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Parasites and the microbiome
scientists process samples in a field setting

Researchers Meagan Rubel and Eric Mbunwe process fecal samples in a hunter-gatherer village at dusk. (Image: Courtesy of the Tishkoff laboratory)

Parasites and the microbiome

In a study of ethnically diverse people from Cameroon, the presence of a parasite infection was closely linked to the make-up of the gastrointestinal microbiome, according to a research team led by Penn scientists.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Virtual cataloging for community school libraries
A pre-pandemic image of a person sitting with arms widespread at a table stacked with books.

Penn Libraries Outreach partners with the Philadelphia School District, and during the pandemic is remotely cataloging book inventories. (Pre-pandemic image: Penn Libraries News)

Virtual cataloging for community school libraries

Penn Libraries Outreach is now cataloging library inventory remotely using images from libraries across the Philadelphia School District.

From Penn Libraries

The case against separating breastfeeding mothers and infants during the pandemic
Person in a black dress standing on stairs for a portrait.

Diane Spatz is a professor of perinatal nursing and the Helen M. Shearer Professor of Nutrition at the School of Nursing, and a nurse scientist for the lactation program at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. (Image: Eric Sucar)

  • Q&A

    • The case against separating breastfeeding mothers and infants during the pandemic

    In a Q&A, Diane Spatz of Penn Nursing and CHOP discusses why it’s safe and beneficial to keep them together, even when the mother tests positive for COVID-19.

    Michele W. Berger

    Local news volume does not increase pro-social behaviors during COVID-19
    Person wearing face mask and latex gloves stands in an empty subway car holding a newspaper.

    Local news volume does not increase pro-social behaviors during COVID-19

    Previous research found people were more likely to engage in civic behaviors—like voting, recycling, or wearing a face covering—when their local newspaper includes coverage of these activities. New research finds that may not be as relevant anymore.

    From Annenberg School for Communication

    The trauma that underlies student behavior and educators’ responses
    A child sits on the grass in front of a large fence covered in Black Lives Matter protest signs, another child plays on a small toy slide on the sidewalk in front of the fence.

    The trauma that underlies student behavior and educators’ responses

    As educators work to understand their students’ emotional needs, they must also consider how they themselves are impacted by traumatic events. Says Penn GSE’s Marsha Richardson, everyone is reacting to stressors and trauma in their unique way.

    From Penn GSE

    Design faculty and Art for Philadelphia raise money against police brutality
    Open magazine with a photo of Shirley Chisholm on the left and an article titled The Ticket That Might Have Been: Shirley Chisholm on the right.

    Sharon Hayes, “President Chisholm,” 2020. (Image: Weitzman School)

    Design faculty and Art for Philadelphia raise money against police brutality

    Weitzman faculty members David Hartt and Sharon Hayes are among a group of Philadelphia-based artists participating in Art for Philadelphia, a fundraising initiative to support those protesting against police brutality.

    From the Weitzman School of Design

    Examining health inequities with a global lens
    Smiling person sites on high ledge overlooking a coastal city

    Despite her time being cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic, rising senior Adriana Discher packed a lot into her time studying abroad in Hanoi, Vietnam, and Cape Town, South Africa. (Image: Courtesy of Adriana Discher)

    Examining health inequities with a global lens

    Rising senior Adriana Discher examined public health measures and disparities in four countries—three in person and one virtually—during a semester abroad program this spring.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    Reality replaces virtual reality
    Haughland and Decherney with VR goggles

    Reality replaces virtual reality

    What was supposed to be a cinema and media studies course to create virtual reality films on the Philadelphia Museum of Art collections became individual films by the students about the realities and connections to the pieces they researched.