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The anthropology of plastics in India
An image of people picking through a dump with a handful of skyscrapers along the horizon

Children inspect plastic waste in a scrapyard with skyscrapers on the horizon line.

(Image: Sidharth Chitalia)

The anthropology of plastics in India

Doctoral candidate Adwaita Banerjee uses ethnographic research to document the ecological transition of the Deonar dumping ground, where thousands of Dalits and Muslim migrants mine the area for plastic that can be resold and recycled.

Kristina García

Takeaways from the U.K. elections
Keir Starmer shakes hands with supporters holding signs that say Change and look like the UK flag.

Labour Party leader Keir Starmer with his supporters at the Tate Modern in London on July 5, 2024.

(Image: AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

  • Q&A

    • Takeaways from the U.K. elections

    Political scientist Brendan O’Leary of the School of Arts & Sciences offers his take on the Labour Party’s landslide victory and what it means going forward.

    Kristen de Groot

    The power of protons
    Two nurses guiding a prone patient into a proton imaging machine.

    (On homepage) Until recently, proton therapy has occupied a small niche within the field of radiation oncology. Penn Medicine has played a leading role in championing proton therapy and moving the field forward.

    (Image: Scott Nibauer)

    The power of protons

    Penn Medicine has treated more than 10,000 cancer patients at three proton therapy centers across the region, including the largest and busiest center in the world—while also leading the way in research to expand the healing potential of these positive particles.

    Kirsten Weir for Penn Medicine Magazine

    Social media use is associated with more frequent vaccination
    A hand liking the text “I got vaccinated!”

    Image: iStock/Anton Vierietin

    Social media use is associated with more frequent vaccination

    Researchers from the Annenberg Public Policy Center found that more social media use actually correlates with more vaccination, but the reasons differ between Democrats and Republicans.

    From the Annenberg Public Policy Center

    Dual degree nursing student takes on PennCASE summer internship
    William Xi.

    William Xi.

    (Image: Courtesy of Penn Nursing News)

    Dual degree nursing student takes on PennCASE summer internship

    William Xi’s eight-week CASE Summer Internship with Penn Medicine and the University of Pennsylvania Health System involves data management, artificial intelligence, and social media engagement.

    From Penn Nursing News

    A first, physical system to learn nonlinear tasks without a traditional computer processor
    Contrastive local learning network.

    University of Pennsylvania physics and engineering researchers have created a contrastive local learning network, an analog system that is fast, low-power, scalable, and able to learn nonlinear tasks.

    (Image: Erica Moser)

    A first, physical system to learn nonlinear tasks without a traditional computer processor

    Physics and engineering researchers created a contrastive local learning network that is fast, low-power, and scalable.
    From English learners to English teachers
    A person at a projector screen teaching English.

    Image: HKB Photo for Penn GSE

    From English learners to English teachers

    An initiative from Penn’s Graduate School for Education provides an opportunity for TESOL students to practice their teaching with language learners across the University and around the world.

    From Penn GSE

    Welcoming the first babies from Penn Fertility in Lancaster
    Ashlee Rineer (right) is holding Eleanor who is two years old this month and her partner Lauren (left) is holding Edie.

    Ashlee Rineer (right) is holding Eleanor who is two years old this month, and her partner Lauren (left) is holding Edie, who was born in February 2024.

    (Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine News)

    Welcoming the first babies from Penn Fertility in Lancaster

    The Penn Fertility Care practice is the first and only fertility clinic in Lancaster County that has an embryology lab, allowing patients outside of the Philadelphia metro area equal access to the full range of Penn Fertility services and treatments.

    From Penn Medicine News

    How to learn about a world-class double bass? Give it a CT
    Philadelphia Orchestra bassist Duane Rosengard; Peter Noël, director of CT Research at the Perelman School of Medicine; luthier Zachary S. Martin; Leening Liu, a Ph.D. student in Noël’s Laboratory of Advanced Computed Tomography Imaging; and Mark Kindig.

    Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine News

    How to learn about a world-class double bass? Give it a CT

    Radiology experts at Penn Medicine applied imaging technology to centuries-old instruments to better understand how to care for masterworks built between the 17th and 19th centuries, and provide insights into building new ones.

    From Penn Medicine News