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A look at former Penn economics professor Claudia Goldin’s Nobel-winning work
Two men and three women sit at desks with typwriters, rotary dial phones and desk calendars in an office in the 1950s.

Workers in Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., in 1959.

(Image: CQ Roll Call via AP Images)

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    • A look at former Penn economics professor Claudia Goldin’s Nobel-winning work

    Penn economists Jere Behrman, who overlapped with Goldin during her time at Penn, and Petra Todd, whose students have been motivated by Goldin’s work, talk about the importance of her research. 

    Kristen de Groot

    Leveraging the body’s postal system to understand and treat disease
    Isolated microfluidic chip with blood sample inside of micropipette 3d rendered in the black background

    A research team led by Jina Ko of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and Perelman School of Medicine has developed a new way to characterize the contents of a cargo-carrying particle excreted by many cells, extracellular vesicles.

    (image: iStock / Love Employee)

    Leveraging the body’s postal system to understand and treat disease

    An interdisciplinary team of researchers in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, Perelman School of Medicine, and School of Arts & Sciences has developed a technique that allows for characterization of both individual carrier and cargo for clinically important molecules.
    Measuring the ripple effects of reforestation and sustainable cocoa cultivation
    cocoa beans

    (Image: Christina Seybolt, courtesy of Heather Huntington)

    Measuring the ripple effects of reforestation and sustainable cocoa cultivation

    With support from the Penn Global Engagement Fund, Heather Huntington is investigating the impact of reforestation and sustainable agriculture interventions on livelihoods, biodiversity, and human health in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire.

    Liana F. Wait

    Neanderthals carried genes acquired from ancient interactions with ‘cousins’ of modern humans
    Researchers collecting ethnographic and medical information from participants in Ethiopia.

    Members of Tishkoff's research team collecting ethnograpgic information from participants in Ethiopia.

    (Image: Courtesy of Sarah Tishkoff)

    Neanderthals carried genes acquired from ancient interactions with ‘cousins’ of modern humans

    A new collaborative study led by Sarah Tishkoff shows that Neanderthals inherited at least 6% of their genome from a now-extinct lineage of early modern humans.
    Understanding the brain via a molecular map
    Abstract polygonal brain with connected dots and lines. Artificial intelligence 3d illustration.

    PIK Professor Michael Platt and collaborators have generated the first single-cell “atlas” of the primate brain to help explore links between molecules, cells, brain function, and disease.

    (Image: iStock / Jezperklauzen)

    Understanding the brain via a molecular map

    PIK Professor Michael Platt and collaborators have generated the first single-cell “atlas” of the primate brain to help explore links between molecules, cells, brain function, and disease.
    Showcasing an Andean cosmovision
    A group of people gather in front of a colorful mural depicting a series of stylized birds. Confetti rains.

    Roberto Mamani Mamani (in grey jacket at center) celebrates the dedication of his new mural, “Mallkuanka—Vuelo Surnorte De Colors,” or the “South-North flight of colors.” The mural conveys the power of people, nature, and animals living in harmony with one another and giving back to Mother Earth, says Catherine Bartch.

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    Showcasing an Andean cosmovision

    In a monthlong residency, Aymara artist Roberto Mamani Mamani met with students, gave a lecture, hosted a workshop, and painted a mural in South Philadelphia.

    Kristina Linnea García

    ‘Be Holding’: A collaboration that feels improvisational
    be holding wide stage view

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    ‘Be Holding’: A collaboration that feels improvisational

    A three-year partnership among Penn faculty, a poet, a quartet, and a high school results in an original production that premiered in Philadelphia this year.

    Louisa Shepard

    Delving into quantum dots
    Seven vials filled with liquid water and quantum dot semiconductors.

    Quantum dots are not just any nanoparticles. Often described as artificial atoms, these nanometer-sized semiconductor crystals possess unique attributes largely governed by their size, which chiefly dictates how they interact with light.

    (Image: iStock / Tayfun Ruzgar)

    Delving into quantum dots

    Christopher B. Murray shares his excitement, thoughts, and knowledge on quantum dots, a nanoparticle that just earned his Ph.D. advisor the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.