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In hot water: Coral resilience in the face of climate change
Over a decade, researchers from Penn studied coral species in Hawaii to better understand their adaptability to the effects of climate change.
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Three things to know about the Iowa caucuses
John Lapinski, director of the Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies and director of elections at NBC News, shares his thoughts on what to watch Monday.
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A molecular look at the mechanisms behind pigmentation variation
A new collaborative study offers a better understanding of genes and variants responsible for skin color, providing insights into human evolution and local adaptation.
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Orthodox America
In Orthodox America, students explore the history of Orthodox Christian communities influencing American religious, political, legal, and literary landscapes.
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Through first-year seminar, a glimpse of Black queer traditions
Dagmawi Woubshet, an associate professor of English, led a new first-year seminar in the fall that explores Black queer media and its intersection with history and politics.
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Dark Energy Survey uncovers clues to universe’s complexity
The decade-long effort reveals findings consistent with standard cosmological models, but open to more complex interpretations.
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‘The Tame and the Wild’
Historian Marcy Norton’s new book looks at the history of human-animal relationships in Europe and Native America and how they became entangled after 1492.
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‘Black Modernisms in the Transatlantic World’
A new book, co-edited by art historian Huey Copeland, examines the conception of modernism and Black artistry and agency and how the transatlantic slave trade enabled the modern world.
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Getting creative to communicate science
Across Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences, students and professors are devising imaginative ways to bring their scientific work to the public.
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The Endangered Species Act at 50
Ahead of the anniversary, experts from four schools across the University share their thoughts on the landmark legislation.