$1.2 million goes to SEAS for connectivity in Ghana
The School of Engineering and Applied Science’s efforts to close the global digital divide have been recognized with a $1.12 million grant in Hewlett-Packard equipment and services. Touted as the most extensive and concrete undertaking by an American institution of higher education, SEAS’ grassroots project will lay the foundation for a high-speed information and communication infrastructure in Ghana. In three years, SEAS has already founded computer laboratories in four developing nations, including Ecuador, India and Mali. The Hewlett-Packard award is to be jointly administered by Penn and Ghana’s Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.
The Dutch Graduate School Polymers at Eindhoven University of Technology has selected Professor of Chemistry Virgil Percec to be the awardee of the 2002 Dutch Polymers PTN Award. Awarded annually to an internationally renowned scientist for achievement in the study and research of polymer science and engineering, it includes a painting and a cash award. Percec and his family are invited to the Netherlands in recognition of his honor.
Professor of Art History Cecil L. Striker has been elected honorary director for life of the American Research Institute in Turkey. Striker has been associated with the American Research Institute since its founding in 1965 and served as president from 1977 to 1984.
Dr. Steven Bird has been elected to a three-year term on the Committee on Endangered Languages. Bird, associate director and senior researcher of the Linguistic Data Consortium, focuses his research on formal and computational models for linguistic information.
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.
The Dutch Graduate School Polymers at Eindhoven University of Technology has selected Professor of Chemistry Virgil Percec to be the awardee of the 2002 Dutch Polymers PTN Award. Awarded annually to an internationally renowned scientist for achievement in the study and research of polymer science and engineering, it includes a painting and a cash award. Percec and his family are invited to the Netherlands in recognition of his honor.
