A boat glides across the Schuylkill River, rowers working in unison to part the water with red and blue paddles.
To an observer standing on the river banks, this may look effortless, but it’s not. Behind every race won, every elegant pass on the water, are hours of sweat in the gym, practices that begin at daybreak, and intense strategizing designed to best opponents.
We take a look back at Penn Rowing’s last few months on the Schuylkill, with a glimpse inside the only collegiate facility perched along the picturesque Boathouse Row, the weight room, and, of course, the boats skimming along the surface of the water.
Nanoparticle blueprints reveal path to smarter medicines
New research involving Penn Engineering shows detailed variation in lipid nanoparticle size, shape, and internal structure, and finds that such factors correlate with how well they deliver therapeutic cargo to a particular destination.
A generous gift from alumni Glenn and Amanda Fuhrman brings the work of internationally acclaimed artist Jaume Plensa to the University of Pennsylvania. The latest addition to the Penn Art Collection expands Philadelphia's public art.
A massive chunk of ice, a new laser, and new information on sea-level rise
For nearly a decade, Leigh Stearns and collaborators aimed a laser scanner system at Greenland’s Helheim Glacier. Their long-running survey reveals that Helheim’s massive calving events don’t behave the way scientists once thought, reframing how ice loss contributes to sea-level rise.
