Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell, Pennsylvania Senators Robert P. Casey and Arlen Specter, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and others visited Penn on Feb. 27 for the inaugural Middle Class Task Force Meeting. Biden, six cabinet secretaries and task force members visited the Left Bank building with Anne Papageorge, vice president of Facilities and Real Estate Services at Penn (top) to learn how the University is conserving energy and creating green jobs. Following the panel discussions, Penn President Amy Gutmann and Nutter hosted a reception (bottom).
Nanoparticle blueprints reveal path to smarter medicines
New research involving Penn Engineering shows detailed variation in lipid nanoparticle size, shape, and internal structure, and finds that such factors correlate with how well they deliver therapeutic cargo to a particular destination.
A generous gift from alumni Glenn and Amanda Fuhrman brings the work of internationally acclaimed artist Jaume Plensa to the University of Pennsylvania. The latest addition to the Penn Art Collection expands Philadelphia's public art.
A massive chunk of ice, a new laser, and new information on sea-level rise
For nearly a decade, Leigh Stearns and collaborators aimed a laser scanner system at Greenland’s Helheim Glacier. Their long-running survey reveals that Helheim’s massive calving events don’t behave the way scientists once thought, reframing how ice loss contributes to sea-level rise.
