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Historical treasures of ‘most talented woman in 20th-century philosophy’ come to Penn
Three people standing over a book in a library setting.

Philosopher Elizabeth Anscombe was both a divisive figure and one of the most important female philosophical minds of her time. Notebooks filled with old postcards and scrawled responses, like those viewed here by graduate student Paul Musso (left), associate professor Errol Lord, and graduate student Marie Barnett, reveal Anscombe’s thought process as she corresponds with Anthony Kenny, a philosopher and priest, about God and faith.

Historical treasures of ‘most talented woman in 20th-century philosophy’ come to Penn

On loan from the Collegium Institute, an archive of materials written to and by Elizabeth Anscombe will be at the Libraries’ Kislak Center for Special Collections for the next three years.

Michele W. Berger

Marketing music at a Philadelphia nonprofit
Student sitting outside holding a coffee cup and smiling.

Rising Penn sophomore Teresa Xie is a summer intern working at the Settlement Music School through the RealArts@Penn program. She is producing videos for the marketing and development departments.

Marketing music at a Philadelphia nonprofit

Although an accomplished concert pianist, rising sophomore Teresa Xie of Chicago is not playing the ivories at the Settlement Music School during her RealArts@Penn summer internship. Instead, she is using her photography skills while learning about marketing music for the Philadelphia nonprofit.

Louisa Shepard

Preventative measures against mass violence
young child kneeling on ground lighting a candle surrounded by heart balloons at night, at a vigil for a mass shooting.

Preventative measures against mass violence

Richard Berk, professor of criminology and statistics and chair of the Department of Criminology, taps into perpetrator patterns to forecast crime.

Penn Today Staff

Remembering the past while looking forward
lunar landing boot print

Buzz Aldrin’s boot print from the Apollo 11 mission, one of the first steps taken on the Moon. Neil Armstrong and Aldrin walked on the Moon on July 20, 1969. (Photo: NASA)

Remembering the past while looking forward

As the nation celebrates the Apollo 11 mission, a look at Penn’s connection to the historic event and how the Moon impacts science, politics, and culture.

Erica K. Brockmeier

Artificial cells can deliver molecules better than the real thing
medical rendering of a cell membrane

Artificial cells can deliver molecules better than the real thing

With an onion-like structure, the artificial cells developed by researchers at Penn appear more stable and better equipped to carry cargo than their natural and commercial counterparts.

Gina Vitale , Erica K. Brockmeier

Connecting with a Deaf community on the other side of the world
A group of people standing in front of a white statue in Rome, Italy.

A Penn Global Seminar on global deaf culture led by Penn linguist Jami Fisher (5th from left) included visiting sites in Rome, Italy, like Bernini’s Fontana dei Quatro Fiumi in Piazza Navona, above. Often, the group was led by a guide who was signing in Italian sign language. It gave the students a chance to experience what life is like not only for deaf people in general, but also a deaf community in another part of the world. (Photo courtesy: Jami Fisher)

Connecting with a Deaf community on the other side of the world

On a trip abroad to Italy that capped off the Penn Global Seminar taught by linguist Jami Fisher, students got a firsthand look at the diversity and variety of global deaf culture.

Michele W. Berger

Advice-giving benefits the person sharing guidance
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    • Advice-giving benefits the person sharing guidance

    In a Q&A, Wharton postdoc Lauren Eskreis-Winkler discusses new findings that signal it may be time to shift how we think about motivation and achievement.

    Michele W. Berger

    A conversation with Michael Horowitz
    Michael Horowitz

    Michael Horowitz, professor of political science and associate director of Perry World House. (Image: Courtesy of Michael Horowitz)

    A conversation with Michael Horowitz

    In the latest episode of Penn Today’s ‘Office Hours’ podcast series, a chat with Michael Horowitz, professor of political science and associate director of Perry World House.
    Timing is everything for the mutualistic relationship between ants and acacias
    vachellia collinsii tree with swollen thorns growing in a pot

    Researchers Scott Poethig and Aaron Leichty studied the development of ant-attracting traits in multiple species of acacia, including Vachellia collinsii. (Photo: Scott Poethig)

    Timing is everything for the mutualistic relationship between ants and acacias

    With a new insight into a long-described mutualistic relationship, plant biologists from the School of Arts and Sciences reveal the genetic factors and evolutionary forces that govern the development of the acacia’s ant-sustaining traits.

    Katherine Unger Baillie