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Nathi Magubane

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    Penn Electric Racing’s latest race car
    A group of students is gathered around a Formula-style racecar at an event.

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    Penn Electric Racing’s latest race car

    Designed and produced by the School of Engineering and Applied Science’s student-run club, REV9 will compete in the annual Formula Society of Automotive Engineers Michigan race in June.
    Teaching doglike robots to walk on the moon’s dusty, icy surface
    Close-up of NASA's LASSIE robot, logo in frame.

    Penn researchers are part of a collaborative multidisciplinary effort that’s preparing doglike robots to traverse extraterrestrial landscapes, like those that are analogous to the moon’s surface.

    (Image: Courtesy of Sean Grasso)

    Teaching doglike robots to walk on the moon’s dusty, icy surface

    Researchers from Penn are part of a NASA-funded multidisciplinary collaborative effort that’s teaching robots to navigate the extraterrestrial craters, like the moon and Mars.
    Total solar eclipse
    the solar eclipse surrounded by its corona

    Sliski's composite image of the solar eclipse, with plumes located above and below the poles of the stars, red prominences located near the edge of the sun (at 11 and 8 o'clock), and with one extensions each to the east and west of the solar disc. This data will be compared to predictive models to better refine the current understanding of the sun (Image credit: David Sliski). 

    Total solar eclipse

    Gary Bernstein and Bhuvnesh Jain speak with Penn Today about the significance of the coming total eclipse.
    What the brain reveals in nature’s subtle game of give and take 
    A person in a suit and button-down shirt sitting on a stairwell landing, smiling. The intricate white stairwell and a brick wall behind it are to the person's right.

    Penn Integrates Knowledge professor Michael Platt holds appointments in the Department of Psychology in the School of Arts & Sciences, the Department of Neuroscience in the Perelman School of Medicine, and the Marketing Department in the Wharton School.

    What the brain reveals in nature’s subtle game of give and take 

    Research led by Michael Platt uncovers the neural pathways for primate reciprocity, social support, and empathy.
    2023 PIP/PEP winners: Where are they now?
    Sonura team

    Recipients of the 2023 President’s Innovation Prize, team Sonura, five bioengineering graduates from the School of Engineering and Applied Science, have created a device that filters out disruptive environmental noises for infants in neonatal intensive care units. Their beanie offers protection and fosters parental connection to newborns while also supporting their development.

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    2023 PIP/PEP winners: Where are they now?

    Nearly a year after the winners of the President’s Innovation Prize (PIP) and President’s Engagement Prize (PEP) began their projects, the winners—now alumni—discuss their progress. 
    Structural elements of archaea
    Photo of Yellowstone hotspring.

    Archaea, a unique domain of life, were discovered in the 1970s in extreme environments such as hot springs and salty lakes, with notable early studies conducted in locations like Yellowstone National Park in the United States. Initially considered unusual bacteria, their distinct genetics and biochemistry led to their recognition as a separate domain, emphasizing microbial diversity and evolutionary complexity.

    (Image: iStock / rmbarricarte)

    Structural elements of archaea

    Researchers shed light on archea, a single cell microorganism, to discover how proteins determine what shape a cell will take and how that form may function.
    New guideline on acute dental pain management
    Alonso Carrasco-Labra

    Alonso Carrasco-Labra of Penn Dental Medicine is director of the Cochrane Oral Health Collaborating Center.

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    New guideline on acute dental pain management

    In collaboration with the American Dental Association and University of Pittsburgh, Penn’s School of Dental Medicine has issued a new guideline for managing acute dental pain in adolescents, adults, and older adults.
    Penn students present work to help rebuild Ukrainian city
    Students from Penn and Eugenie Birch stand with members of the US Department of State and the Ukrainian Ambassador.

    Weitzman students at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C. with Oksana Markarova (Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States), Dorothy McAuliffe (U.S. Special Representative for Global Partnerships, Department of State), John Thompson (Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment, Department of State) and Eugenie Birch (co-director, Penn IUR).

    (Image: Courtesy of the U.S. Department of State)

    Penn students present work to help rebuild Ukrainian city

    With the two-year anniversary of the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine looming, city planners begin to strategize solutions to rebuild, sustainably.
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