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Penn-led Research Maps Historic Sea-level Change on the New Jersey Coastline

Penn-led Research Maps Historic Sea-level Change on the New Jersey Coastline

Hurricane Sandy caught the public and policymakers off guard when it hit the United States’ Atlantic Coast last fall. Because much of the storm’s devastation was wrought by flooding in the aftermath, researchers have been paying attention to how climate change and sea-level rise may have played a role in the disaster and how those factors may impact the shoreline in the future.

Evan Lerner

Penn Research Makes Advance in Nanotech Gene Sequencing Technique

Penn Research Makes Advance in Nanotech Gene Sequencing Technique

The allure of personalized medicine has made new, more efficient ways of sequencing genes a top research priority. One promising technique involves reading DNA bases using changes in electrical current as they are threaded through a nanoscopic hole.

Evan Lerner

Penn: More Sub-Saharan Africans Living Longer but With Limited Function

Penn: More Sub-Saharan Africans Living Longer but With Limited Function

The number of adults living beyond age 45 in sub-Saharan Africa is rapidly expanding, yet many of these older men and women experience physical illnesses and disabilities that limit their ability to function, according to a study by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and in Malawi.

Jacquie Posey

Penn Research Helps Paint Finer Picture of Massive 1700 Earthquake

Penn Research Helps Paint Finer Picture of Massive 1700 Earthquake

In 1700, a massive earthquake struck the west coast of North America. Though it was powerful enough to cause a tsunami as far as Japan, a lack of local documentation has made studying this historic event challenging.

Evan Lerner

Penn Named Partner Campus in AAAS Emerging Leaders in Science & Society Program

Penn Named Partner Campus in AAAS Emerging Leaders in Science & Society Program

The American Association for the Advancement of Science has selected the University of Pennsylvania to be an Emerging Leaders in Science & Society, ELISS, founding partner campus.  Three other universities were also chosen, Stanford, University of Washington, and Purdue.

Jacquie Posey

Penn Students Raising Sports IQs Around the World

Penn Students Raising Sports IQs Around the World

While you won’t find coverage of every big sports story out there on The Sports Quotient Web site, what you will find is smart and engaging sports analysis. The online publication is the brainchild of University of Pennsylvania junior Zachary Weiner.

Jacquie Posey

'Black Bodies in Propaganda' New Exhibition at the Penn Museum

'Black Bodies in Propaganda' New Exhibition at the Penn Museum

A unique collection of posters, collected and curated by Penn professor and PBS History Detectives host Tukufu Zuberi, forms the basis of a provocative new exhibition at the Penn Museum: Black Bodies in Propaganda: The Art of the War Poster, opening at 1:00 pm on June 2, 2013, and running through March 2, 2014.

Pam Kosty