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Two Penn fourth-years awarded 2023 Churchill Scholarships
student Ryan Jeong sitting in a chair and student Arnav Lal standing outside

College of Arts and Sciences fourth-years Ryan Jeong (left) and Arnav Lal are among 16 students selected nationwide to receive a Churchill Scholarship for a year of graduate research study at the University of Cambridge in England.

Two Penn fourth-years awarded 2023 Churchill Scholarships

College of Arts and Sciences fourth-years Ryan Jeong and Arnav Lal are among 16 students selected nationwide to receive a Churchill Scholarship for a year of graduate research study at the University of Cambridge in England.
Wormhole-like dynamics
3D illustration of a wormhole. Rendered illustration.

Wormhole-like dynamics

Theoretical physicists Vijay Balasubramanian and Jonathan Heckman of the School of Arts & Sciences speak with Penn Today to explain the implications of new research claiming to have observed wormhole-like teleportation on a quantum computer.
Physics of disaster: How mudslides move
A few people walk along a mountainside as some vegetation regrows after a wildfire

The Thomas Fire charred the hillsides above Montecito in late 2017, setting up conditions for mudslides in early 2018. (Image: Douglas Jerolmack)

Physics of disaster: How mudslides move

Researchers led by Douglas Jerolmack and Paulo Arratia used samples from the deadly 2018 Montecito mudslides to understand the complex forces at work in these disasters.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Two Penn faculty elected American Physical Society fellows
Paulo Arratia and Evelyn Thomson, physicists at Penn

Paulo Arratia and Evelyn Thomson have been recognized as American Physical Society Fellows for 2022. 

Two Penn faculty elected American Physical Society fellows

Paulo Arratia of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and Evelyn Thomson of the School of Arts & Sciences received the honor of being elected by their peers in recognition of their contributions to the field.

Katherine Unger Baillie

UK joins international effort to uncover first moments of the universe
The Guardian

UK joins international effort to uncover first moments of the universe

In a statement for the Simons Observatory, Mark Devlin of the School of Arts & Sciences says that new telescopes and researchers from the UK will make a significant addition to their efforts to examine the origins of the universe.

Liquid crystals bring robotics to the microscale
Physics World

Liquid crystals bring robotics to the microscale

In collaboration with the University of Ljubljana, Kathleen Stebe of the School of Engineering and Applied Science has built a swimming microrobot that paddles by rotating liquid crystal molecules.