In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
In a Q&A with Jeffrey Edward Green, the associate professor of political science at Penn describes modern participatory democracy as equal parts active voter and passive spectator roles, the current political climate, and the classist barriers to true democracy.
FULL STORY AT OMNIA →
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded Penn $1.5 million for “The Inclusive City: Past, Present, and Future,” a five-year project focused on urban diversity and inclusion. It builds on a collaboration by PennDesign, the School of Arts and Sciences, and the Penn Institute for Urban Research that brings together students and faculty to examine cities at the intersection of humanities and design.
FULL STORY AT Penn IUR Urban Link →
Out of hundreds of applicants around the world, the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies have chosen 20 fellows for the 2018-19 session. The fellows will study religious and secular Jewish culture outside of American and European contexts, following 25 years of research.
FULL STORY AT Penn Arts & Sciences →
Penn Museum Fellows student Sheridan Smalls digs deep into the personal materials and manuscripts of a late 19th century collector for her senior thesis, and uncovers an eclectic and prolific contributor to Penn and Philadelphia museum collections.
FULL STORY AT Penn Museum Blog →
Science has come under heat, with the media magnifying incidents of retracted studies and fraud. But self-correction is a part of the scientific method, and unsupported generalizations of a “systemic crisis” can be used to discredit fields such as genetic engineering, vaccination, and climate change according to Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center.
FULL STORY AT Annenberg Public Policy Center →
The newly-digitized archive of Ed Ruscha's landmark series of Los Angeles photographs examines changes along Sunset Boulevard from 1966 to 2007.
FULL STORY AT Weitzman School of Design →
The Weitzman School has established the Julian Abele Fellowship in Architecture, which will be given annually to a graduate architecture student or students. The Fellowship is named for the first Black architect to graduate from Penn.
FULL STORY AT Weitzman School of Design →
