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Breaching the blood-brain barrier
Researchers Mike Mitchell and Emily Han examining a microfluidic device used to make LNPs by mixing lipids and mRNA.

Michael Mitchell (left) and Emily Han (right) examine a microfluidic device used to make LNPs by mixing lipids and mRNA. 

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Breaching the blood-brain barrier

A team of researchers in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has devised a method to deliver mRNA into the brain using lipid nanoparticles, potentially advancing treatments for Alzheimer’s disease and seizures.
Who, What, Why: John Button on a neglected tropical disease
John Button poses in dental school lab.

John Button is a second-year student in the School of Dental Medicine who is researching and raising awareness of noma.

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Who, What, Why: John Button on a neglected tropical disease

The second-year student in the School of Dental Medicine is working to raise awareness of a gangrenous infection called noma and map where cases happen.
Exploring Jane Austen and Taylor Swift
Melissa Jensen standing on a stairway

A 1989 Penn grad, Melissa Jensen has taught literature and writing at Penn for 15 years.

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Exploring Jane Austen and Taylor Swift

In a first-year English seminar taught by Melissa Jensen in the School of Arts & Sciences, students focus on the teenaged writing by now-famous authors, musicians, and artists, including Jane Austen and Taylor Swift.
Q&A with Interim President J. Larry Jameson
J. Larry Jameson at a podium during the MLK Day of Service.

Named Penn’s interim president this past December, J. Larry Jameson addresses and thanks volunteers gathered for the MLK Day of Service at Houston Hall on Jan. 15, 2024.

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Q&A with Interim President J. Larry Jameson

Penn’s leader offers a glimpse into his background; his thoughts on academic freedom, shared governance, safety on campus; and his priorities for the semester ahead.

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A day to ‘love the service that we’re giving’
Volunteers dance during a kickoff breakfast on MLK Day

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A day to ‘love the service that we’re giving’

Penn’s MLK Day of Service featured a robust kickoff with speakers and performances, followed by volunteer initiatives on campus and in the community. 

Lauren Hertzler

A day of service to honor Martin Luther King Jr.’s tenets, character, and sacrifice
Students sit at tables to eat breakfast in a large room with wooden panelling, chandeliers, and university flags.

Students listen to Charles “Chaz” Howard speak at the 2023 Day of Service kickoff breakfast in the Hall of Flags.

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A day of service to honor Martin Luther King Jr.’s tenets, character, and sacrifice

The 29th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service and the Symposium on Social Change honors King’s legacy through educational and volunteer opportunities, along with events.

Kristina García

Orthodox America
Standing, Joseph Wilbur leaves through documents in a folder; Sam Herrmann crouches near by

Joseph Wilbur, center, researched the names behind a parish directory at the Historical Society, finding that the priest who compiled the directory went on to publish books and that the parish itself decamped to Elkins Park, where they built a new church.

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Orthodox America

In Orthodox America, students explore the history of Orthodox Christian communities influencing American religious, political, legal, and literary landscapes.

Kristina García

Art Matters: A monumental steel sculpture on Shoemaker Green 
steel sculpture under construction

The sculpture “Atmosphere and Environment XII” was reassembled cube by cube as part of the move to Penn’s campus from the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 2019. 

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Art Matters: A monumental steel sculpture on Shoemaker Green 

“Atmosphere and Environment XII” by Louise Nevelson, an 18-foot-high geometric steel structure, was moved to Penn’s campus from the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 2019.
Through first-year seminar, a glimpse of Black queer traditions
Dag Woubshet leading a class of students.

Associate professor of English Dag Woubshet leads students of the course “Black Queer Traditions” in Fisher-Bennett Hall. 

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Through first-year seminar, a glimpse of Black queer traditions

Dagmawi Woubshet, an associate professor of English, led a new first-year seminar in the fall that explores Black queer media and its intersection with history and politics.
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