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‘Paths to Freedom’: A new exhibit by John E. Dowell
Artist John Dowell stands in the gallery with his artworks behind him surrounded by several people.

About 100 people, including several Penn faculty, attended the opening of the "Paths to Freedom" exhibition of work by artist John E. Dowell (center).

‘Paths to Freedom’: A new exhibit by John E. Dowell

In a new Arthur Ross Gallery exhibition, Philadelphia artist John E. Dowell imagines attempted escapes by enslaved ancestors through his photographs of North Carolina cotton fields at night. “Paths to Freedom” includes 26 artworks, an installation of fabric panels, and a soundscape.
‘The Prepared Leader’: Erika James and Lynn Perry Wooten
Wharton Dean Erika James and Lynn Perry Wooten.

Wharton Dean Erika James (left) and Simmons University President Lynn Perry Wooten. (Image: Knowledge at Wharton)

‘The Prepared Leader’: Erika James and Lynn Perry Wooten

Wharton Dean Erika James and Simmons University President Lynn Perry Wooten discuss their new book, 'The Prepared Leader,' and how they found the motivation and the staying power during the pandemic to write it.

From Knowledge at Wharton

3D printing drones work like bees to build and repair structures while flying
Two drone-like robots. A smaller one is on the left. A larger one is on the right. The larger one is making a 3D printout of something that looks like white foam.

3D printing drones work like bees to build and repair structures while flying

Researchers including Weitzman’s Robert Stuart-Smith have made a swarm of bee-inspired drones that can collectively 3D print material while in flight, allowing unbounded manufacturing for building and repairing structures.

From Penn Engineering Today, From the Weitzman School of Design

Russia ramps up war effort as Ukraine makes gains
Five people sit in chairs on a stage at Perry World House

A recent panel at Perry World House looked at the war in Ukraine, seven months in. (Image: Courtesy of Perry World House).

Russia ramps up war effort as Ukraine makes gains

Perry World House hosted a panel of experts to discuss the state of Ukraine after seven months of conflict, looking at how international support can be most effective.

Kristen de Groot

Sex workers’ rights
A woman wearing a mask and a white lab coat sits at a table covered in a colorful tablecloth, pills, and packages of medication

Ahealth professional surrounded by medication at one of the clinics for sex workers. (Image: Toorjo Ghose)

Sex workers’ rights

A Fulbright award augments Toorjo Ghose’s work to document and support the social movement happening among sex workers in India against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Kristina García

SP2’s Roberta Iversen on labor history and innovating for the future
Left: Roberta Iverson; right: book cover titled What Workers Say.

Images: Courtesy of SP2

SP2’s Roberta Iversen on labor history and innovating for the future

In her new book, Iversen proposes that a different future could be possible in areas such as civic engagement and infrastructure for the benefit of both workers and their communities.

From the School of Social Policy & Practice

At the Annenberg Center, 50 years of experimentation
philadanco dance on a blue stage

A scene from West Philadelphia-based Philadanco’s “The Xmas Philes.” (Image: Mark Garvin)

 

At the Annenberg Center, 50 years of experimentation

The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts celebrates its 50th anniversary with a new season and a planned building expansion. Penn Today looks back at the Center’s history—and where it’s going under Penn Live Arts.
What beliefs shape our minds?
Psychologist Jer Clifton sits on the steps of his office

Jer Clifton is a senior research scientist in the Positive Psychology Center in the School of Arts & Sciences at Penn. There, he directs The Primals Project, which promotes empirical research on the origins and psychological impact of primal world beliefs.

What beliefs shape our minds?

Jer Clifton of the Positive Psychology Center developed a framework to study primal world beliefs, our most fundamental sentiments about the world as a whole. Now, he’s ready for everyone to discover what their primal world beliefs are.

Marilyn Perkins

Undergraduate research on display
rows of posters on easels with groups of people around them in a historic hall
  • By the Numbers

    • Undergraduate research on display

    Showcasing undergraduate student research with Penn faculty, a record 361 posters were on display with students presenting their work at the Fall Research Expo sponsored by the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships in Houston Hall.