Austrian immigrant Franz Frederick Exner came to Penn in 1900 as a graduate student in the Chemistry Ph.D. program. And though Exner and his wife, Hannah Longstreet Blythe Exner, remained in Philadelphia for just three years, they left behind a valuable record of their time: An impressive collection of 43 photographs, taken by Franz, including images of both and Penn and Philadelphia, that is now housed at the University Archives.
Though not a professional photographer (after graduation, Exner moved to Minnesota, where he worked as chemistry professor at Minnesota’s Carleton College for his entire career), Exner nonetheless successfully captured the feel of turn-of-the-century Philadelphia. Among his photographs are images of industrial barges moving down the Schuylkill, a block of West Philadelphia rowhomes, President Theodore Roosevelt’s appearance at Franklin Field for an Army-Navy football game and, in the image above, horse-drawn carriages strolling along the Wissahickon.
For more on this and other notable moments in Penn history, go to 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.
