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Q&A with Mary Frances Berry: 
“History Teaches Us to Resist: How Progressive Movements Have Succeeded in Challenging Times”
Mary Frances Berry

Mary Frances Berry, Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and a professor of history and Africana studies. (Image: Jim Abbott)

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    • Q&A with Mary Frances Berry: 
“History Teaches Us to Resist: How Progressive Movements Have Succeeded in Challenging Times”

    The civil rights activist, historian, and author discusses her new book “History Teaches Us to Resist: How Progressive Movements Have Succeeded in Challenging Times.”
    Digital currency ‘Initial Coin Offerings’ expose investors to risks
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    Digital currency ‘Initial Coin Offerings’ expose investors to risks

    A research team led by Penn Law professor David Hoffman has conducted the first detailed analysis of Initial Coin Offerings of virtual currencies, revealing the estimated $25 billion dollar industry’s protections against self-dealing may leave investors exposed to risks they don’t anticipate from issuers.

    Penn Today Staff

    Greening vacant lots reduces depression in city dwellers
    Criminologist John MacDonald and emergency medicine physician Eugenia South of the University of Pennsylvania.

    In the latest round of research on the effects of greening vacant lots, criminologist John MacDonald and emergency medicine physician Eugenia South found that people living within a quarter mile of greened lots had a 41.5 percent decrease in feelings of depression and a nearly 63 percent decrease in self-reported “poor mental health” compared to those who lived near the lots that received no intervention.

    Greening vacant lots reduces depression in city dwellers

    People living within a quarter mile of greened lots had a 41.5 percent decrease in feelings of depression and a nearly 63 percent decrease in self-reported “poor mental health,” compared to those who lived near the lots that received no intervention.

    Katie Delach , Michele W. Berger

    Reducing buggy accidents in Amish country
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    Reducing buggy accidents in Amish country

    Lancaster County is working to promote driver awareness for all vehicles in Amish country, focusing on safely sharing the road with horse-drawn buggies to reduce accidents.

    Penn Today Staff

    Talking philosophy, privacy, and race with Anita Allen
    Anita Allen.

    Anita Allen, Henry R. Silverman Professor of Law and professor of philosophy.

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    • Talking philosophy, privacy, and race with Anita Allen

    On July 1, the Vice Provost and professor of Law and Philosophy became the first female African-American president of the American Philosophical Association’s Eastern Division.

    Michele W. Berger

    Pardon power: Rogers Smith on presidential privilege
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    Rogers Smith, the Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science. (Image: Scott Spitzer)

    Pardon power: Rogers Smith on presidential privilege

    The political science professor discusses the legality of the current president applying the power of presidential pardon to himself, and concludes that there's no definitive constitutional answer.

    Penn Today Staff

    Leadership lessons from the Thai cave rescue
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    Leadership lessons from the Thai cave rescue

    Wharton's Michael Useem and Andrew Eavis from the International Union of Speleology discuss the combination of leadership, cooperation and altruism that freed the Thai soccer team.

    Penn Today Staff

    Why people don’t prepare for disasters
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    Why people don’t prepare for disasters

    Wharton's Robert Meyer discusses the lack of disaster preparedness individuals take in response to hurricane season, and the psychology of decision-making in relation to disasters.

    Penn Today Staff

    What makes food photos on Instagram popular?
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    What makes food photos on Instagram popular?

    A study out of the Annenberg School for Communication examines our likes and dislikes in relation to social media, and finds they are more habitual than aesthetic, and uncovers what elements make food photos go viral.
    A physics treasure hidden in the pattern of wallpaper
    Kane.Wallpaper pattern

    The unusual symmetries present in everyday wallpaper and wrapping paper played a role in the discovery of a new type of insulating material.

    A physics treasure hidden in the pattern of wallpaper

    Charles Kane and Andrew Rappe of the School of Arts and Sciences were part of an international team that has identified a new form of insulating material that may one day provide a basis for quantum computing. The patterns found in everyday wallpaper played a role in the discovery.

    Katherine Unger Baillie