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Libraries launch Diversity in the Stacks initiative
A stack of books with titles including Mothership Connection, New Suns, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaurs, The Fifth Season, The Night Masquerade, The Summer Prince

Libraries launch Diversity in the Stacks initiative

The Libraries has launched a new initiative to enhance collections that represent and reflect the University’s diverse population, and to highlight those works in a series of blog posts, starting with Afrofuturism.
Penn team creates first bile duct-on-a-chip
Closeup microscope medical technology

Penn team creates first bile duct-on-a-chip

The miniature, fabricated organ, replicating the structure and cellular makeup of the tissue, may lead to better understanding of the organ system and the differences between child and adult bile ducts.

Penn Today Staff

Emily Steinlight brings a modern look to Victorian-era studies
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Emily Steinlight brings a modern look to Victorian-era studies

What does it mean to study the Victorian era now? For Steinlight, it’s considering how 21st-century challenges, interests, and perspectives influence and inform how scholars examine the 19th century.

Penn Today Staff

Exploring cryptocurrency and blockchain in Iceland
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Exploring cryptocurrency and blockchain in Iceland

A virtual reality film, photo series, and soundscape from Penn and Rutgers document the effect this fast-growing tech industry is having on the country’s natural resources and people.

Michele W. Berger

Public awareness of nuclear, refinery, and fracking sites
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Image: Fredography (via Unsplash)

Public awareness of nuclear, refinery, and fracking sites

Just over half of the U.S. adults living within 25 miles of a nuclear site say they do, according to the new study of proximity and risk perceptions from the Annenberg Public Policy Center. The more risk that people thought the nuclear, refinery, and fracking sites posed, the less likely they were to report that they lived near one.

Penn Today Staff

A ‘quantum leap’ for quantum information science
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Experts from external institutions and members of the Penn community joined together for two days of lively discussions about the future of room temperature quantum logic using atomically-thin materials for NSF’s Enabling Quantum Leap symposium, which was held at the Singh center (Image: Felice Macera).

A ‘quantum leap’ for quantum information science

By bringing together experts across campus and across disciplines, Penn is poised to lead ongoing efforts towards developing quantum applications using atomically-thin materials.

Erica K. Brockmeier

Seeing life through their eyes
African American person sitting in a wooden chair, feet up on a wooden table that holds a ball jar filled with sweet tea.

E. Patrick Johnson (above) stars in “Making Sweet Tea,” a 90-minute film about life as an African American gay man in the southern United States. The film, which was co-produced and co-directed by Annenberg Dean John L. Jackson Jr. and Penn doctoral student Nora Gross, is based on a book Johnson wrote, which then became a play.

Seeing life through their eyes

Through the voices and stories of seven men, a feature-length documentary co-produced and directed by Annenberg Dean John L. Jackson Jr. and graduate student Nora Gross illustrates what it means to be black and gay in the south.

Michele W. Berger

Saudi Arabia vs. Iran: A regional spat with global implications
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Saudi Arabia vs. Iran: A regional spat with global implications

Political scientist Michael Horowitz, who specializes in international relations and military decision-making, explains the situation and outlines what might happen next.

Gwyneth K. Shaw

As a nursing innovator, Therese Richmond thinks beyond hospital walls
Person standing at a large window with a bookshelf behind. ON the bookshelf are several awards and plaques.

Andrea B. Laporte Professor of Nursing and Associate Dean for Research & Innovation.

As a nursing innovator, Therese Richmond thinks beyond hospital walls

During a four-decade career, Penn Nursing’s associate dean for research and innovation has tackled topics like gun violence by accounting for her patients’ environment in their long-term recovery.

Michele W. Berger