MULTIMEDIA

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  A Math Classroom, Without Walls

  The announcement of a new math course generally doesn’t elicit the kind of response that accompanies a movie premiere, but in a way, that’s what happened when Robert Ghrist debuted “Calculus: Single Variable” in January.

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  Special Collections, Welcoming Views

  After a three-year renovation project, the top floor of the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center could become one of the most popular spots on campus, boasting expanded study and meeting spaces, along with breathtaking bird’s-eye views.

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  Mosaic Tells Nearly 2,000-Year-Old Story

  One of the world’s largest and best-preserved stone mosaics has made its final U.S. stop at the Penn Museum.

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  Nanotech Center Continues to Grow

  Construction on the $91.5 million Krishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology on the 3200 block of Walnut Street is proceeding on time and on budget.

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  Alum John Legend delivers 12th annual MLK Lecture in Social Justice

  Alumnus and nine-time Grammy Award-winning recording artist John Legend returned to campus on Jan. 16 to deliver the 12th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture in Social Justice to a full house at Irvine Auditorium.

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  The Hidden Gems of the Penn Museum’s Egyptian Collection

  Penn Museum, home to one of the finest collections of ancient Egyptian and Nubian artifacts in the United States, has more than 42,000 objects in its Egyptian Section.

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  Artifact Conservation on Display at the Penn Museum

  Visitors to the Penn Museum have long had the opportunity to marvel over the beauty and rarity of the many artifacts on display. But until now, they’ve never had the chance to see the actual process of discovery that goes into restoring and preserving each artifact.

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  Penn Researchers Show New Way of Assembling Particles Into Complex Structures

  Many recent advances in microtechnology and nanotechnology depend on microscopic spherical particles self-assembling into large-scale aggregates to form a relatively limited range of crystalline structures.

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  Eye-Catching Design—With an Impact

  The spiked, sky-blue structure in the courtyard of MoMA PS1 in New York is more than just a striking design. It’s also an award-winning installation, as well as an environmentally friendly structure designed to combat air pollutants.

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  Printing 3D Blood Vessel Networks out of Sugar

  Bioengineers have been steadily advancing toward the goal of building lab-grown organs out of a patient’s own cells, but a few major challenges remain.