Penn Professor Examines the Challenges of Multicultural Citizenship in England
PHILADELPHIA -- Unlike the United States, Britain has only recently become a nation of immigrants. The influx of former colonial subjects -- including Sikhs from Punjab in northern India -- has forced the nation to reconsider what it means to be a British citizen.
Kathleen Hall, an anthropologist and associate professor in the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education, explores how Britain has responded to the challenges of immigration in her book, "Lives in Translation: Sikh Youth as British Citizens" (University of Pennsylvania Press).
"I tell a different kind of immigration story," Hall said, "one that moves beyond portraying the children of immigrants as simply
Materials in the Annenberg School for Communication Library Archives include thousands of TV scripts, the first issue of TV Guide, and interviews about the early days of HBO—which help to chronicle TV’s 100-year story.
Centering joy in AI development and implementation
PIK Professor Desmond Upton Patton—of Annenberg and SP2—and collaborators introduce a joy-informed framework designed to initiate conversations among engineers, designers, and researchers.
Winter Storm Fern brought icy and snowy conditions to the Northeast and other parts of the country over the weekend. Penn Today asks physicist Robert Carpick about the unique properties of ice, the science of curling, and how close we are to ‘nonslip’ ice.
Organizations like Penn’s Netter Center for Community Partnerships foster collaborations between Penn and public schools in the West Philadelphia community.
Penn receives national distinction for community engagement
The recognition by the American Council on Education and Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching acknowledges Penn’s long-standing commitment to community-engaged scholarship and partnerships in West Philadelphia and beyond.
