Biology Launches Plant ARC
Penn Arts & Sciences recently launched the Plant Adaptability and Resilience Center, or Plant ARC.
Kathryn Butler wins Gold Staff Recognition Award
The Department of Biology is thrilled to celebrate Kathryn Butler, Greenhouse and Garden Manager, and her winning the Gold Award for Penn's Staff Recognition Program.
A method of ‘look twice, forgive once’ can sustain social cooperation
Using mathematical modeling, researchers from Penn and Princeton found a way to maintain cooperation without relying on complex norms or institutions.
The inner workings of chronic pain
Working in the in the lab of Penn Medicine’s Gregory Corder, biology doctoral candidate Jessica Wojick (pictured) of the School of Arts & Sciences is researching chronic pain. As reported in Omnia, when it comes to conquering pain in a controlled manner that doesn’t interfere with the body’s protective instincts, what has Wojick found to be one of the most promising solutions? Light.