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En garde with Julian Merchant
Fencer Julian Merchant poses seated with his sword and mask in Hutchinson Gym.

En garde with Julian Merchant

The senior fencer discusses competing as a saber at Penn, the training and dedication the sport involves, and how fencing has taken him all around the world.
‘I celebrate myself, and sing myself’
walt whitman on a horse and buggy

‘I celebrate myself, and sing myself’

Two centuries after his birth, Walt Whitman’s poetry still resonates with audiences today. The Penn Libraries is leading a region-wide, yearlong celebration of Whitman at 200.
Weekly paid professional staff learn resilience through free, online opportunity
Woman in a black suit standing, gesturing with her hands, with an African American man in the background, in front of a red wall.

Karen Reivich (seen here in March 2019) is director of resilience training at Penn’s Positive Psychology Center. She teaches an online Coursera course, Resilience Skills in a Time of Uncertainty, that’s now free and available to the public. (Image: Eric Sucar)

Weekly paid professional staff learn resilience through free, online opportunity

Offered through the Online Learning Initiative and the College of Liberal and Professional Studies, the course teaches participants resilience, gratitude, authenticity, and more.

Michele W. Berger

Women in Physics Group inspires the next generation of physicists and astronomers
a group of women talking while sitting around a table

Willman (center) and a group of undergraduates, including physics majors as well as students studying other STEM-related disciplines, chatted informally over breakfast about their personal experiences as STEM students and researchers.   

Women in Physics Group inspires the next generation of physicists and astronomers

Students had the opportunity to interact with a world-renowned astronomer during a day of informal get-togethers, networking events, and physics lectures at the annual conference.

Erica K. Brockmeier

Farm to campus, from prep to dining—and more dining
adding seasoning to lasagna at penn dining

A member of the staff adds a handful of herbs to a lasagna dish during the busy lunch hour in the kitchen of Houston Market on Jan. 23.

Farm to campus, from prep to dining—and more dining

Penn Dining Services cook up delicious, locally sourced, healthy, and abundant meals at nearly all hours of the day, an operation that starts locally and ends on plates licked clean.
‘A Swiss cheese-like material’ that can solve equations
Nader Engheta, center, and two researchers who worked on the metamaterial project

‘A Swiss cheese-like material’ that can solve equations

Engineering professor Nader Engheta and his team have demonstrated a metamaterial device that can function as an analog computer, validating an earlier theory.

Evan Lerner , Gwyneth K. Shaw

An affirmation tree grows on campus
Elana Burack hangs cards on chicken wire tree Elana Burack, left, hangs an affirmation notecard, as Julia Magidson looks on from a distance.

An affirmation tree grows on campus

Through a Penn Wellness and Sachs grant, Elana Burack, a senior religious studies major, is touring the ‘Affirmation Tree’ around campus, soliciting reflections from the University community at large.
Unearthing a botanical legacy, one seed at a time
seeds found at bartrams garden

Unearthing a botanical legacy, one seed at a time

Painstaking work by Penn Museum archaeobotanist Chantel White and students has verified what the Bartrams sold and exported to Europe in the 1800s, and shed light on the family’s daily dietary habits.

Michele W. Berger

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