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Scientists observe composite superstructure growth from nanocrystals in real time
Artist's impression of spherical binary nanocrystal superlattices featuring semiconductor (emissive) and magnetic/plasmonic (non-emissive) nanocrystals.

A collaborative team of researchers led by PIK Professor Christopher B. Murray has observed for the first time composite superstructure growth from nanocrystals in real time. The discovery could enable engineers to more reliably manufacture next-generation materials by combining different nanocrystals. Shown here is an artist's impression of spherical binary nanocrystal superlattices featuring semiconductor (emissive) and magnetic/plasmonic (non-emissive) nanocrystals.

(Image: Courtesy of Emanuele Marino)

Scientists observe composite superstructure growth from nanocrystals in real time

The findings could enable engineers to more reliably manufacture next-generation materials by combining different nanocrystals.
The philosophy of pregnancy
Maja Sidzińska.

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    • The philosophy of pregnancy

    Fifth-year Ph.D. candidate Maja Sidzińska is working to fill a gap in philosophy of science scholarship about what individuality means.
    Nine honored at Alumni Award of Merit Gala
    Top row, left to right: Camilla Z. Charles, Ali Shapiro Cudby, and Judith Browne Dianis. Bottom row, left to right: Richard David Feintuch, Stanley H. Greene, and Brett Andrew Perlmutter.

    Top row: Camille Z. Charles, Ali Shapiro Cudby, and Judith Browne Dianis. Middle: Richard David Feintuch, Stanley H. Greene, and Brett Andrew Perlmutter. Bottom: Ann Nolan Reese, Katherine Sachs, and Victor Anthony Scotti Jr. 

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    Nine honored at Alumni Award of Merit Gala

    At the 2023 Alumni Award of Merit Gala, eight distinguished alumni will receive Awards of Merit, the Creative Spirit Award, and the inaugural Penn Alumni Social Impact Award, and Camille Z. Charles will receive the Faculty Award of Merit.
    Chinese Calligraphy Club makes an old art new again
    Hands holding calligraphy brush as they paint.

    The Penn Chinese Calligraphy Club features drop-in sessions from 6-7 p.m. on Fridays at the ARCH Fireside Lounge.

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    Chinese Calligraphy Club makes an old art new again

    The Penn Chinese Calligraphy Club, formed during the pandemic, endures as a meeting ground for amateur calligraphers who value the practice as meditation and art.
    In the circle with Allison Kuzyk
    Allison Kuzyk, wearing her Penn uniform, holds her field hockey stick across her shoulders on steps inside Franklin Field.

    Image: Eric Sucar

    In the circle with Allison Kuzyk

    The fourth-year forward discusses her field hockey career, how Vancouver is like Seattle, her most memorable game, playing for the Junior Canadian Field Hockey Team, her interest in real estate, and her plans for the future.
    High levels of disadvantage affect ability amongst younger people
    A crumbling house in an impoverished neighborhood.

    Image: Matt Gush for Adobe Stock

    High levels of disadvantage affect ability amongst younger people

    A new study from Penn LDI finds that structural inequities produce significant disparities in community health, and that addressing concentrated disadvantage could meaningfully improve health outcomes.

    From Penn LDI

    The alchemy behind the diamond: Unearthing baseball’s beloved mud
    Shravan Pradeep places a baseball on microscopy slide.

    Postdoctoral researcher Shravan Pradeep of Penn Engineering is conducting experiments to understand the flow and grip properties of the Major League Baseball’s “magic mud” in order to reverse engineer the mud and offer a mechanistic understanding of its inner workings.

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    The alchemy behind the diamond: Unearthing baseball’s beloved mud

    Researchers at Penn are working on cracking the code behind Major League Baseball’s “Magic Mud.”
    Filipino language and culture
    A group of students stand with their professor and teaching assistance. A word on the screen behind them reads, "Mabuhay!" meaning long life.

    Many of the students enrolled in Beginning Filipino to connect with their heritage and communicate with their families, says Aquino (far right).

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    Filipino language and culture

    Started in 1996, Penn’s Filipino language program is populated with students looking to connect with their culture and converse with their families.

    Kristina Linnea García

    How humans use their sense of smell to find their way
    Clara Raithel looks at brain scans on a computer in a lab.

    Sixth-year Ph.D. student Clara Raithel looks at an anatomical brain scan taken from a previous study participant.

    (Image: Courtesy of OMNIA)

    How humans use their sense of smell to find their way

    In the lab of neuroscientist Jay Gottfried, sixth-year psychology Ph.D. student Clara Raithel tries to understand how people’s brains respond to odors.

    Michele W. Berger

    Coca-Cola in Africa
    Sara Byala portrait and book cover for Bottled How Coca-Cola Became African by Sara Byala

    Sara Byala, a senior lecturer in creative writing and associate director of the Penn Global Documentary Institute, is the author of a new book, "Bottled: How Coca-Cola Became African." 

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    • Coca-Cola in Africa

    A new book by Sara Byala of the School of Arts & Sciences examines the century-long history of Coca-Cola and its local social, commercial, and environmental impact in Africa.

    Louisa Shepard