To study coevolution, the responsibilities of Nova Meng and Linda Wu included caring for plants in the Penn greenhouse. (Image: From July 2021, when masks were not required)
Interact, adapt, repeat: A summer studying coevolution
Sophomores Linda Wu and Nova Meng spent the summer studying coevolution among plants, mutualistic bacteria, and parasitic nematodes in Corlett Wood’s biology lab.
Students began moving onto campus this week, beginning to fill up Penn’s 13 college houses. From now until Sunday, nearly 6,000 undergraduates will move into campus housing.
A joyous Move-In at Penn
Moving onto campus for the first time, students share what they are most looking forward to in the year ahead, while their family members beam with pride.
The student coordinators went on a quick tour of College House locations, including the Quad, during their four-day training that started on Tuesday, led by Edwin Berrios (center), associate director of building operations at Penn.
Student ambassadors ready to welcome new arrivals during Move-In
Ready to welcome new arrivals to campus, 25 student coordinators are working as paid staff during Move-In to College Houses this coming week.
Artist David Hartt with his installation “The Histories” (Crépuscule) at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in the exhibition “New Grit: Art & Philly Now.” (Image: July 2021 when masks were not required.)
Artist and professor David Hartt is ‘of the moment’
This year alone four museums and two galleries are featuring work by artist David Hartt of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design, including currently at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Fran Barg spent more than 30 years at Penn, conducting research that fell at the intersection of medicine and anthropology. Though she technically retired in June 2021, she plans to remain connected to Penn, to the mentoring and research that has enriched her career.
Medical anthropologist Fran Barg reflects on three decades at Penn
She spent her career studying the culture of medicine. Through collaborations with colleagues in medicine and anthropology, she’s pinpointed why it’s so crucial to see serious medical problems from both a scientific perspective and a patient one.
Two centuries old, a handwritten record of medical education
Penn Libraries is part of a multi-institution-funded project to digitize materials from early medical education. More than 1,000 Penn dissertations are now online, with the earliest dating from 1807.
Students began moving onto campus this week, beginning to fill up Penn’s 13 college houses. From now until Sunday, nearly 6,000 undergraduates will move into campus housing.
