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    Articles from Brandon K. Baker
    Penn Museum programming revamped
    Bumpin' Uglies DJs at a Crawl Out Thursday party

    Members of the Bumpin' Uglies DJ group pose for a photo at the inaugural “Crawl Out Thursday” event at Penn Museum. (Photo: Penn Museum)

    Penn Museum programming revamped

    With building renovations underway, the Penn Museum has freshened up its roster of fun things to do.
    Behind the scenes of election night projections
    John Lapinski surrounded by Penn undergraduate workers with NBC's Elections Unit Penn Political Science Professor John Lapinski, third from right, poses with Penn undergraduate students working at the NBC Elections Unit in November 2016. (Photo: Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies)

    Behind the scenes of election night projections

    John Lapinski, director of elections at NBC and the Robert A. Fox Leadership Professor of Political Science at Penn, discusses projecting elections and what to expect from the midterms.
    Be in the know about your health, and be rewarded
    building blocks with prints of pills stethoscope and needle

    Be in the know about your health, and be rewarded

    From Human Resources’ 2018-19 “Be in the Know” campaign to details about diabetes, cancer, and other screenings recommended by a Penn Med expert, a breakdown of ways to make healthy living achievable.
    Scarecrows star at Arboretum challenge
    Scarecrow-Holding-Vote-Sign-In-Garden Wilhelmina McDaniel and Maureen Hicks made this Susan B. Anthony scarecrow. McDaniel says the duo took care to make sure she resembled the historic figure while still looking like a scarecrow and not a mannequin.

    Scarecrows star at Arboretum challenge

    Queen Elizabeth II, Mr. Rogers, Queen Elsa, and Jesus Christ make appearances in the Morris Arboretum's annual Scarecrow Walk, which runs through October 31st.
    How Wharton students are using an app to push for a sustainable campus
    Penn Sustainability

    Students gather at an on-campus Penn Sustainability event. Penn Sustainability is hosting a series of ReThink Your Footprint engagement events through Oct. 19. 

    How Wharton students are using an app to push for a sustainable campus

    Through a Penn Green Fund grant, students in the Wharton School helped develop and pilot the Wharton Green Tracker App, meant to unite the campus’s sustainability community.
    Structures of the future
    Glass Bridge

    A model of an ultra-transparent bridge made of glass sheets, with a structure of polyhedral cells as hollow glass blocks. Use of materials and resources is minimized in the design, which was developed with the use of 3-D graphic statics.

    Structures of the future

    The Polyhedral Structures Laboratory, a research group based out of PennDesign, is showcasing an exhibit at the Pennovation Center that teases their work on designs with wide-reaching implications for construction.
    Anita Hill, Kimberlé Crenshaw, and Dorothy Roberts on inequality and sexual harassment
    Anita Hill

    Moderator Dorothy Roberts, left, a PIK professor with appointments in law, sociology and Africana studies, pictured with Anita Hill at Irvine Auditorium.

    Anita Hill, Kimberlé Crenshaw, and Dorothy Roberts on inequality and sexual harassment

    During an appearance at Irvine Auditorium on Wednesday, attorney and professor Anita Hill spoke in conversation with Kimberlé Crenshaw, a professor at UCLA Law School and Columbia Law School, and Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor Dorothy Roberts.
    20 years on, remembering Matthew Shepard
    Matthew Shepard A family photo of Matthew Shepard. Photo courtesy: The Matthew Shepard Foundation

    20 years on, remembering Matthew Shepard

    Two decades after his murder, Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, the Kelly Writers House, and the Penn LGBT Center will host a memorial reading to celebrate Shepard’s life.
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