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The power of chick lit
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The power of chick lit

Meghan Hall, lecturer and associate director for graduate studies in the Department of English, talks about what gives the popular literary genre its staying power.

From Omnia

Oscars predictions 2024
Barbie and Oppenheimer advertisements on a theater.

Advertisements for the films “Oppenheimer” and “Barbie” in Los Angeles.

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Oscars predictions 2024

Ahead of the 96th Academy Awards on March 10, Kathy DeMarco Van Cleve of Cinema & Media Studies offers predictions for the screenplay categories.
Discussing open expression on college campuses
Sigal Ben Porath

Penn GSE professor Sigal Ben-Porath.

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Discussing open expression on college campuses

In a Katz Center talk, education and political philosopher Sigal Ben-Porath offered suggestions for universities navigating tense times.

Penn Today Staff

Kathleen Morrison on biodiversity and climate change
Kathleen Morrison.

Kathleen Morrison, faculty director of the Environmental Innovations Initiative.

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Kathleen Morrison on biodiversity and climate change

The faculty director of the Environmental Innovations Initiative, her research spans anthropology, archaeology, and paleoecology, involving the study of historic climates and environments, with a focus on South Asia.

From the Environmental Innovations Initiative

Energy Week to highlight research across disciplines at Penn
Students talks during Energy Week in 2023.

Joey Wu, a student in the Vagelos Integrated Program in Energy Research (VIPER), gave a presentation on "Super Plants" as part of the Lightning Talks during Energy Week in 2023.

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Energy Week to highlight research across disciplines at Penn

The Kleinman Center for Energy Policy and Vagelos Institute for Energy Science and Technology are hosting Energy Week March 11-15, with more than two dozen events featuring Penn faculty, students, and outside experts.
Reading James Baldwin for a 21st century world
Nuri Yi, a Lotus member and second-year grad student in the Department of Biology in the School of Arts & Sciences, leads a discussion of Baldwin’s work at Kelly Writers House.

Nuri Yi, a Lotus member and second-year grad student in the Department of Biology in the School of Arts & Sciences, leads a discussion of Baldwin’s work at Kelly Writers House.

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Reading James Baldwin for a 21st century world

To commemorate Baldwin’s approaching centennial, the Lotus Collective is hosting weekly readings and discussions of his work at Kelly Writers House.
Centuries of ‘TikTalk’
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TikTok voice, uptalk, and vocal fry are current linguistic trends with a long history.

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Centuries of ‘TikTalk’

The media popularity of the vocal trend called “TikTalk,” or a combination of uptalkand vocal fry, is actually nothing new, says linguist Mark Liberman.
Passport drive opens up the world to undergrads
Two people face each other at a table, filling out paperwork, with a tower of blue and yellow balloons in the background

Penn Abroad offered students the chance to get a fully funded passport at a recent passport drive on campus.

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Passport drive opens up the world to undergrads

Penn Abroad provided fully funded passports to undergraduates who have never held a passport before, with priority given to students who receive financial aid.

Kristen de Groot

Structural elements of archaea
Photo of Yellowstone hotspring.

Archaea, a unique domain of life, were discovered in the 1970s in extreme environments such as hot springs and salty lakes, with notable early studies conducted in locations like Yellowstone National Park in the United States. Initially considered unusual bacteria, their distinct genetics and biochemistry led to their recognition as a separate domain, emphasizing microbial diversity and evolutionary complexity.

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Structural elements of archaea

Researchers shed light on archea, a single cell microorganism, to discover how proteins determine what shape a cell will take and how that form may function.
In Japan, teaching a multitude of creative anthropology practices
Three students work on a large map on a table.

Ritsumeikan University students work on a collective mapping exercise led by Penn anthropology Ph.D. student Pablo Aguilera Del Castillo, using markers, sticky notes, and stickers to annotate a map with the emotions, memories, and habits they associate with different parts of Kyoto.

(Image: Pablo Aguilera Del Castillo)

In Japan, teaching a multitude of creative anthropology practices

Penn anthropologists in the Center for Experimental Ethnography led workshops at Ritsumeikan University on performance, film, mapping, sound, and collaging.