Religious freedom as a tool for American occupation Jolyon Thomas, associate professor of religious studies in the School of Arts & Sciences Religious freedom as a tool for American occupation Jolyon Thomas, an associate professor of religious studies, discusses his award-winning book, ‘Faking Liberties: Religious Freedom in American-Occupied Japan.’
Understanding civic engagement Civic House. (Image: Eric Sucar) Understanding civic engagement In the latest episode of Penn Today’s ‘Understand This …’ podcast series, Herman Beavers of the School of Arts & Sciences and Glenn Bryan of the Office of Government and Community Affairs discuss civic engagement—and jazz.
Eight Penn researchers receive 2021 NIH Director’s Awards The Penn winners of the 2021 NIH Director’s Awards are (from top left): Amber Alhadeff, Ben Black, Peter S. Choi, Erica Korb, Michael Lampson, Mustafa Mir, Jennifer Phillips-Cremins, and Lilang Wan. Eight Penn researchers receive 2021 NIH Director’s Awards The National Institutes of Health grants, totaling more than $8 million, will support seven high-risk, high-reward research projects.
Improved fluorescent amino acids for cellular imaging New research describes how proteins in living cells can be engineered to include synthetic fluorescent amino acids that are bright, long-lasting, and have properties that sense their environment. (Image: E. James Petersson) Improved fluorescent amino acids for cellular imaging New research describes how to insert synthetic fluorescent amino acids into proteins in living cells, with implications for the study of neurological diseases.
A generation shaped by a pandemic Homepage image: Strickberger and Jinich asked each person they interviewed to write in their notebook the answer to the question: “After the pandemic I want to…” A generation shaped by a pandemic Two Penn seniors travel the country to interview young adults about their experiences during the past year to create an oral history archive with stories, images, and video.
‘Poldergeist’ videos make knowledge of climate change accessible A graphic from the Poldergeist video that explains a pump system in the Netherlands. (Image: Simon Richter, Jenesis Cochrane, Justine Seo, and Rebekah Lee) ‘Poldergeist’ videos make knowledge of climate change accessible In the first video of a series, Simon Richter of the School of Arts & Sciences, alongside a team of interns, works to demystify the Netherlands’ handle on sea level rise.
Penn cosmology team ready to field the largest ever cosmic microwave background camera Penn cosmology team ready to field the largest ever cosmic microwave background camera A new study details the inner workings of the Large Aperture Telescope Receiver, the cryogenic camera that will be installed at the Simons Observatory at 17,000 feet in northern Chile.
Rising tension between China and Taiwan, explained China has been increasing military pressure on Taiwan in recent days, sending nearly 150 warplanes over the island that it views as a breakaway province. Q&A Rising tension between China and Taiwan, explained Jacques deLisle, the director of The Center for the Study of Contemporary China, shares his thoughts China’s increasing military pressure and what’s next
A watershed created to power New York City The village of Gilboa in 1919. (Image: NYC Municipal Archives Digital Collections) A watershed created to power New York City Anna Lehr Mueser, a doctoral candidate in history and sociology of science, studies memory, loss, and technology in the New York City Watershed and the villages that were destroyed to construct it.
New mathematical tools to study opinion dynamics An artistic rendering of a discourse sheaf, with vector spaces (depicted as rectangles) connected to a network (shown as a series of circles, or nodes, and connecting lines, or edges). (Image: Robert Ghrist) New mathematical tools to study opinion dynamics Using a class of network structures known as discourse sheaves, researchers describe a new, flexible framework for studying how opinions change over social networks.