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Penn remembers and reflects on the life of Nelson Mandela

    • Penn remembers and reflects on the life of Nelson Mandela

    Nelson Mandela, the former president of South Africa who was recognized worldwide as crusader for peace and justice, died Thursday, Dec. 5 at the age of 95.

    Penn Current Staff

    Penn researchers devise new concept for solar panels

    • Penn researchers devise new concept for solar panels

    Current solar panels need two materials to work: one that absorbs light and excites electrons, and another that gets those electrons to flow in one direction, producing electrical current.

    Evan Lerner

    The changing Chinatowns in Philadelphia, New York, and Boston

    • The changing Chinatowns in Philadelphia, New York, and Boston

    Chinatowns were created in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries because of the forced segregation and zoning laws partly related to the Chinese Exclusion Act. This law restricted immigration of low-wage Chinese laborers who arrived in the United States during the Gold Rush and helped to build the nation’s first transcontinental railroad.

    Jeanne Leong

    Penn researchers show how brain ‘geotags’ memory

    • Penn researchers show how brain ‘geotags’ memory

    The hippocampus in the brain is associated with remembering events and tracking locations. Until recently, researchers had been unable to determine whether the same sets of neurons were involved in both of these processes.

    Evan Lerner

    Gutmann, Cohen, and Rendell talk politics in Fels course

    • Gutmann, Cohen, and Rendell talk politics in Fels course

    Students in a “Topics in Government” class were recently treated to a lively conversation with three esteemed experts on politics and government—former Philadelphia mayor, Pennsylvania governor, and course professor Ed Rendell, his former press secretary, campaign manager, and chief of staff

    Maria Zankey

    Penn’s Center for Tech Transfer Partners With British-based IP Group

    • Penn’s Center for Tech Transfer Partners With British-based IP Group

    The University of Pennsylvania, through its Center for Technology Transfer and its UPstart company formation program, has announced a new partnership with IP Group PLC, developer of intellectual property-based businesses. 

    Evan Lerner , Liz Vaughan-Adams

    Penn to Require Licensees of Apparel to Sign Safety Accord

    • Penn to Require Licensees of Apparel to Sign Safety Accord

    The University has accepted a recommendation from its Committee on Manufacturer Responsibility to require all licensees that sourced, produced or purchased collegiate apparel in Bangladesh to become signatories of The Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh and abide by its requirements as soon as possible.

    Penn to Require Licensees of Apparel to Sign Safety Accord

    Penn Student Finds Her Calling in Printmaking and Public Service

    • Penn Student Finds Her Calling in Printmaking and Public Service

    If University of Pennsylvania senior Loren Kole could give her younger freshman year self some advice, it would be this: Don’t get hung up on what you think you should be doing. Like most of her Ivy League contemporaries, Kole is a high achiever in and out of the classroom.

    Jacquie Posey

    Penn Science Café: Squid Camouflage

    • Penn Science Café: Squid Camouflage

    WHO:            Alison Sweeney                     Assistant Professor of Physics

    Evan Lerner