School of Arts & Sciences

COP28 takeaways

Perry World House Fellows and Advisors Lolita Jackson, Stephen Hammer, and Wolfgang Blau offered their insights from the conference in a discussion last week, moderated by Perry World House Interim Director Michael Weisberg.

Kristen de Groot

Talking about antisemitism

More than 200 people attended a talk by author Dara Horn at Penn Hillel, the first of six speaker events in a new series on antisemitism and education organized by the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies.

Louisa Shepard

Mechanics of knitting

Randall Kamien of the School of Arts & Sciences and Geneviève Dion of Drexel University share how combining traditional origami techniques with modern textile science can lead to practical applications in various industries.

Nathi Magubane



In the News


Vox.com

Spring is here very early. That’s not good

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that plant-flowering, tree-leafing, and egg-hatching are all markers associated with spring that are happening sooner.

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Associated Press

International Women’s Day is a celebration and call to action. Beware the flowers and candy

Kristen Ghodsee of the School of Arts & Sciences explores International Women’s Day as a tool for activism in Russian history.

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CBC Radio (Canada)

The GOP race is over. The question after Haley drops out: Will her voters move to Trump?

Marc Trussler of the School of Arts & Sciences says that Biden surrogates can’t outright ignore warning signs from polling data.

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NBC News

NBC News exit poll on Super Tuesday: Our methodology

Stephanie Perry and Elizabeth Schreier of the Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies and Joelle Gross of the School of Arts & Sciences share their methodology for the NBC News Super Tuesday exit polls.

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Las Vegas Review-Journal

Our political parties have become unrecognizable

Brian Rosenwald of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the Republican lean to the right during the last few decades has distorted labels like moderate and conservative.

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