Gareth Roberts is an associate professor of linguistics in the School of Arts & Sciences.
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What fabricated languages can teach us about real ones
Linguist Gareth Roberts of the School of Arts & Sciences uses “alien” languages and interactive games to show how social pressures shape our communication.
(Homepage image) With a $130 billion economic impact, agriculture is Pennsylvania’s largest industry. At the Farm Show this year, Penn Vet faculty, staff, and students highlighted the integral role that veterinarians play in keeping that sector thriving.
Partnering with farmers to advance livelihoods, food, and health
At the 107th Pennsylvania Farm Show last week, with the theme “Rooted in Progress,” the School of Veterinary Medicine’s importance to the state’s agricultural industry was on full display.
Microeconomics professor Anne Duchene teaches 900 first-years every fall and spring, helping fresh-out-of-high school students lay the groundwork for tackling the challenges of college coursework.
Members of the Social Justice Scholars Program (from left to right): Josh Arinze, Gianni Morsell, Joelle Eliza Lingat, and Paloma Brand. Morsell and Brand were part of the first cohort of scholars and are expected to graduate in 2023. Arinze, who will also graduate in 2023, and Lingat, who will graduate in 2024, are members of the second cohort.
A more equitable society starts with social justice
The Social Justice Scholars Program at Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice is broadening access to graduate student education.
Gwynne Evans-Lomayesva is a first-year doctoral student in demography.
Doctoral student Gwynne Evans-Lomayesva on improving data equity
Through her Ph.D. research, Evans-Lomayesva, a member of Hopi Tribal Nation, says she hopes to improve representation of American Indian and Alaska Native populations in data analyses.
Sociology fourth-year Anya Miller's research looks at secondhand shopping through a socioeconomic lens.
Who, What, Why: Anya Miller and the ‘thriftification’ of Philadelphia
Anya Miller, a fourth-year sociology major from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, took her hobby of thrift store shopping and looked at it through a socioeconomic lens.
(Homepage image) Students in the Digital Media Design program are interested in computer programming, mathematics, computer graphics, animation, virtual reality and interactive technologies.
The art and science of video game development
In the group UPGRADE, students take an interdisciplinary approach to game creation.
Members of the Social Justice Scholars Program (from left to right): Josh Arinze, Gianni Morsell, Joelle Eliza Lingat, and Paloma Brand. Morsell and Brand were part of the first cohort of scholars and are expected to graduate in 2023. Arinze, who will also graduate in 2023, and Lingat, who will graduate in 2024, are members of the second cohort.
