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Penn COVID-19 Response
The importance of protecting privacy in a post-Roe world
The importance of protecting privacy in a post-Roe world
Annenberg School for Communication professor Jessa Lingel says the Roe v. Wade reversal sends ripples through the privacy world.
Penn COVID-19 Response
STEM summer: Grad students and middle schoolers tackle drones and coding
STEM summer: Grad students and middle schoolers tackle drones and coding
Inside the Quaker’s head
Inside the Quaker’s head
Five things to know about the Taiwan-China conflict
Five things to know about the Taiwan-China conflict
An international effort to curb provider burnout and improve patient care
An international effort to curb provider burnout and improve patient care
A master’s program explores how politics and culture impacts education access and equity
A master’s program explores how politics and culture impacts education access and equity
‘Trusted messengers’ distill science, debunk myths about COVID-19 vaccine
‘Trusted messengers’ distill science, debunk myths about COVID-19 vaccine
Young, Gifted, and Diverse: Camille Z. Charles on Black identity
Young, Gifted, and Diverse: Camille Z. Charles on Black identity
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On book bans and free speech
On book bans and free speech
Sigal Ben-Porath of the Graduate School of Education says book bans and challenges affect free speech and expression, especially for young people, and that institutions of higher education are important for developing tools based on evidence for assessment.
Combating urban heat
Combating urban heat
Through the Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program, rising junior Sarah Sterinbach has spent the summer learning about the policies Philadelphia has used to protect its citizens from extreme heat and how those efforts might improve in the future.
How to improve accessibility and digital inclusion
How to improve accessibility and digital inclusion
Tonya Bennett discusses a recent accessibility awareness panel discussion where higher education leaders focused on physical and digital access and inclusion for the more than one billion people worldwide with disabilities and impairments.
‘Music connects’ for Summer Institute students
‘Music connects’ for Summer Institute students
The Summer Institute for Pre-Freshmen brings new students together with experienced faculty and graduate students to discuss cultural themes in Africana studies.
Penn submits amicus brief to SCOTUS in affirmative action cases
Penn submits amicus brief to SCOTUS in affirmative action cases
The brief, which is signed by Penn and 14 other universities, was filed in support of Harvard and the University of North Carolina in Supreme Court affirmative action cases.
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Why the Fed is walking an inflation-recession tightrope
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Unexplained variation in firearm deaths points to opportunities
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Penn Nursing designated a WHO collaborating center for nursing and midwifery leadership
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Diversity in the Stacks: Central American political and social history
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2022 Klein Family Social Justice grant recipients
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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.
8/10
Monthly Wellness Walk
Penn HR hosts August’s wellness walk with fellow Penn faculty members and staff. The group will meet at noon by the Ben Franklin Statue and soda tabs will be collected for the Ronald McDonald House’s tab collection program.
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Liz Magill’s first days
A glimpse into what Penn’s new president has been up to.
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Liz Magill became Penn’s president on July 1, 2022. Since then, she’s made it her goal to meet with as many faculty, staff, and students on campus as possible.
President Magill accepts some Pre-First Year Student Program swag.
William Atkins welcomes President Magill during a Division of University Life meeting at Houston Hall.
Big Ideas
Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Grappling with a watershed’s uncertain environmental future
Artists supported by the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities created tools for navigating unpredictable ecological challenges, then brought them to life in a series of public workshops at the Independence Seaport Museum.
Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Who, What, Why: Hannah De Oliveira’s study of Japanese American internment
Through a spring Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships grant, rising senior Hannah De Oliveira explored archives across the country to study viewpoints within Japanese American internment camps.
Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Who, What, Why: Tyra Moore on her commitment to mental health care for Black Americans
The doctoral student in the School of Social Policy & Practice received the Joy Award from the Boris L. Henson Foundation and is writing a dissertation on teen parenting within the foster care system.
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.