Since 1899, the writers at the Pennsylvania Punch Bowl have been tickling the funny bones—and sometimes offending the sensibilities—of faculty, students, staff, alumni and anyone else who may read it. This humor magazine, founded by members of Mask and Wig, is one of the oldest college humor publications in the United States, and through the years, has satirized everything from the Vietnam War to the University’s newspaper of record, the Daily Pennsylvanian.
You won’t find an illustration like this one above (from 1901), in today’s Punch Bowl. Instead, in most recent edition, there’s a handy “Guide to Life at Penn” and a collection of fake Penn admission essays. To check out this and more recent editions, visit the Punch Bowl website at www.thepunchbowl.net.
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.
