At Penn Energy Week, a time to reflect on energy science, technology, and policy
Hosted by the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy and the Vagelos Institute for Energy Science and Technology, the third annual Energy Week, which runs March 20-24, offers events on decarbonization, careers in the energy sector, global energy security, and more.
Penn undergraduates Gemma Hong (left) and Sophie Young (right) hold copies of the graphic novel they wrote and created with alum Julie Merberg and illustrator Amelia Pinney.
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With frank text and bold illustrations, graphic novel tackles puberty head on
The new book, for 9- to 14-year-olds and written by two Penn undergrads and an alum, details what physically happens in the body as girls experience puberty, plus the internal emotions and external social forces that accompany it.
States with high COVID-19 death rates also saw high mortality from other causes
Research from Penn, Boston University, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation shows that between March 2020 and February 2021 non-COVID deaths accounted for some 20% of excess mortality.
Reconciling previously contradictory results, researchers from Penn and Princeton find a steady association between larger incomes and greater happiness for most people but a rise and plateau for an unhappy minority.
Tukufu Zuberi, the Lasry Family Professor of Race Relations in Penn’s departments of Sociology and Africana Studies, and New York Times journalist Brent Staples.
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New York Times journalist Brent Staples and Penn’s Tukufu Zuberi in conversation
At the inaugural W.E.B. Du Bois Lecture in Public Social Science, the two discussed Du Bois’ legacy and influence, Staples’ personal and professional journey, and the importance of speaking truth to power.
A still from the new documentary “Juneteenth” from Annenberg Classroom.
(Image: Annenberg Public Policy Center)
New Juneteenth documentary explores notions of freedom and citizenship
An exclusive Penn screening of the film produced by the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC), plus a conversation with activist Opal Lee and Penn’s Mary Frances Berry, moderated by APPC’s Director of Outreach and Curriculum Andrea (Ang) Reidell, takes place on Feb. 28. Registration with a Penn email is required.
A building in Antakya, in southeastern Turkey, was heavily damaged during the earthquake in Turkey and Syria.
(Image: AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Three ways to respond following the earthquake in Turkey and Syria
Guidance from the Center for High Impact Philanthropy, Penn Global, and Penn Medicine’s disaster preparedness team on how to help from afar and what resources are available on campus.
Adamson Muula (second from left), a professor of public health & epidemiology at Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, and students.
(Image: Courtesy of Young Researchers Forum Malawi and KUHeS Research Support Center)
The future of health research in Malawi
A workshop convened by Penn, University College Dublin, and the Young Researchers Forum in Malawi brought together stakeholders to discuss the African nation’s use of technology in health care and the double burden of non-communicable and infectious diseases.
Penn Medicine’s Anish Agarwal discusses why false claims about the virus and vaccines arise and persist, plus what he hopes will come from NIH-funded research he and Penn Engineering’s Sharath Chandra Guntuku have recently begun.
Who, What, Why: Zaid Tabaza on veganism in the Middle East
By tracing the evolution of this practice, Tabaza learned that in Jordan and Lebanon, the historical appeal of plant-based diets derived from their curative potential and wide availability.
