In April 1968—just two months before he was assassinated in California— Robert F. Kennedy took to the Palestra stage during a campaign stop and lit up the Penn crowd. According to a Daily Pennsylvanian article from April 3 of that year, he was interrupted by applause 42 times by the crowd of 11,000 people, which included 1,000 fans listening to the speech by loudspeaker outside the Palestra.
Popular as he was with the Penn crowd, the DP story noted there were supporters of Eugene McCarthy—Kennedy’s competition for the Democratic nomination—in attendance, too. The article notes that Kennedy “became visibly angered by the obviously sizeable McCarthy rooting section only once. …Hecklers asked the senator where he differed from Minnesota’s McCarthy, at which Kennedy brought his appearance to a close with a statement that he, personally, had a contribution to make to the United States. This last statement brought the huge crowd to its feet cheering.”
For more on this and other notable moments in Penn’s history, visit the University Archives web site at www.archives.upenn.edu.
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.
