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ALOK named first Scholar in Residence at Penn’s Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center
ALOK in a flower field.

ALOK is the creator of #DeGenderFashion, an initiative to degender fashion and beauty industries. They have been honored as one of HuffPost’s Culture Shifters and NBC’s Pride 50, and have appeared in HBO’s Random Acts of Flyness, The Trans List, and Netflix’s Getting Curious.

(Image: Kohl Murdock)

ALOK named first Scholar in Residence at Penn’s Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center

The residency is made possible by an anonymous $2 million gift.
Does more money correlate with greater happiness?
Illustration of a person holding a brief case bounding up stacks of money. Dollar signs float all around and one appears in a large circular coin at the bottom right.

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Does more money correlate with greater happiness?

Reconciling previously contradictory results, researchers from Penn and Princeton find a steady association between larger incomes and greater happiness for most people but a rise and plateau for an unhappy minority.

Michele W. Berger

Penn ranks first in licensing income
Pereson walking on Penn campus

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Penn ranks first in licensing income

The Association of University Technology Managers recently published its annual survey, and Penn tops the income list.

Dee Patel

Tracing public opinion on global issues
Tom Etienne with students sitting outside.

Doctoral student Tom Etienne with students from his cohort.

(Image: Courtesy of Annenberg School for Communication)

Tracing public opinion on global issues

Tom Etienne, a joint doctoral student at the Annenberg School for Communication and the Department of Political Science, uses his skills in data collection to analyze political opinions.

From Annenberg School for Communication

The war in Ukraine: One year on
A graveyard is covered in Ukrainian flags and large displays of flowers.

A woman searches for the grave of her husband, a Ukrainian serviceman killed in the Bakhmut area, in the Alley of Glory part of the cemetery in Kharkiv, Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2023.

(Image: AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

The war in Ukraine: One year on

A panel of experts took the stage at Perry World House to consider the prospects for peace and what constitutes a victory in an insightful discussion about the war and what the future holds for both Russia and Ukraine.

Kristen de Groot

New York Times journalist Brent Staples and Penn’s Tukufu Zuberi in conversation
Tukufu Zuberi (left) and Brent Staples

Tukufu Zuberi, the Lasry Family Professor of Race Relations in Penn’s departments of Sociology and Africana Studies, and New York Times journalist Brent Staples.

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New York Times journalist Brent Staples and Penn’s Tukufu Zuberi in conversation

At the inaugural W.E.B. Du Bois Lecture in Public Social Science, the two discussed Du Bois’ legacy and influence, Staples’ personal and professional journey, and the importance of speaking truth to power.

Michele W. Berger

Genomics reveals a complex human history in Africa
Two people from the Hadza group pose and smile outdoors

Study participants included individuals from the Hadza, a group who traditionally practiced hunting and gathering and speak a language that includes click sounds. They live in what is now Tanzania.

(Image: Tishkoff Laboratory)

Genomics reveals a complex human history in Africa

An international team of researchers led by Penn geneticists sequenced the genomes of 180 Indigenous Africans. The results shed light on the origin of modern humans, African population history, and local adaptation.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Engineered magic: Wooden seed carriers mimic the behavior of self-burying seed
Closeup of a seedling sprouting.

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Engineered magic: Wooden seed carriers mimic the behavior of self-burying seed

Researchers from Penn Engineering have developed a seed carrier, fashioned from wood veneer, that could enable aerial seeding of difficult-to-access areas, and could be used for a variety of seeds or fertilizers.

From Penn Engineering Today

Weitzman’s celebration of visionary architecture and planning returns to New York
Entrance the the Weitzman School and art structure in Weitzman Plaza.

Image: Eric Sucar

Weitzman’s celebration of visionary architecture and planning returns to New York

Held at The Shed in New York City, and hosted by Weitzman Dean Fritz Steiner, Penn President Liz Magill joined the celebration with awards and prizes for innovative architecture and planning.

From the Weitzman School of Design