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Quakers wax Dartmouth on Senior Day
The women’s basketball team defeated the Big Green 79-54 on Saturday at the Palestra. Sophomore guard Jordan Obi led all scorers with 16 points.
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Highlighting gender and race is effective when requesting career help
A Wharton research team found that when seeking advice, women and racial/ethnic minorities benefit from explicitly stating their identities.
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Six tips to help explain the realities of war to children
Explaining the complex emotions and realities of war to children is a daunting and challenging task, but not impossible, says Penn GSE’s Marsha Richardson.
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Penn Law reacts to the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson
President Joe Biden has selected the Honorable Ketanji Brown Jackson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit as his nominee to the Supreme Court.
News・ Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Hostility among friends can come from surprising places
Sherelle Ferguson, and Annette Lareau, Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Professor in the Social Sciences, find that “hostile ignorance” can come from surprising places.
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Russia’s attack on Ukraine, through the lens of history
Historian Benjamin Nathans offers background on Putin’s use of history in justifying his war in Ukraine
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Interaction with lung cells transforms asbestos particles
To better understand what happens once asbestos enters a human body, researchers in the School of Arts & Sciences took a nanoscale look at the mineral.
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Bridging Wikipedia’s gender gap, one article at a time
Wikipedia has a major gender inequity problem. In a new study, Annenberg researchers evaluate how feminist interventions are closing the gap, and how they could improve.
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Putin’s motivation behind the attack on Ukraine
In a Q&A with Penn Today, Michael C. Horowitz, director of Perry World House, provides insight into Putin’s motivations, nuclear threats, and expansionist views.
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Black histories and Black futures
Professors and students reflect on 50 years of Black studies at Penn.