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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.
    Abortion clinic websites may unwittingly aid patient prosecutions
    Person laying in bed on a laptop.

    Abortion clinic websites may unwittingly aid patient prosecutions

    More than 99% of abortion clinic web pages studied included widely used code that transferred user data to external entities, which could sell the data or provide it to law enforcement, without the clinics knowledge.

    From Penn LDI

    Second Penn affiliate named a 2022 Gates Cambridge Scholar
    Sara Merican smiling before flowering plants on College Green

    Sara Merican, a 2020 Penn graduate from Singapore, has been chosen as a 2022 Gates Cambridge Scholar. 

      

    Second Penn affiliate named a 2022 Gates Cambridge Scholar

    Sara Merican, a 2020 graduate, has been awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship to pursue a master’s degree in film and screen studies at the University of Cambridge in England. 
    Making an impact on National Voter Registration Day  
    Penn President Liz Magill stands with members of Penn Leads the Vote in front of a voter registration table on College Green.

    Making an impact on National Voter Registration Day  

    Penn Leads the Vote conducted efforts across campus Tuesday to inform the Penn community about how to register to vote, check their registration status, and more.

    Lauren Hertzler

    ‘Do say gay’: Inclusive sexuality discussions between parent and son
    A young boy sitting on a couch listening to his parent.

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    ‘Do say gay’: Inclusive sexuality discussions between parent and son

    Kids are coming out at earlier ages than previous generations. A new study examines whether discussions at home about health and sexuality sufficiently meet kids’ sexual education needs.

    From Penn Nursing News