Finding a new behavioral adaptation in fruit flies

From left: Dawn Chen, Yun Ding, and Minaho Li. Yun Ding (center) of the School of Arts & Sciences led research on courtship rituals of a close cousin of the common fruit fly and discovered a novel female adaptation that promotes prolonged courtship in males.

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.