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Harnessing DNA tricks to boost nanosensors
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Harnessing DNA tricks to boost nanosensors

Researchers have found a way to increase the sensitivity of graphene sensors using a trick of DNA engineering. The sensors might one day be used to monitor and treat HIV.

Ali Sundermier

An epic read: Paul Saint-Amour on “Ulysses,” James Joyce, and Bloomsday
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    • An epic read: Paul Saint-Amour on “Ulysses,” James Joyce, and Bloomsday

    English professor Paul Saint-Amour has spent a lifetime reading, studying, and teaching the work of James Joyce. On June 16, known as Bloomsday to Joyce historians around the world, the Rosenbach Museum and Library will host a day-long public reading of selected passages.

    Louisa Shepard

    Digital humanities ‘summer camp’ comes to Penn
    The University of Pennsylvania hosted the 2018 Humanities Intensive Learning and Teaching conference.

    As part of a session led by Dot Porter, curator of digital research services (not pictured), conference participants visited the Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text & Image, a digitization lab located in Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Digital imaging specialist Chris Lippa (left) explained the process of digitizing materials like the book in his hand.

    Digital humanities ‘summer camp’ comes to Penn

    The Price Lab for Digital Humanities and the Penn Libraries hosted HILT, an annual national training institute that brings together professionals from a number of disciplines.

    Michele W. Berger

    Promoting cross-campus collaborations in health research
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    Yvonne Paterson of Penn Medicine and Penn Nursing (left) and Nicola Mason of Penn Vet (right) conduct cancer research that has advanced care for both dogs and people. (Photo: Peggy Peterson)

    Promoting cross-campus collaborations in health research

    The One Health Communications Group is a collaboration that brings together several schools and centers to develop groundbreaking health research in a cross-disciplinary and innovative environment.

    Jacob Williamson-Rea

    Examining 20th-century America’s obsession with poor posture, a forgotten ‘epidemic’
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    Wall charts give examples of correct and incorrect posture. Historian Beth Linker is at work on a new book tracing what was seen as an epidemic of poor posture in American in the 19th and 20th centuries. (Image: University of Pennsylvania Archives)

    Examining 20th-century America’s obsession with poor posture, a forgotten ‘epidemic’

    Poor posture was considered a real threat to the nation’s health through much of the 20th century. Beth Linker of the School of Arts and Sciences is investigating the history of this forgotten “epidemic” and how its legacy is reflected in notions of health and disability today.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    Netter Center prepares high school seniors to enter the contemporary workplace
    CareerExplorers inaugural class 2018

     

    The inaugural cohort of CareerExplorers and their supporters, including "employer mentors" from Penn. Photo: Rita Hodges, Netter Center for Community Partnerships

    Netter Center prepares high school seniors to enter the contemporary workplace

    Five students from West Philadelphia explored careers during a six-month internship at Penn, where they learned about fields from accounting to Zamboni operations.
    Why do the choices made today affect those we make tomorrow?
    Psychologist Alan Stocker, of the University of Pennsylvania’s Computational Perception and Cognition Laboratory.

    Psychologist Alan Stocker, of the University of Pennsylvania’s Computational Perception and Cognition Laboratory.

    Why do the choices made today affect those we make tomorrow?

    It’s long been known that someone’s previous choices subconsciously affect those they make in the future. New research could pave the way for a deeper investigation into how such thought processes work.

    Michele W. Berger

    Leveraging Penn’s expertise to meet challenges in the water sector
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    Bridging the gap between researchers and practitioners, the Water Center aims to serve as a regional hub of water expertise.

    Leveraging Penn’s expertise to meet challenges in the water sector

    A conference on campus brings together The Water Center at Penn and city officials and community members across the country to find solutions for better water utilities and access.

    Katherine Unger Baillie