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Lauding a transformative scholar
Penn Professor Thadious Davis Symposium group

More than 100 people attended an evening reception for the symposium in honor of Penn Professor Emeritus Thadious Davis. From left, GerShun Avilez, Salamishah Tillet, Margo Crawford, Jed Esty, Anita Allen, Davis, Barbara Savage, Herman Beavers and Dagmawi Woubshet. Photo by Scott Ellis.

Lauding a transformative scholar

Chosen for her expertise in Southern and African-American literature, author and poet Thadious Davis was one of the first professors recruited by Penn President Amy Gutmann. Davis was honored at a reception and a symposium which focused on her work exploring race, region, and gender.
Second lady of Ghana visits Penn
The second lady of Ghana presented at Penn about her work on global health.

The second lady of Ghana (right) presented at Penn about her work on global health. With her is Florence Torson-Hart of the U.S.-Ghana Chamber of Commerce.

Second lady of Ghana visits Penn

The second lady of Ghana, Hajia Samira Bawumia, spoke to an energized room in Penn Nursing’s Fagin Hall about what’s needed to forge ahead on the road to progress on the African continent as a whole and in her home country.

Michele W. Berger

Opening the Teach-in by breaking down barriers
Teach-in.Evolution crawl

Colorful chalk drawings and informative displays along Locust Walk engaged passersby in learning about 4 billion years of the evolution of life on Earth.

Opening the Teach-in by breaking down barriers

The first full day of the Penn Teach-in engaged participants with expert panels on vaccine denial and firearm violence, an "evolutionary walk through time," and a dialogue on the production and dissemination of knowledge.

Katherine Unger Baillie , Michele W. Berger

Remembering Hawking: Q&A with Vijay Balasubramanian
Vijay Balasubramanian, physics professor

Remembering Hawking: Q&A with Vijay Balasubramanian

Stephen Hawking, one of history’s most influential physicists, spent his life grappling with mysteries of the universe. Vijay Balasubramanian of the School of Arts and Sciences shared some of his memories of Hawking and discussed the impact the Briton had on scientists and nonscientists alike.

Ali Sundermier

Short-term effects of Daylight Saving Time
Rebecca Umbach, a fourth-year doctoral student in the department of Criminology at Penn

Rebecca Umbach, a fourth-year doctoral student in the department of Criminology

Short-term effects of Daylight Saving Time

Assaults decrease by 3 percent the Monday after the switch to Daylight Saving Time in the spring, according to research from Penn criminologists.

Michele W. Berger

Creating atomic water filters
Creating Atomic Water Filters

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Creating atomic water filters

A vast majority of the earth’s water is salty, making it unfit for people to drink. Researchers are working on a technology that could potentially offer a new method of desalinating water that would be both fast and scalable.

Ali Sundermier