Katherine Unger Baillie

Penn’s EnerFront Sparks New Ideas on Energy Sustainability

By Patrick Ammerman Scientists can seem set apart from other disciplines, interpreting the rules of the natural world without the involvement of the social sciences and the humanities. But a new initiative at the University of Pennsylvania is trying to change that by fostering new collaborations around the lynchpin issue of energy.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Penn Study: Today’s Most Successful Fish Weren’t Always Evolutionary Standouts

Take a glance around the oceans, rivers and lakes of today and you’ll confront an astonishing diversity of fish, from narrow-bodied eels to the 25-foot-long giant oarfish to delicate, fluttering seahorses. The vast majority of fish alive today — approximately 96 percent — are known as teleosts, a group of ray-finned fish that emerged 260 million years ago.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Penn Vet stars in Animal Planet's 'Life at Vet U'

  For the first three years of veterinary school, students spend the equivalent of a full-time job—or more—in the classroom and lab, absorbing the core scientific principles that will guide their practice of animal medicine.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Penn: Plant-made Antimicrobial Peptide Targets Dental Plaque and Gum Tissues

Protein drugs, which derive from biological sources, represent some of the most important and effective biopharmaceuticals on the market. Some, like insulin, have been used for decades, while many more based on cloned genes are coming to market and are valued for their precise and powerful functions.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Witnessing Geology’s Impact Firsthand With Penn in the Alps

Just as summer was winding down, around the time when many students were wrapping up internships and checking packing lists for a return to campus, 13 University of Pennsylvania undergraduates flew across an ocean and began acclimating to the thin air of the Swiss and Italian Alps.

Katherine Unger Baillie