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Penn Doctoral Student Probes the Secrets of Ancient Carbon in Tropical Soils

Penn Doctoral Student Probes the Secrets of Ancient Carbon in Tropical Soils

Soil holds the largest terrestrial pool of carbon on the planet, with tropical soils containing the most carbon of any type. Activities that cause soil to release its hold on this carbon can thus increase levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and augment the effects of climate change.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Penn Psychologist Finds Friendship Group Influences Dating Violence Risk for Early-maturing Girls

Penn Psychologist Finds Friendship Group Influences Dating Violence Risk for Early-maturing Girls

Girls who go through puberty and develop physically earlier than their peers are at risk of low self-esteem as well as emotional and behavioral problems. Research has also indicated that they are at a heightened risk of experiencing physical or sexual violence.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Penn Students Recast Famous Orson Welles Radio Broadcast

Penn Students Recast Famous Orson Welles Radio Broadcast

In a unique class that combined history and theatre, a 79-year-old radio broadcast became surprisingly relevant to 12 University of Pennsylvania students.

Louisa Shepard

Fossil ‘Winged Serpent’ Is a New Species of Ancient Snake, Penn Doctoral Student Finds

Fossil ‘Winged Serpent’ Is a New Species of Ancient Snake, Penn Doctoral Student Finds

An ancient sink hole in eastern Tennessee holds the clues to an important transitional time in the evolutionary history of snakes. Among the fossilized creatures found there, according to a new paper co-authored by a University of Pennsylvania paleontologist, is a new species of snake that lived 5 million years ago.

Katherine Unger Baillie

National Academy of Sciences Elects Four Penn Professors

National Academy of Sciences Elects Four Penn Professors

Four faculty members from the University of Pennsylvania have been elected members of the National Academy of Sciences for “their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.”

Katherine Unger Baillie

At Penn, Sophomore Anea Moore Finds Purpose and Community Amid Loss

At Penn, Sophomore Anea Moore Finds Purpose and Community Amid Loss

Halfway through Anea Moore’s first semester as a freshman at the University of Pennsylvania, she lost her mother to a heart attack, just months after losing her father to lung disease. Through that grief, she has found a way to heal by reaching out to help others.