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Beth Linker’s new book explores the science of posture
A teenager with headphones slouching over their phone.

Image: iStock/Egoitz Bengoetxea Iguaran

Beth Linker’s new book explores the science of posture

A new book from history and sociology of science professor Beth Linker investigates how and why a panic around posture emerged in America in the 20th century.

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The Immigration Act of 1924
A group of Chinese and Japanese women and children waiting to be processed, held in a wire mesh enclosure. Benches line either sides of the room, with a stool in the middle.

A group of Chinese and Japanese women and children waiting to be processed, held in a wire mesh enclosure at the Angel Island Internment barracks in San Francisco Bay. The Angel Island Immigration Station processed one million immigrants from 1910 to 1940, mostly from China and Japan.

(Image: AP Photo/File)

  • Q&A

    • The Immigration Act of 1924

    A century after a federal law established a national quota system on immigration, legal historian Hardeep Dhillon explains the significance and legacy of the Immigration Act of 1924.

    Kristina García

    Quakers win second straight Ivy title
    Members of the baseball team pose with the championship banner.

    Image: Penn Athletics

    Quakers win second straight Ivy title

    Penn beat Cornell on Monday to capture the conference tournament championship and advance to the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive year.
    Fourth cohort of Projects for Progress recipients announced
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    Fourth cohort of Projects for Progress recipients announced

    The initiative, run out of the Office of Social Equity and Community, provides University funding up to $100,000 each to Penn teams taking on big social justice issues in the city.

    Lauren Hertzler

    More than two hearts beat as one
    A person in a suit and button-down shirt sitting on a stairwell landing, smiling. The intricate white stairwell and a brick wall behind it are to the person's right.

    Penn Integrates Knowledge professor Michael Platt holds appointments in the Department of Psychology in the School of Arts & Sciences, the Department of Neuroscience in the Perelman School of Medicine, and the Marketing Department in the Wharton School.

    More than two hearts beat as one

    PIK Professor Michael Platt and collaborators studied how physiologic measures like cardiac synchrony can guide decision making in groups. Their study found that heart rate synchrony was a much better predictor than standard questionnaire-based surveys.
    Class of 2024 Ivy Day Awards Ceremony
    Eight fourth-year students stand with various awards (spoon, shovel, hat, etc)

    From left to right: Josias Zongo with the Cane Award, Toyosi Abu with the Spoon Award, Jack Immanuel with the Spade Award, Taussia Boadi with the David R Goddard Loving Cup Award, Ashley Song with the Bowl Award, Milan Chand with the Althea K Hottel Shield Award, Annabelle Noyes with the Gaylord P Harnwell Flag Award, and Xavier Shankle with the R Jean Brownlee Skimmer Hat Award.

    (Image credit: Prestige Portraits)

    Class of 2024 Ivy Day Awards Ceremony

    The Ivy Day Ceremony recognizes outstanding graduating seniors for their leadership and service.

    Kristina García

    Two international students honored with the 2024 Penn Global Student Citizenship Award
    Rudie Altamirano, David Kato, Aishwarya Pawar and Amy Gadsden stand next to a tower or red and blue balloons and in front of a sign reading Bringing the world to Penn and Penn to the world.

    (Left to right) Rudie Altamirano, executive director of International Student and Scholar Services, Penn Global Student Citizenship Award winners David Kato and Aishwarya Pawar, and Associate Vice Provost for Global Initiatives Amy Gadsden at the awards ceremony at Perry World House.

    (Image: Courtesy of Penn Global)

    Two international students honored with the 2024 Penn Global Student Citizenship Award

    Aishwarya Pawar, a Ph.D. student at the Perelman School of Medicine, is the graduate student winner, and David Kato, a fourth-year political science major in the School of Arts & Sciences, is the undergraduate winner.

    Kristen de Groot

    Commencement traditions, explained
    A historical Penn graduation procession.

    The Class of 1901 Commencement procession on June 12, 1901.

    (Image: William H. Rau/Courtesy of University Archives)

    Commencement traditions, explained

    Penn Today dives into some of the unique sights and sounds that help commemorate the joyous occasion.

    Penn Today Staff