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Who, What, Why: Rich Lizardo on poverty in early modern Spain
Rich Lizardo sits on concrete stairs in front of greenery on Penn campus.

History Ph.D. candidate Rich Lizardo.

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  • Who, What, Why

    • Who, What, Why: Rich Lizardo on poverty in early modern Spain

    The history Ph.D. candidate’s work traces the evolution of the ideas, institutions, and images of poverty in early modern Spain and highlights how much of the current debates on poverty echo those of the past.

    Kristen de Groot

    Cultures of the book
    four students standing next to table looking at printed materials with professor

    In the course Cultures of the Book taught by Whitney Trettien (center), assistant professor of English, students study materials in the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books & Manuscripts in the Penn Libraries. 

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    Cultures of the book

    In the Cultures of the Book course taught by Whitney Trettien, assistant professor of English, students “adopt a book” they select from the Penn Libraries collection, and their research projects are published on an academic website. 
    How much green pressure do oil companies feel from financial markets?
    Cluster of windmills in an open sea.

    Image: iStock/Tom Buysse

    How much green pressure do oil companies feel from financial markets?

    Wharton professor Arthur van Benthem explores whether one company’s transformation into a wind energy superpower signals a changing landscape for oil companies.

    From Kleinman Center for Energy Policy

    Why Tesla wants to have the EV plug standard
    Tesla charging stations lined up in a parking lot.

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    Why Tesla wants to have the EV plug standard

    John Paul MacDuffie, a professor of management at the Wharton School whose research examines vehicle and mobility innovations, explains the ongoing push by Tesla to establish its electric vehicle plug as an industry standard.
    Meta’s Threads takes on Twitter
    Threads logo with the Twitter logo embedded inside.

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    Meta’s Threads takes on Twitter

    Meta’s new social platform, Threads, is off to an impressive start, but can it continue its initial success against Twitter? Wharton’s Pinar Yildirim weighs in.

    From Knowledge at Wharton

    Euclid Space Telescope launches exciting new possibilities
    Shot of Falcon 9 Rocket launching from Cape Canaveral at Kennedy Space Center

    The European Space Agency’s latest astrophysics mission, Euclid, lifted off on a Space X Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral in Florida, USA, at 17:12 CEST on 1 July 2023. Euclid has now started its month-long journey to Sun-Earth Lagrange point L2, located 1.5 million kilometers from Earth, in the opposite direction from the Sun.

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    Euclid Space Telescope launches exciting new possibilities

    Professors of physics and astronomy Bhuvnesh Jain, Mark Trodden, and Gary Bernstein discuss the coming research findings from the European Space Agency’s Euclid Space Telescope.
    China, UAE, and the race to stop climate change
    The outside of a building in the UAE in the midday sun.

    Image: Jennifer Frank

    China, UAE, and the race to stop climate change

    A Penn Global Seminar looked at the driving forces behind China’s climate policy, and took students to the United Arab Emirates to see some of those decarbonization efforts in action.

    Kristen de Groot

    Sigal Ben-Porath named the faculty director of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Paideia Program
    Sigal Ben-Porath

    Sigal Ben-Porath is the MRMJJ Presidential Professor of Education in the Graduate School of Education with secondary appointments in the Department of Philosophy and the Department of Political Science in the School of Arts & Sciences.

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    Sigal Ben-Porath named the faculty director of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Paideia Program

    World-renowned scholar of democratic theory and practice Sigal Ben-Porath, who has been a professor at Penn since 2004, will assume the role Sept. 1.
    Deeply Rooted Collaborative awards more than $59K in ‘Community Green Grants’
    A group of people standing on the sidewalk in front of a fence with a Clean, Green & Serene sign.

    Volunteers with Clean, Green & Serene during a neighborhood cleanup event.

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    Deeply Rooted Collaborative awards more than $59K in ‘Community Green Grants’

    The joint initiative from Penn Medicine and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has awarded 21 grants to fund initiatives to fight food insecurity, community garden cleanup, education programming, and more.

    Kelsey Geesler