a young girl in Memphis, Dee Dee Bridgewater used to sing along with her mother to Ella Fitzgerald records. Now, her reputation as one of the world’s leading jazz vocal stylists secure, she’s recorded a tribute to the legendary singer.
Selections from that tribute, the double Grammy-winning “Dear Ella” (Verve), make up a large portion of the music Bridgewater will perform when she opens the 2000-2001 Penn Presents season Sept. 22.
A talented stage performer as well as singer, Bridgewater is a revered superstar in Europe, especially in her adopted homeland, France. Now she’s returning to her native land to continue the female jazz and blues tradition that runs from Ella and Billie Holiday through Betty Carter to Bridgewater.
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.
