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Understanding what makes a fact a fact
Sophie Rosenfeld and Sigal Ben-Porath in College Hall

Understanding what makes a fact a fact

Professor of History Sophie Rosenfeld and Professor of Education Sigal Ben-Porath unite their perspectives on truth for Penn Today's first “Understand This ...” podcast episode.
A Q&A with Ben Jealous, former NAACP head turned tech investor
A person standing with arms crossed, in a courtyard next to a metal railing aside glass windows.

Ben Jealous, former head of the NAACP, is a visiting scholar in the Annenberg School for Communication, the School of Social Policy & Practice, and Wharton. He is teaching a class on social innovation, part of SP2’s Nonprofit Leadership program.

A Q&A with Ben Jealous, former NAACP head turned tech investor

The visiting scholar discusses the social innovation class he is teaching, plus why it’s key to focus on local civil rights victories and the need to take a long view of history.

Michele W. Berger

The history behind International Women’s Day
Historical image of the first International Women's Day march in Petrograd in 1917

A march through Petrograd on March 8, 1917, the inaugural year for International Women’s Day.

The history behind International Women’s Day

Kristen R. Ghodsee, professor of Russian and East European studies, talks to Penn Today about the global holiday’s history, and why America has been late to embrace it.

Kristen de Groot

Talking to kids about coronavirus
Concerned parent holding an adolescent child's hand and touching their forehead

Talking to kids about coronavirus

Kids are going to have questions and fears about the COVID-19 virus. Caroline Watts, a practicing child therapist and Penn GSE’s Director of School and Community Engagement, shares how parents can address them.

Penn Today Staff

Fresh Grocer on campus has closed its doors
One of the buses in the fleet of Penn Buses on campus

Fresh Grocer on campus has closed its doors

Fresh Grocer at 40th and Walnut streets has closed its doors. Penn Transit is offering new services to accommodate the grocery needs of students, faculty, and staff.

Dee Patel

For improved profit margins, the dairy doctor is in
Dairy cows in a field of grass

For improved profit margins, the dairy doctor is in

Penn Vet’s Joe Bender integrated approach to dairy cow herd health can pay off in productivity, focusing on the health of the entire farm rather than individual cows.

Penn Today Staff

A friendship born through marginalization
abele and magaziner at the art museum

A friendship born through marginalization

At the turn of the 20th century, Julian Abele and Louis Magaziner—a Black man and an immigrant Jew—were standouts in Penn’s School of Fine Arts about to launch distinguished careers in architecture. They were also beginning what would be a lifelong friendship. A Magaziner descendant and Abele admirer investigates what brought them together.

Amy Cohen