Collaborating on agricultural climate solutions, from plants to animals Image: iStock/JM_Image_Factory Collaborating on agricultural climate solutions, from plants to animals The new Penn Plant Adaptability and Resilience Center brought together faculty speakers from five schools for its Climate Solutions for the Living World symposium.
How to reduce partisan animosity Image: iStock/Samuil_Levich How to reduce partisan animosity Matthew Levendusky, a professor of political science in Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences, explains the results of a megastudy that explores whether anything could bridge the political gap between the left and right among Americans.
From one gene switch, many possible outcomes Eric Sucar From one gene switch, many possible outcomes A team of researchers led by Aman Husbands of the School of Arts & Sciences has uncovered surprising ways transcription factors—the genetic switches for genes—regulate plant development, revealing how subtle changes in a lipid-binding region can dramatically alter gene regulation.
Democrats and Republicans vastly underestimate the diversity of each other’s views Image: iStock/Greggory DiSalvo Democrats and Republicans vastly underestimate the diversity of each other’s views A new study from the Annenberg School for Communication finds that Democrats and Republicans consistently underestimate the diversity of views within each party on hot-button issues like immigration and abortion.
Breakthrough in energy-saving process could transform data storage Ritesh Agarwal is the Srinivasa Ramanujan Distinguished Scholar and a professor of materials science and engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science.(Image: Courtesy of Penn Engineering Today) Breakthrough in energy-saving process could transform data storage Researchers led by Ritesh Agarwal of the School of Engineering and Applied Science have discovered a groundbreaking, ultra-low-energy method for creating amorphous materials, which could boost the efficiency of phase-change memory technology, potentially revolutionizing data storage.
Nine honored at Alumni Award of Merit Gala Top row: Belinda Bentzin Buscher, Robert Cort, and Ira Hillman. Second row: Jennifer Krevitt, Desiree Martinez, and Sally Jutabha Michaels. Bottom row: Marc Morial, Deepak Prabhakar, and Andre Dombroski.nocred Nine honored at Alumni Award of Merit Gala On Nov. 15, eight distinguished alumni will receive Awards of Merit, the Alumni Social Impact Award, and the Creative Spirit Award, and André Dombrowski will receive the Faculty Award of Merit.
An updated Database of Early English Playbooks: DEEP 2.0 Image: Adobe Stock/Tony Baggett An updated Database of Early English Playbooks: DEEP 2.0 The 20-year-old Database of Early English Playbooks has become an invaluable resource for research on Shakespeare and many other playwrights of his time. The catalogue has been revised and relaunched as DEEP 2.0, with support from Penn’s Price Lab for Digital Humanities.
Teaching and learning abroad in Vietnam Professor of history Fred Dickinson (back, right) with his students in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.(Image: Courtesy of Fred Dickinson) Q&A Teaching and learning abroad in Vietnam In a Q&A, Fred Dickinson of the Department of History discusses his semester as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar in Vietnam and building out Southeast Asian studies at Penn.
Squire Booker appointed Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor Squire Booker is a Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor in Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences and Perelman School of Medicine.nocred Squire Booker appointed Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor Through his work as an interdisciplinary chemist, Booker has has made advancements in human health and innovative new treatments of disease.
‘Ripple Effect’ on the business and economics of the election Image: AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson ‘Ripple Effect’ on the business and economics of the election The latest installments of the Wharton School’s faculty research podcast, “Ripple Effect,” follow up with key economic concerns voters brought to the ballot for the 2024 U.S. presidential election.