Food waste: Recycling, not discarding, offers huge environmental benefits (Image: Courtesy of Zhengxia Dou) Food waste: Recycling, not discarding, offers huge environmental benefits Researchers at Penn Vet examine how common food waste recycling methods, including composting, could have a big impact on greenhouse gas emissions and the use of natural resources. 5 min. read
Creating a classroom democracy nocred Creating a classroom democracy Through a Stavros Niarchos Foundation Paideia course, assistant professor of history Sarah Gronningsater and her students resuscitate early American history. 2 min. read
Nancy A. Speck honored for pioneering research in hematology Nancy A. Speck honored for pioneering research in hematology Speck, the John W. Eckman Professor in Medical Science II and chair of the department of Cell and Developmental Biology in the Perelman School of Medicine, has been named the 2025 recipient of the E. Donnall Thomas Lecture and Prize from the American Society of Hematology.
Professor Philip Rea wins Jesse H. Neal Award for Scientific Journalism Professor Philip Rea wins Jesse H. Neal Award for Scientific Journalism Rea, professor of biology in Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences and Belldegrun Distinguished Director of the Vagelos Program in Life Sciences & Management has won the Jesse H. Neal Award for Best Technical/Scientific Content for his article “Gliflozins for Diabetes: From Bark to Bench to Bedside,” published in American Scientist.
Exhibition as conversation Exterior view of “(Ex)Urban Futures of the Recent Past” at Galleria Thomas Schultz in Berlin.(Image: Courtesy of Weitzman News) Exhibition as conversation For three faculty members in the Department of Fine Arts, curating exhibitions offers the opportunity to explore relationships between works of art, art and politics, history, and the environment. 2 min. read
Huan Tang on the financial power of data-sharing among firms Huan Tang on the financial power of data-sharing among firms In her study, “Data as a Networked Asset,” assistant professor of finance at Wharton Huan Tang finds that companies are connected not only by products or supply chains, but by the information they exchange. 2 min. read
Decoding ancient immunity networks A collaborative team from the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the Perelman School of Medicine have unraveled the mathematics of a 500-million-year-old protein network that acts like the body’s bouncer, “deciding” which foreign materials get degraded by immune cells and which are allowed entry.(Image / iStock Md Saiful Islam Khan) Decoding ancient immunity networks A collaborative team from Penn Medicine and Penn Engineering have unraveled the mathematics of a 500-million-year-old protein network that “decides” which foreign materials are friend or foe. 5 min. read
Weitzman team selected for Special Recognition in the Los Angeles Small Lots, Big Impacts Design Competition Weitzman team selected for Special Recognition in the Los Angeles Small Lots, Big Impacts Design Competition FORMA (led by associate professor of practice Daniel Markiewicz and Miroslava Brooks) and Studio Zimm (led by Weitzman alum Michael Zimmerman) teamed up to design a project for the Los Angeles Small Lots, Big Impacts design competition, and received Special Recognition for their work on both sites within the Gentle Density category.
New chair of Orthopaedics starts a new chapter in a lifetime of service Benjamin “Kyle” Potter demonstrates how the OPRA implant (Integrum LLC), which is FDA-approved for osseointegration following transfemoral amputation, fits into the AXOR II failsafe device, directly linking a patient's residual bone to an external prosthesis.(Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine News) New chair of Orthopaedics starts a new chapter in a lifetime of service Following a distinguished military career, Benjamin ‘Kyle’ Potter is bringing his battle-tested expertise to Penn. 2 min. read
‘Elusive Cures: Why Neuroscience Hasn’t Solved Brain Disorders—and How We Can Change That’ Tackling brain conditions, says psychology professor Nicole Rust, requires thinking about the brain not as a domino chain but as a complex dynamical system with feedback loops.nocred Q&A ‘Elusive Cures: Why Neuroscience Hasn’t Solved Brain Disorders—and How We Can Change That’ The first book from psychology professor Nicole Rust of the School of Arts & Sciences dives into why research on conditions like Alzheimer’s and depression hasn’t translated more effectively into better treatments. 5 min. read