WHO SHE IS: Hard Surface Custodian, Housekeeping What she does: “We clean up and empty trash. I have a certain area, Levy Park and Penn Commons.”
WHY GOOD WEATHER MEANS MORE WORK: “When you get a nice day you get a lot of trash. People enjoy being out.”
WHY DEVER DOESN'T MIND: “I do like the spring. There are lots of big events—the Penn Relays, graduation, all the parties the schools have. It’s very, very busy… I enjoy the outside and just watching the people. At 10 of the hour they all change classes.”
ON BEING THE ONLY WOMAN IN A 23-PERSON CREW: “All the guys are very nice to me, very helpful. In general, we are a helpful group to each other. All the guys are good workers.”
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.
