How Penn researchers are helping address group violence in Baltimore Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott speaks at a press conference on results from its Group Violence Reduction Strategy, which University of Pennsylvania researchers helped implement and analyze, and next steps. (Image: Courtesy of Jack French/Baltimore Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement) How Penn researchers are helping address group violence in Baltimore The Crime and Justice Policy Lab has seen encouraging results from its work implementing a Group Violence Reduction Strategy in part of the city.
Celebrating Lunar New Year A lion dancer gives instruction to one of the Penn Lions. Inside the frilly, pink and gold lion costume are two Penn students practicing a “stack,” where one dancer jumps on the other to give the appearance of a lion rearing on its hind paws. nocred Celebrating Lunar New Year With red envelopes, lion dances, and student performances, the Pan Asian Graduate Student Association rang in the Year of the Wood Dragon.
New dialogue series explores open expression and free speech Associate Dean for Graduate Studies Beth S. Wenger then led historian Sophia Rosenfeld in a conversation examining the purpose, history, and challenges of open expression on campus. nocred New dialogue series explores open expression and free speech The School of Arts & Sciences launched the “Living the Hard Promise” series with a conversation examining the purpose, history, and challenges of open expression across campus.
Civil Rights photography at the Penn Libraries nocred Civil Rights photography at the Penn Libraries A new collaboration between the Penn Art Collection and the Penn Libraries has mounted its first exhibition on the fifth floor of the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center. “Time of Change: Civil Rights Photography of Bruce Davidson” is on view through May 20.
LilyLoop wins the 2024 Y-Prize competition Team LilyLoop is Neha Chelamkuri (front row left), Kylie Chang (front row middle), and Rima Chavali (front row right), who presented their business plan and fielded questions from a panel of expert judges from academia and industry. (Image: Courtesy of the Mack Institute for Innovation Management) LilyLoop wins the 2024 Y-Prize competition Biodegradable sensor tampons, wearable jewelry technology, and an app for timely tampon change reminders awarded LilyLoop the annual award.
Once a spy satellite, now a telescope with an eye on the cosmos (On homepage) Engineers at Ball Aerospace, one of Roman’s industrial partners, installed and aligned the element wheel assembly into the observatory’s Wide Field Instrument. The assembly will help Roman solve some of the most profound mysteries in astrophysics. When light bounces off and is concentrated by the main and secondary mirrors of Roman, it will move through a component called the element wheel. After being focused and filtered, this light will hit a big array of sensors that captures the light to form an image. Depending on their research needs, astronomers can use special science filters to pick out certain types of light for their studies. (Image: Courtesy of Ball Aerospace) Once a spy satellite, now a telescope with an eye on the cosmos Researchers from Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences are part of a collaboration to develop Hubble’s wide-eyed cousin, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.
‘Bankrolling Empire: Family Fortunes and Political Transformation in Mughal India’ Late 18th century portrait of banker Vakhatchand Jhaveri and his armed entourage, painted on the inner marble wall of the Jain temple Ajithnath Derasar in Ahmedabad, India. (Image: Courtesy of Sudev Sheth) Q&A ‘Bankrolling Empire: Family Fortunes and Political Transformation in Mughal India’ A new book by Sudev Sheth, senior lecturer in history and international studies, looks at how the leaders of one of the most dominant early modern polities lost their grip over empire.
Who, What Why: Om Manghani With MathMates, an after-school tutoring program at Andrew Hamilton School, Om Manghani has started a program to help middle school students succeed. nocred Who, What, Why Who, What Why: Om Manghani With MathMates, an after-school tutoring program at Andrew Hamilton School, Om Manghani has started a program to help middle school students succeed. But it’s about more than fractions and decimals, he says.
Salsa, Shakira, and the reach of Latin American music Jairo Moreno is an associate professor in the Department of Music. (Images: Courtesy of OMNIA) Salsa, Shakira, and the reach of Latin American music A new book from musicologist Jairo Moreno highlights musicians who have immigrated to the United States and the transformative power of their work.
Celebrating the Projects for Progress 2023 cohort Charles “Chaz” Howard (left) honored the recipients of the 2023 Projects for Progress Awards: UCC; Positioned for Success; and The Breathing Room teams. nocred Celebrating the Projects for Progress 2023 cohort At an event on Jan. 30, three winning project groups were honored for ‘choosing to help make lives better.’