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Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Former FBI Investigator to Speak at Penn About Recovering Stolen Art
WHO: Robert Wittman, former senior investigator/founder of the FBI's National Art Crime Team
University of Pennsylvania Hosts Day-long Symposium on 'The Politics of Black Women’s Hair' March 1
WHO: Featured speakers and invited guests:
Online Courses Enable Penn Alumni to Continue Learning
As students at the University of Pennsylvania, they exercised their love of learning, and now, as Penn alumni, thanks to online courses, they can add to their knowledge base or explore subject matter they either couldn’t or didn’t when on campus.
Lod Mosaic tells nearly 2,000-year-old story from ancient Israel
The oldest stone mosaic ever discovered—the Pebble Mosaic from Megaron 2, which dates to 850 B.C.E.—was found by the Penn Museum in the 1950s at the site of Gordion in Turkey, so it is only fitting that the Lod Mosaic, one of the world’s largest and best-preserved mosaics, would make its fifth and final
The Penn Science Café and Penn Lightbulb Café Return
PHILADELPHIA-- The Penn Science Café and the Penn Lightbulb Café are back, bringing the University of Pennsylvania’s top scholars out on the town to share their re
New Report From Penn’s Fels Institute of Government Offers Solutions for Economic Development
PHILADELPHIA –- As President Obama calls for new job creation that won’t raise the national budget deficit, an opportunity exists for the private and public sectors to work together. The University of Pennsylvania’s Fels Institute of Government lays out six proven st
Professor Salamishah Tillet to Discuss Hollywood Depictions of Slavery at Penn Lightbulb Café Feb. 26
WHO: Salamishah TilletAssistant Professor of EnglishUniversity of Pennsylvania
Penn Project for Civic Engagement Offers Opportunities to Debate the Upper Darby School District’s Budget Priorities
PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania Project for Civic Engagement has teamed up with the Center for School Study Councils to host four community forums at the request of the
Penn’s Rebecca Stein Will Engage Online Economics Students in the ‘Active Sport’ of Learning
Many professors who embark on teaching a massive open online class, or MOOC, may be apprehensive about conveying their subject material to thousands.
Penn Geologists Quantify, Characterize Sediment Carried by Mississippi Flood to Louisiana Wetlands
PHILADELPHIA — The spring 2011 flood on the Mississippi was among the largest floods ever, the river swelling over its banks and wreaking destruction in the surrounding areas.
In the News
Far fewer young Americans now want to study in China. Both countries are trying to fix that
Amy Gadsden of Penn Global says that American interest in studying in China is declining due to foreign businesses closing their offices there and Beijing’s draconian governing style.
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In death, three decades after his trial verdict, O.J. Simpson still reflects America’s racial divides
Camille Charles of the School of Arts & Sciences says that Black Americans have grown less likely to believe in a famous defendant’s innocence as a show of race solidarity.
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‘Slouch’ review: The panic over posture
In her new book, “Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America,” Beth Linker of the School of Arts & Sciences traces society’s posture obsession to Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution.
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Why Indigenous artifacts should be returned to Indigenous communities
The Penn Museum is noted for creating its “Native American Voices: The People—Here and Now” exhibit with the help of tribal representatives.
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The truth behind the slouching epidemic
Beth Linker of the School of Arts & Sciences traces the history of a poor-posture epidemic in the U.S. which began at the onset of the 20th century.
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