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Researching cultural heritage at the Penn Museum
Sierra Williams standing on a stairway in a library.

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Researching cultural heritage at the Penn Museum

Aiming for a career in the museum field, Sierra Williams, a rising third-year in the College of Arts & Sciences, is working on a research study at the Penn Museum’s Penn Cultural Heritage Center through the Summer Humanities Internship Program.

5 min. read

Lynn Meskell elected Fellow to the British Academy
Lynn Meskell

Meskell is the Richard D. Green Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor with joint appointments in the School of Arts & Sciences, the Weitzman School of Design, and the Penn Museum.

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Lynn Meskell elected Fellow to the British Academy

The honor recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding contributions to the humanities and social sciences.

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How discoveries become cures
Two doctors in white lab coats in a lab.

Image: Margo Reed

How discoveries become cures

Public investments in biomedical research have an outsized effect, driving new scientific insights, economic growth, and ultimately treatments and cures.

‘Meet the Authors’ at Wharton

‘Meet the Authors’ at Wharton

The latest installments of The Wharton School’s podcast, “Ripple Effect,” features conversations with faculty discussing their new books, with topics ranging from Japan’s hybrid leadership model, consumer satisfaction, successful entrepreneurship, marketing, and investing.

From Knowledge at Wharton

A hands-on education of Pennsylvania and New Jersey ecology
Three people walking through a field.

One of six field trips in Sally Willig’s Regional Field Ecology class took students to Natural Lands’ Mariton Wildlife Sanctuary.

(Image: Chi-Hyun Kim)

A hands-on education of Pennsylvania and New Jersey ecology

Sally Willig has been teaching Regional Field Ecology at Penn since 1999, educating students about plants, soils, and more at sites such as Ringing Rocks County Park and the Pine Barrens.

4 min. read

Strongest nor’easters getting stronger
A map showing increase in nor’easters.

Image: Courtesy of Michael Mann

Strongest nor’easters getting stronger

Research from Professor Michael Mann and Ph.D. students Annabelle Horton and Mackenzie Weaver shows that as the worst of these East Coast winter storms intensify, so does their destructive potential—a facet that current coastal risk assessments often ignore.

Michele W. Berger

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