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Graduate student artists persevere during pandemic and find new inspiration Penn Master of Fine Arts students are not only adapting to this year’s challenges, but are pushing their work in different directions, as they continue to paint, draw, sculpt, photograph, and film during the pandemic. Master of Fine Arts students at Penn—including Kay (Seohyung) Lee (pictured above, in her campus studio), Amrita Stützle, and Patricia Renee Thomas—continue to pursue their artwork projects during the pandemic. Graduate student artis...

Spiders, Caterpillars, Dragonflies Inspire Construction Material Research The National Science Foundation awarded grants to three universities to develop new technologies and materials to be used in biomanufacturing, cyber manufacturing and eco-manufacturing. December 10, 2020 University of Pennsylvania, Rowan University Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have used geometry-based structural optimization techniques to create human-scale structures out of concrete. The researchers will mimic evolution’s approach toward minimizing the use of material while maximizing its performance...