The search for Planet 9, 10, and beyond Artist’s impression of Planet Nine, depicted as a dark sphere with the Milky Way in the background. Neptune’s orbit is shown as a small ellipse around the Sun. The sky view and appearance are based on the conjectures of Planet Nine’s co-proposer, Mike Brown (Image: Tom Ruen). The search for Planet 9, 10, and beyond Planetary scientists and cosmologists at Penn work together to find planets that might be hiding in the far reaches of the solar system.
The Israeli elections, explained Q&A The Israeli elections, explained What’s next for Israel, and the stalled Middle East peace process, after this week’s Israeli elections? In a Q&A, experts Ian Lustick and Eytan Gilboa analyze the results and discuss what to expect.
Cuban horizons At the opening of the “Soy Cuba / I Am Cuba” exhibition, from left, Associate Professor of History of Art Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, Arthur Ross Gallery Executive Director Lynne Marsden-Atlass, Cuban artist Roger Toledo, and gallery Assistant Director Heather Gibson Moqtaderi. Cuban horizons Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw’s art history classcurates a new Arthur Ross Gallery exhibition of paintings by Roger Toledo after visiting his Havana studio.
New imaging study reveals previously unseen vulnerabilities of HIV New imaging study reveals previously unseen vulnerabilities of HIV The breakthrough, Published in the journal Cell Host and Microbe, opens new paths to fight against the deadly virus.
Four Penn faculty receive Guggenheim fellowships Four Penn faculty were named 2019 Guggenheim Fellows. Clockwise from left: Jed Esty for literary criticism, Carmen Maria Machado for fiction, Adriana Petryna for anthropology and cultural studies, and Michelle Lopez for fine arts. Four Penn faculty receive Guggenheim fellowships
Empathy and cooperation go hand in hand Taking the perspective of another can help foster cooperation in a group, according to a new study by Penn evolutionary biologists. Empathy and cooperation go hand in hand Taking a game theory approach to study cooperation, School of Arts and Sciences evolutionary biologists find that empathy can help cooperative behavior ‘win out’ over selfishness.
Experiencing the literature, architecture, and film of Haifa, up close A handful of people like guide Amittai Weinberger (front, walking backwards) led 18 Penn students, including junior Athena Panton, junior Emma Moore, and sophomore Justin Greenman around Haifa, showing them sights they’d read about or seen film of leading up to the trip. (Photo: Jessica Davis) Experiencing the literature, architecture, and film of Haifa, up close During a Penn Global Seminar in March, professor Nili Gold led 18 undergraduates around the coastal Israeli city, exposing them to its people and places and to her childhood home.
Answering big questions by studying small particles A view inside the SNO detector, a 40-foot acrylic sphere that’s covered with thousands of photodetectors. The facility is located in SNOLAB, a research facility located 2km underground near Sudbury, Canada (Photo credit: SNO+ Collaboration). Answering big questions by studying small particles Using electronics designed at Penn, particle physicists study neutrinos, incredibly small and nearly massless subatomic particles, to understand the fundamental nature of the universe.
Power struggle: Nuclear energy contends with climate change Power struggle: Nuclear energy contends with climate change Earth and Environmental Science Department Chair Reto Gieré explains how 40 years after the worst nuclear accident in the U.S., a global energy dilemma endures.
Penn junior Christina Steele named Beinecke Scholar Christina Steele, a junior psychology major in the College of Arts and Sciences, is a 2019 Beinecke Scholar, a program which provides substantial scholarships for graduate education. (Photo: Aaron Olson) Penn junior Christina Steele named Beinecke Scholar Penn junior Christina Steele has been awarded a Beinecke Scholarship to pursue her graduate education. She is the 12th Beinecke Scholar from Penn since the award was first given in 1975.