Wendy Roth is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology in the School of Arts & Sciences and a research associate in the Population Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania.
Who, What, Why: Sociologist Wendy Roth on genetic ancestry tests and race perception
With funding from the National Institutes of Health, Roth plans to explore how people view others who change their racial identity based on results from at-home DNA kits.
Wes Alvers, left, and Jake Muscato, right, at the LGBT Center Drop & Swap.
The LGBT Center’s new Clothing Closet
A new partnership between Wellness at Penn and the LGBT Center offers a sustainable way for students, faculty, staff, and community members to recycle outfits and shop for new ones.
Beans Velocci, a faculty member in the Department of History and Sociology of Science, studies the complex and conflicting ways gender and sex have been investigated and represented by scientists and medical professionals.
Going beyond the binary in historical explorations of sex and gender
Beans Velocci of the School of Arts & Sciences explores how sex and gender have been shaped and categorized through history—and the consequences of those constructions taking on the guise of scientific and medical fact.
Featuring 400 objects that span a period of 4,000 years, the Penn Museum is opening a new Eastern Mediterranean Gallery, the latest step in its building transformation.
New Eastern Mediterranean Gallery opens at the Penn Museum
Featuring 400 objects that span a period of 4,000 years, the Penn Museum is opening its new Eastern Mediterranean Gallery, the latest step in a multi-year building transformation.
The Graduate School of Education’s Chief Learning Officer program for mid-career professionals has a new director, Raghu Krishnamoorthy (standing). Formerly with General Electric, he graduated from the doctoral program in May. The program gives working executives new skills, connections, and expertise to become scholar-practitioners.
Learning to be a Chief Learning Officer
The Graduate School of Education’s Chief Learning Officer program has a new director, Raghu Krishnamoorthy. The program gives working executives new skills, connections, and expertise to become scholar-practitioners.
At 10 feet by 10 feet, the mural makes a statement all on its own. Yet if people want to learn more, a plaque alongside explains the artwork, the SDGs, and the overall project, plus includes a QR code scannable for additional information.
Through public art, the U.N. sustainability goals come to life
In FDR Park, a 10x10-foot mural sponsored by the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy and painted by Penn grad student Eliza Nobles represents the global target of clean energy for all.
Peter Groeneveld, a Penn physician and director of the Veterans Affairs Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, discusses why this work is so crucial right now and how the VA has evolved in the past three decades.
Wendy Roth is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology in the School of Arts & Sciences and a research associate in the Population Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania.
