Who, What, Why: Literacy advocate Meresa García nocred Who, What, Why Who, What, Why: Literacy advocate Meresa García The Penn Graduate School of Education student, who earned her bachelor’s from the College of Arts and Sciences in the Spring, talks about her work with the Penn Libraries Community Engagement team and her aspirations of becoming a teacher.
Many don’t know key facts about U.S. Constitution, Annenberg civics study finds Image: iStock/Zorica Jovanov Many don’t know key facts about U.S. Constitution, Annenberg civics study finds Many Americans do not know what rights are protected under the First Amendment and a substantial number cannot name all three branches of government, according to the 2023 Annenberg Constitution Day Civics Survey.
Quakers on quest for first gridiron title in seven years (Images: Penn Athletics) Quakers on quest for first gridiron title in seven years The football team kicks off its 147th season on Saturday, Sept. 16, versus Colgate in New York.
Can the COVID playbook help end malaria? A Sept. 12 Perry World House event, Can the COVID Playbook Help End Malaria?, looked at the historic fight against this disease, along with new developments in mRNA vaccine technologies and lessons learned from the global COVID-19 pandemic. (Image: Gabby Szczepanek) Can the COVID playbook help end malaria? In a Perry World House conversation, Matthew Laurens, Martina Mchenga, and Drew Weissman discussed how lessons from a global pandemic could help in the fight to eradicate malaria.
The Arthur Ross Gallery and Penn Live Arts awarded The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage project grants Rennie Harris Puremovement in performance. (Image: JHsumedia) The Arthur Ross Gallery and Penn Live Arts awarded The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage project grants Two other project grants to area cultural institutions involve Michelle Lopez of the Weitzman School of Design and alum Kiyoshi Kuromiya.
Climate Week 2023 highlights the links between biodiversity and the climate crisis Wildfires are becoming increasingly common as a result of the climate crisis, endangering biodiversity and humans.(Image: iStock/Toa55) Climate Week 2023 highlights the links between biodiversity and the climate crisis The climate crisis impacts everyone. During Climate Week at Penn, which will be held from Sept. 18-22, everyone is invited to find their place in the climate movement.
Penn milestone heralds more expansive approach to preservation Through Weitzman’s Center for Architectural Conservation, preservation faculty and students are working with the National Park Service and the Ancestral Lands Conservation Corps to preserve Wupatki National Monument, where people first gathered in the 1100s. (Image: Ha Leem) Penn milestone heralds more expansive approach to preservation For 40 years, Penn’s Graduate Program in Historic Preservation has expanded its purview and explores how to become more of a public design practice.
Helping Philadelphia high school students communicate health research Brittany Zulkiewicz discusses group dynamics and the process of working together. (Image: Thandi Lyew) Helping Philadelphia high school students communicate health research Annenberg School doctoral students Thandi Lyew and Brittany Zulkiewicz worked with local teens through a Penn Graduate Community-Engaged Research Fellowship.
The Chilean coup, 50 years later On Sept. 11, 1973, soldiers supporting the coup led by Augusto Pinochet took cover as bombs are dropped on the Presidential Palace of La Moneda in Santiago, Chile. (Image: AP Photo/Enrique Aracena) The Chilean coup, 50 years later Two conversations mark the 50th anniversary of the military takeover on Sept. 11, 1973, discussing its political and historical implications.
Teaching Aristotle and modern moral philosophy nocred Teaching Aristotle and modern moral philosophy Philosophy professor Sukaina Hirji has expanded her work from Aristotle and the history of philosophy to contemporary issues of love and sex, oppression, and anger.