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Six takeaways from two years of online learning
Graphic depiction of students learning remotely.

Six takeaways from two years of online learning

As two full years of this explosion in virtual learning approaches, Penn GSE associate professor and director of the Penn Center for Learning Analytics Ryan Baker shares some thoughts on best practices, and which practices should be avoided.

From Penn GSE

People and Places at Penn: Winter solace
people and places winter edition

(Homepage image) From the Class of 1923 Ice Skating Rink to La Casa Latina, four Penn students speak to what motivates them through the season. Clockwise from top left: Abdul-Rakeem Yakubu, a junior majoring in math and biology; Gloria Lee, a junior in the Vagelos Integrated Program in Energy Research; Ángel Gutiérrez, a sophomore majoring in philosophy and anthropology; and Emma Ronzetti, a graduate student in the Master of Behavioral and Decision Science Program.

People and Places at Penn: Winter solace

From the Class of 1923 Ice Skating Rink to La Casa Latina, four students speak to what motivates them through the season.

Kristina García

The West’s sanctions on Russia
A line of people wearing winter coats and hats extends down a sidewalk in St. Petersburg, Russia, as they wait to use an ATM

People stand in line to withdraw U.S. dollars and euros from an ATM in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Feb. 25, 2022. Ordinary Russians faced the prospect of higher prices and crimped foreign travel as Western sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine sent the ruble plummeting, leading uneasy people to line up at banks and ATMs. (Image: AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

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    • The West’s sanctions on Russia

    Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, professor of economics and director of the Penn Initiative for the Study of the Markets, discusses the severity of the sanctions, the effects so far, and the potential reverberations for the rest of the globe.

    Kristen de Groot

    Links between diet and cancer
    Kathryn Wellen in her lab.

    Kathryn E. Wellen, an associate professor of cancer biology and principal investigator of the Wellen Lab.

    Links between diet and cancer

    Kathryn E. Wellen, an associate professor of Cancer Biology and principal investigator of the Wellen Lab, seeks answers to find the connections between metabolism and cancer biology.

    From Penn Medicine News

    Claire Finkelstein discusses Ukraine, NATO, and U.S. ethics and cybersecurity
    Jens Stoltenberg and Volodymyr Zelensky at a NATO press conference.

    Joint press conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Dec. 16, 2021. (Image: NATO)

    Claire Finkelstein discusses Ukraine, NATO, and U.S. ethics and cybersecurity

    The Algernon Biddle Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy runs down the reality of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and asks what ethical and legal responsibility NATO has, and what risks could NATO incur, from intervention.

    From Penn Carey Law

    Former Indian foreign secretary discusses India, China, and the ‘Asian Century’
    Saran shakes hands with diplomat

    Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei, left, shakes hands with Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran during their meeting in New Delhi, India, Monday, Jan. 24, 2005. (AP Photo/Ajit Kumar)

    Former Indian foreign secretary discusses India, China, and the ‘Asian Century’

    In a lecture presented by the Center for the Advanced Study of India, former Foreign Secretary of India Shyam Saran discussed the relationship between India and China, as well as how the Russian invasion of Ukraine may shift geopolitics.
    COVID in a cat
    Orange cat sleeps on a blanket

    COVID in a cat

    A new report led by Elizabeth Lennon of the School of Veterinary Medicine and colleagues has confirmed what is believed to be the first published account of the delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 in a house cat.

    Katherine Unger Baillie