The history behind International Women’s Day A march through Petrograd on March 8, 1917, the inaugural year for International Women’s Day. Q&A The history behind International Women’s Day Kristen R. Ghodsee, professor of Russian and East European studies, talks to Penn Today about the global holiday’s history, and why America has been late to embrace it.
Super Tuesday takeaways nocred Super Tuesday takeaways Super Tuesday votes in 14 states offered some surprises and seem to have dramatically transformed the Democratic bid for president.
With ‘The Sacramento of Desire,’ Julia Bloch completes a personal trilogy Q&A With ‘The Sacramento of Desire,’ Julia Bloch completes a personal trilogy The creative writing professor’s most recent book of poetry focuses on her desire for making a family as a member of the queer community.
The curious case of ancient bear bones at a Mississippi dig site Megan Kassabaum is an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology in the School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania and the Weingarten Assistant Curator for North America at the Penn Museum. The curious case of ancient bear bones at a Mississippi dig site Penn and UNC Chapel Hill researchers theorize that the considerable black bear remains indicate an animal that was a food source and considered close kin to the people who lived there 1,300 years ago.
Documentary filmmaking in the Himalayas Documentary filmmaking in the Himalayas Supported by National Geographic and other grants, seniors Alina Peng and Charles Zhang traveled to Bhutan to discover how villagers are coping with the effects of water scarcity and climate change.
Ecuador’s vice president talks biodiversity protection Ecuador's Vice President Otto Sonnenholzner speaks at Perry World House. Ecuador’s vice president talks biodiversity protection Vice President Otto Sonnenholzner spoke to a packed Perry World House about protecting the environment while balancing economic growth.
The politics of health inequality Julia Lynch, associate professor of political science. Her new book "Regimes of Inequality: The Political Economy of Health and Wealth" looks at why health inequality as framed by politicians is impossible to tackle. The politics of health inequality The eight major Democratic candidates for president agree that Americans need expanded and more affordable health care. According to Julia Lynch, none of their proposed plans will solve the problem of heath inequality in the U.S.
Penn’s pioneering mathematicians Penn’s pioneering mathematicians Two of the first African Americans to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics, Dudley Weldon Woodard and William Waldron Schieffelin Claytor worked on fundamental problems in the field of topology and supported graduate-level math education for minority students.
African Americans have been blocked from voting, but the Black vote is not a ‘bloc’ nocred African Americans have been blocked from voting, but the Black vote is not a ‘bloc’ Black History Month’s theme for 2020 is African Americans and the Vote. Three Penn scholars define what the “Black vote” means when viewed through history, and what it doesn’t mean when viewed as an indivisible bloc.
Learning civil discourse and open-mindedness from high schoolers Learning civil discourse and open-mindedness from high schoolers In the city’s first regional Ethics Bowl, facilitated by Penn philosopher Karen Detlefsen and Graduate School of Education doctoral student Dustin Webster, six local teams competed for a chance at Nationals.