Obama nominates Penn alum to be U.S. Ambassador to China
Jon Huntsman, Jr. C’87 has been nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as Ambassador to China.
Huntsman is the current Governor of Utah and has held several foreign policy posts throughout his career, including Deputy Trade Ambassador from 2001 to 2003; Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore from 1992 to 1993; and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce, Trade Development Bureau, from 1989 to 1990. He has worked as a White House staff assistant to President Ronald Reagan and held several business leadership positions in the Huntsman Company. Huntsman, 49, is also fluent in Mandarin Chinese.
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.
