New Juneteenth documentary explores notions of freedom and citizenship A still from the new documentary “Juneteenth” from Annenberg Classroom. (Image: Annenberg Public Policy Center) Q&A New Juneteenth documentary explores notions of freedom and citizenship An exclusive Penn screening of the film produced by the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC), plus a conversation with activist Opal Lee and Penn’s Mary Frances Berry, moderated by APPC’s Director of Outreach and Curriculum Andrea (Ang) Reidell, takes place on Feb. 28. Registration with a Penn email is required.
Two Quakers take home Ivy Heps titles Images: Ivy League Two Quakers take home Ivy Heps titles First-year sprinter Moforehan Abinusawa won the 60m and second-year distance runner Bronwyn Patterson was victorious in the 800m.
U.S. census data vulnerable to attack without enhanced privacy measures Image: iStock/mirsad sarajlic U.S. census data vulnerable to attack without enhanced privacy measures A new PNAS study shows that statistics released by the U.S. Census Bureau can be reverse engineered to reveal protected information about individual respondents.
Discovering the lives and work of 19th-century female landscape painters Waller has taken courses and completed an independent study with Michael Leja (right), history of art professor, and is also working with him as a researcher. nocred Discovering the lives and work of 19th-century female landscape painters Third-year Aili Waller applies her experience with family genealogy research to her studies in art history, specifically 19th-century women who were landscape painters.
A new role for NATO in conflict zones A view of Mosul following attacks on the city by ISIS. Image: Gina Haney (Image: Gina Haney) A new role for NATO in conflict zones One year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, PIK Professor Lynn Meskell calls on the alliance to take a more expansive view of cultural property protection.
Ever more corporations are global. What are they responsible for? A Toyota dealership in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 29, 2020. Toyota is headquartered in Toyota City in Japan but does business in 170 countries. (Image: iStock/Marina113) Ever more corporations are global. What are they responsible for? Faculty from the Wharton School explore what the responsibilities of multinational corporations are to their home countries as business continues to globalize—and as ESG principles gain traction.
1vyG Summit comes to Penn nocred 1vyG Summit comes to Penn The annual event will return to campus, featuring panel discussions, keynote speakers, award ceremonies, and networking events, all focused on improving the first-generation, low-income student experience.
Targeted prenatal therapy addresses long-standing gap in health equity Image: iStock/Motortion Targeted prenatal therapy addresses long-standing gap in health equity Penn engineers have developed a successful delivery system of mRNA to placental cells to treat preeclampsia at its root.
Bringing Ukraine to Penn (Left to right) Olena Lysenko, a documentary filmmaker, and Dariya Orlova, a lecturer at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy; Serhii Shadrin and Hannah Kaluher, graduate students participating in a one-year program for displaced scholars in the Russian and East European Studies Department; and Maksym Potlov, a fourth-year from Odesa, a Penn World Scholar. nocred Bringing Ukraine to Penn On the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of the Ukraine, displaced and visiting scholars and students from Ukraine share their experience at Penn.
Playing hard and breaking records, Kayla Padilla leads by example nocred Playing hard and breaking records, Kayla Padilla leads by example The fourth-year do-it-all guard on the women’s basketball team is in the final stages of her sensational career at Penn.