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Liquid crystals in motion mimic biological systems
Various undulating shapes of crystals.

Under the right conditions, liquid crystals form structures reminiscent of biological systems, shown in actual (left) and false color (right), with the filaments in light blue and the flattened discs in yellow.

(Image: Christopher Browne)

Liquid crystals in motion mimic biological systems

Researchers in the lab of Chinedum Osuji have discovered that under the right conditions, liquid crystals form structures reminiscent of biological systems that can transport material from one place to another, much like complex biological systems.

Ian Scheffler

Your child’s mental health diagnosis
An adolescent speaking with a therapist.

Image: iStock/SeventyFour

Your child’s mental health diagnosis

School of Social Policy & Practice professor Jacqueline Corcoran’s new book is a go-to guide for those raising children with mental disorders.

From the School of Social Policy & Practice

Public opinion research in changing times
A graph indicating public opinion polling.

Image: Ikon Images via AP Images

  • Q&A

    • Public opinion research in changing times

    In a Q&A, William Marble of the Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies talks about how PORES has had to adjust to the series of rapidly changing events in the presidential race and to longer-standing shifts in public opinion research methodologies.
    Reducing a dog’s temperature after exercise with voluntary head dunking
    Dog dunks head in water.

    Penn Vet researchers trained physically and mentally healthy dogs to voluntarily dunk their heads in water, an effective method for rapidly cooling canines after exercise.

    (Image: Shelby Wise/Wise K9 Photography)

    Reducing a dog’s temperature after exercise with voluntary head dunking

    Penn Vet Working Dog Center researchers have identified an effective and field-applicable way to rapidly help dogs cool down after exercise.
    Preparing the next generation of engineers to solve the world’s energy and sustainability problems
    Lorena Grundy “Teaching with impact”

    Lorena Grundy is Penn Engineering’s new practice assistant professor in chemical and biomolecular engineering.

    (Image: Courtesy of Penn Engineering Today)

    Preparing the next generation of engineers to solve the world’s energy and sustainability problems

    Lorena Grundy is Penn Engineering’s new practice assistant professor in chemical and biomolecular engineering.

    Melissa Pappas

    Andrew M. Hoffman reappointed dean of Penn Vet
    Penn Vet dean Andrew Hoffman.

    Penn School of Veterinary Medicine Dean Andrew Hoffman.

    (Image: Lisa Godfrey)

    Andrew M. Hoffman reappointed dean of Penn Vet

    Hoffman’s second term as the Gilbert S. Kahn Dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine will extend to June 30, 2030.
    Steven J. Fluharty to step down as dean of Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences
    Steve Fluharty seated at a table with hands folded.

    Steven J. Fluharty, Thomas S. Gates, Jr. Professor of Psychology, Pharmacology, and Neuroscience and dean of the School of Arts & Sciences.

    (Image: Lisa J. Godfrey)

    Steven J. Fluharty to step down as dean of Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences

    The Thomas S. Gates, Jr. Professor of Psychology, Pharmacology, and Neuroscience has served as dean since 2013, concluding his term as the longest-serving dean in the history of the School of Arts & Sciences.

    Novel coupled nanopore platform offers greater precision for detecting molecules
    Artist depiction of DNA moving through a nanopore system.

    Marija Drndić of the School of Arts & Sciences and Dimitri Monos of the Perelman School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia led a team of researchers who developed a new nanostructure platform that allows for more precise detection and control of biomolecules, such as DNA and proteins. This exciting new platform signals a new era of synthetic biology, paving the way for enhanced DNA sequencing and protein conformation detection.

    (Image: Courtesy of artist) 

    Novel coupled nanopore platform offers greater precision for detecting molecules

    An interdisciplinary team of researchers from Penn have created the first ever reusable coupled nanopore platform for detecting and guiding molecules, findings could pave the way for much improved DNA sequencing and molecule identification.
    ‘Ripple Effect’ explores higher education
    A college student sitting on a bench outside a university building.

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    ‘Ripple Effect’ explores higher education

    The latest installments of The Wharton School’s faculty research podcast, “Ripple Effect,” delves into the latest issues facing higher education, from paying athletes to AI in the classroom.

    From Knowledge at Wharton