On Wednesday night, hungry students at the Hill College House dining hall were treated to three unique items on the menu.
Chef Tim Spinner (pictured, right) of the West Philadelphia-based Mexican restaurant, Distrito, was on hand to prepare chicken enchiladas, crab guacamole and esquites, or Mexican street-style corn, as part of Penn Dining's Guest Chef series. More than 700 students attended the event.
The Guest Chef series is designed to infuse excellence and variety into the University’s dining program while also showcasing the food and flair of talented chefs, and providing a culinary learning experience for Penn Dining staffers.
Past events have featured Chef/Proprietor Betty Foo of Hunan Restaurant; Chef/Proprietor Daniel Stern of Rae Restaurant; Executive Chef Artie Cavaliere of El Vez, a member of the Stephen Starr Restaurant Group; Executive Chef Paul Navjot of Café Spice; Chef/Proprietor Michael Chow of Peking Duck; and most recently, Chef Matt Babbage of World Cafe Live.
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.
