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A generation shaped by a pandemic
notecards from generation pandemic

Homepage image: Strickberger and Jinich asked each person they interviewed to write in their notebook the answer to the question: “After the pandemic I want to…”

A generation shaped by a pandemic

Two Penn seniors travel the country to interview young adults about their experiences during the past year to create an oral history archive with stories, images, and video.
Five things to know about the upcoming flu season
health care worker injects vaccine into patient's arm

Flu shots are a simple way to lower the risk of getting hit with the respiratory virus this fall and winter. Students are required to get vaccinated, and faculty, staff, and postdocs are strongly encouraged to do so.

Five things to know about the upcoming flu season

Thanks to COVID prevention measures, last year’s flu season was among the mildest in years. Penn experts explain why this year may be different and how to prepare.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Quakers run all over Lehigh
Against Lehigh at Franklin Field, running back Trey Flowers breaks and open field tackle.

Quakers run all over Lehigh

Senior running backs Isaiah Malcome and Trey Flowers rushed for 201 yards and 115 yards, respectively, in Penn’s 20-0 shutout of Lehigh on Saturday at Franklin Field.
Cancer care in Penn Medicine’s Pavilion: Reimagined, revitalized, and inclusive
Rendering of a patient’s room in the Penn Med Pavilion.

Pavilion patient room rendering, with ample space for family members. (Image: Penn Medicine News)

Cancer care in Penn Medicine’s Pavilion: Reimagined, revitalized, and inclusive

The Pavilion is designed to bring research and clinical care together, while connecting patients and their families with their medical teams in innovative ways.

From Penn Medicine News

‘Poldergeist’ videos make knowledge of climate change accessible
pool with pumps A graphic from the Poldergeist video that explains a pump system in the Netherlands. (Image: Simon Richter, Jenesis Cochrane, Justine Seo, and Rebekah Lee)

‘Poldergeist’ videos make knowledge of climate change accessible

In the first video of a series, Simon Richter of the School of Arts & Sciences, alongside a team of interns, works to demystify the Netherlands’ handle on sea level rise.
Bad bosses: What’s wrong with labor algorithms
Cartoon of a worker at a computer with a flying robot behind them with a magnifying glass.

Bad bosses: What’s wrong with labor algorithms

Wharton’s Lindsey Cameron discusses why policymakers and labor leaders contend that algorithms that allow companies to monitor an employee’s every move are unfair and dangerous.

From Knowledge at Wharton

Rising tension between China and Taiwan, explained 
a taiwanese flag is in the foreground with skyscrapers and shop signs in Chinese and English in the background

China has been increasing military pressure on Taiwan in recent days, sending nearly 150 warplanes over the island that it views as a breakaway province. 

Rising tension between China and Taiwan, explained 

Jacques deLisle, the director of The Center for the Study of Contemporary China, shares his thoughts China’s increasing military pressure and what’s next 

Kristen de Groot

Cities: ‘Where all the good stuff happens’
A person in jeans, a blue button down shirt and a blazer stands with hands in pockets in front of an ornate white-iron stairwell.

Mark Alan Hughes is founding faculty director of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy and a professor of practice in the Stuart Weitzman School of Design.

 

Cities: ‘Where all the good stuff happens’

In his new book, Mark Alan Hughes of the Kleinman Center and Weitzman School of Design argues that cities don’t need to change to be livable. Rather, their unique qualities are the very origins of livability itself.

Michele W. Berger , Lindsey Samahon