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Penn COVID-19 Response
The Great War and memory
The Great War and memory
History professor Warren Breckman took his Penn Global Seminar students to the Western Front area of northern France and Belgium to look at World War I through the intersections of personal and public memory.
Penn COVID-19 Response
Video experiment brokers peace among ex-FARC combatants and locals in Colombia
Video experiment brokers peace among ex-FARC combatants and locals in Colombia
Nine questions for Penn’s ninth president
Nine questions for Penn’s ninth president
Can China stop climate change?
Can China stop climate change?
Helping transgender patients navigate health care
Helping transgender patients navigate health care
Bioengineering technology keeps track of living cells and tissues
Bioengineering technology keeps track of living cells and tissues
What the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade means
What the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade means
A statement on SCOTUS overturning Roe v. Wade from Wellness at Penn and Penn’s Center for Public Health Initiatives
The Latest
Who, What, Why: Tamia Harvey-Martin presents her film debut
Who, What, Why: Tamia Harvey-Martin presents her film debut
Tamia Harvey-Martin premieres “A Foolproof Guide to Relationships,” a short film about asexuality, at the LGBT Center on June 28.
How to avoid ‘rainbow washing’ during Pride Month
How to avoid ‘rainbow washing’ during Pride Month
Cait Lamberton, a professor at the Wharton School, gives four takeaways on the right way for brands to approach Pride Month.
Debate as social empowerment
Debate as social empowerment
From debating a team in an upstate New York prison to helping the formerly incarcerated in Philadelphia, the Penn Debate Society sees debate as a tool to help others help themselves
New gift brings design education to underserved youth
New gift brings design education to underserved youth
Lori Kanter Tritsch and William P. Lauder, University of Pennsylvania Trustee, have created a new program for PennPraxis, the practice arm of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design at Penn.
Children younger than 5 eligible for COVID-19 vaccines
Children younger than 5 eligible for COVID-19 vaccines
In a Q&A, Lori Handy of Penn Medicine and CHOP discusses what it means now that this final group can get protection, plus offers recommendations for families with concerns about doing so.
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76ers join Penn Med, Wharton, and philanthropists to fund health initiatives
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Novel sleep education learning modules developed for nurse practitioners
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Diana Mutz wins 2022 American Political Science Association Best Book Award
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Diversity in the Stacks: Highlights from the Penn Sexuality Collection
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Race and Regulation Podcast: Racial Equity and Data Privacy
From Penn Program on Regulation
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6/19
Isaac Julien
In celebration of the centennial, the Barnes has commissioned “Once Again . . . (Statues Never Die),” an immersive five-screen film installation by artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien. The work explores the close relationship of Dr. Albert C. Barnes, an early U.S. collector and exhibitor of African material culture, and Alain Locke, cultural theorist and “Father of the Harlem Renaissance."
6/24
Summer of Swings
Morris Arboretum presents Summer of Swings, a seasonal exhibit that invites guests to swing on 10 newly installed swings spread across 92 acres of the grounds.
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Kickin' off pride with a queer dance class
The Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center kicked off a month of Pride events on Friday with a Queer Dance Class on the LGBT Center Patio led by Philadelphia choreographer Devon Sinclair.
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Big Ideas
Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
How historical racism influences modern poverty and racial inequality
Sociologist Regina Baker finds that Black people in southern U.S. states with significant institutionalized historical racial practices experience worse poverty today. These states also have a wider poverty gap between Black and white populations.
