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Jolyon Baraka Thomas on curiosity and contentment
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For religious studies professor Jolyon Thomas, “faith is a black box,” he says. Rather than be a participant in religious faith, Thomas is much more interested in studying its causations, repercussions, and interplay with identity, politics, and education.

Jolyon Baraka Thomas on curiosity and contentment

For Jolyon Baraka Thomas of the School of Arts & Sciences, the route to religious studies was the same one that led him away from faith.

Kristina García

A serendipitous finding lends new insight into how atopic dermatitis develops
In two panels labeled "control skin" and "AD skin" stained cells show how inflammation is present in patients with atopic dermatitis

New findings in atopic dermatitis reveal an inflammatory cascade unfolding early in disease development, according to researchers from the School of Dental Medicine, the Perelman School of Medicine, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. (Image: Courtesy of Kang Ko)

A serendipitous finding lends new insight into how atopic dermatitis develops

Research from the School of Dental Medicine, the Perelman School of Medicine, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory reveals a mechanism behind the inflammation that is a feature of the common skin disease.

Katherine Unger Baillie

A new makerspace for materials passion projects
(Left to right) Michelle Paolicelli, David Nemeth, Michael Adjedj, Bryce Gunderman and Sebastian Miralles (left to right) break a composite material on the MSE Departmental Laboratory’s mechanical tester.

(Left to right) Michelle Paolicelli, David Nemeth, Michael Adjedj, Bryce Gunderman, and Sebastian Miralles break a composite material on the MSE Departmental Laboratory’s mechanical tester. (Image: Penn Engineering Today)

A new makerspace for materials passion projects

MatSci Makerspace is a space for students to work with the synthesis, processing, structure, properties and application of materials, with open hours for materials-centric passion projects.

From Penn Engineering Today

Winka Dubbeldam on designing the 2022 Asian Games Park
Rendering of a summer Olympic Park in China.

Archi-Tectonics’ design transforms a once-barren site in one of China’s fastest growing cities into a sustainable, ecologically conscious public space. (Image: Courtesy Archi-Tectonics)

Winka Dubbeldam on designing the 2022 Asian Games Park

Archi-Tectonics, the New York-based firm founded by Miller Professor and Chair of Architecture Winka Dubbeldam, was selected to design an “eco-park,” stadiums, and a pedestrian mall for the 2022 Asian Games.

From the Weitzman School of Design

Russia’s disinformation campaign against the U.S.
People walking in Moscow's Red Square are reflected in a puddle on the ground

Moscow’s Red Square, Dec. 28, 2021. (Image: AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russia’s disinformation campaign against the U.S.

Mitchell Orenstein of the Russia and East European Studies Program discusses the Kremlin’s manipulation tactics in a conversation with Russian politician and dissident Konstantin Borovoi.

Kristen de Groot

Mehek Boparai on ‘Jeopardy’s National College Championship’
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Mehek Boparai competed in the 2022 Jeopardy National College Championship. 

Mehek Boparai on ‘Jeopardy’s National College Championship’

Twenty-five thousand people tried out for this year’s “Jeopardy National College Championship,” which began Feb. 8. Of those, 36 were chosen, including Penn senior Mehek Boparai.

Kristina García

Predicting depression and PTSD risk after trauma
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Predicting depression and PTSD risk after trauma

A first-of-its-kind study has assessed the performance of two predictive PTSD screeners to determine their performance in a population heavily impacted by traumatic injury—urban Black men in the United States.

From Penn Nursing News

Context-dependent behavior can make cooperation flourish
People work together to solve a puzzle

New investigations into cooperation by Penn researchers are illuminating the role that different social settings can have on the spread of prosocial behavior.

Context-dependent behavior can make cooperation flourish

Recent studies led by School of Arts & Sciences’ researchers show that changing social strategies between settings—for example, cooperating at home but not at work—can in fact lead to more cooperative behavior in a society.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Arthur Ross Gallery exhibition explores Asian migration to Latin America 
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A traveling exhibition at the Arthur Ross Gallery, “No Ocean Between Us: Art of Asian Diasporas in Latin America & The Caribbean, 1945-Present,” explores Asian migration to Latin America and its influence on modern and contemporary art. Adriana Ospina, curator and director of the Art Museum of the Americas in Washington D.C., spoke at the Feb. 4 Gallery exhibition opening. 

Arthur Ross Gallery exhibition explores Asian migration to Latin America 

“No Ocean Between Us: Art of Asian Diasporas in Latin America & The Caribbean, 1945-Present” explores Asian migration to Latin America and its influence on modern and contemporary art, on view through May 23.