With Joe Biden, talking politics is always personal
The Presidential Professor of Practice shared the stage with Penn President Amy Gutmann on Tuesday afternoon for a wide discussion on global affairs and other matters closer to home.
How quickly nicotine clears the bloodstream determines which treatment will work best, a tool scientists at Penn Medicine are using to advance the field of tobacco research.
Judith Currano of Penn Libraries and Jenine Maeyer of the School of Arts and Sciences share their perspectives on how all types of chemists still use the periodic table of elements.
The Hamamelis × intermedia variety of witchhazels, also known as Rubin. (Photo courtesy: Morris Arboretum)
The flower that blooms in the winter
The witchhazel is a species of flower that blooms in cold temperatures and lives around campus, and in abundance at the Morris Arboretum. The Arboretum’s Anthony Aiello talks the ins and outs of the strange species.
By engaging with Philadelphia elementary students and high school teachers, Penn professor Karen Detlefsen is opening young minds to a new kind of philosophical thinking.
Penn sophomore Claire Sliney is a co-executive producer of one of five films nominated for an Oscar in the Documentary Short Subject category. The 91st Academy Award ceremony is Feb. 24.
And the Oscar goes to…a Penn sophomore
Claire Sliney is a co-executive producer of one of five films nominated for an Academy Award in the Documentary Short Subject category. “Period. End of Sentence.” explores the stigma of menstruation for girls in India and Sliney’s work to address the issue.
A new paper provides insights into the chemistry that underlies human-made, light-driven catalytic systems and paves the way to better understand how light-induced reactions can be controlled more effectively.
It separates fiction from facts and sets standards for journalists. Since its formation in 1993, the Annenberg Public Policy Center has surely made its mark.
The senior guard and co-captain of the women’s basketball team talks a shooter’s mentality, rebounding at the guard position, and the key to avoiding turnovers.
