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Kazakhstan unrest, explained
Protesters and riot police stand on a street in Almaty, Kazakhstan, as smoke rises in the background

Riot police block protesters in the center of Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. (Image: AP Photo/Vladimir Tretyakov)

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    • Kazakhstan unrest, explained

    Philip M. Nichols of the Wharton School and the Russia and East European Studies program in the School of Arts & Sciences offers some background on the protests and violence and why what happens in Kazakhstan matters to the region and the world.

    Kristen de Groot

    Manning the middle with Brian O’Neill
    Standing on Franklin Field wearing a Penn football shirt, Brian O'Neill holds a football with both hands. A Penn football helmet sits at right.

    Manning the middle with Brian O’Neill

    As the college football season comes to a close, the fifth-year senior discusses his career as a Quaker, takeaways from Penn’s season, his plans for the future, and his pick for Monday's national championship game.
    Empowering community engagement through theory and practice
    people outside wearing masks taking surveys on their phones while standing next to a table covered with donuts

    This fall, Participatory Cities, an SNF Paideia Program Course, delved into the history, methodology, and impacts of community participation and stakeholder involvement processes. Students took what they learned in the classroom and conducted their own engagement activities on campus, such as this freshman tabling event and survey. (Image: Mya Gordon)

    Empowering community engagement through theory and practice

    This fall, students applied community participation and stakeholder involvement processes to conduct their own outreach activities on campus as part of Participatory Cities, a Stavros Niarchos Foundation Paideia Program course.

    Erica K. Brockmeier

    Riot at the U.S. Capitol, one year later
    Supporters of Donald Trump scale a wall at the U.S. Capitol as Trump flags wave

    Supporters of President Donald Trump climb the west wall of the the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (Image: AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

    Riot at the U.S. Capitol, one year later

    Political scientist Rogers Smith shares five things to keep in mind as the country looks back on Jan. 6, 2021, while trying to move forward.

    Kristen de Groot

    Three historians on the future of history
    Patchwork quilt in assembly.

    Image: Vanessa Lovegrove/OMNIA

    Three historians on the future of history

    David Young Kim, Sophia Rosenfeld, and Heather Andrea Williams share their thoughts on how history affects our lives, and what it means to rewrite history.

    Susan Ahlborn

    Math education and engagement in West Philadelphia
    two people looking at a student who is pointing at a math equation on a white board

    This fall, students in Math 123, one of Penn’s Academically Based Community Service (ABCS) courses, applied the skills they learned about math education and communication while working with tenth graders in West Philadelphia.

    Math education and engagement in West Philadelphia

    This fall, students in Math 123 applied the skills they learned about math education and communication while working with 10th graders at Paul Robeson High School.

    Erica K. Brockmeier

    Making time off a time for side gigs for good
    mary berger

    Making time off a time for side gigs for good

    Penn Today profiles four faculty and staff members who use their time and talents to help others.

    Michele W. Berger , Katherine Unger Baillie

    Fighting food insecurity
    Four women in front of the Share food bank, and the two in the middle are waving to each other

    Laura Guerrero Peña (second from left), a senior studying Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Queens, New York, worked at Share Food Program over the fall semester.

    Fighting food insecurity

    Students from the Fox Leadership Program have lent their time and expertise to hunger organizations for more than a decade, and during the pandemic they’ve upped their involvement to meet the growing need.

    Kristen de Groot

    On the Galápagos, an underwater exploration of marine life
    sea lion with divers

    Homepage image: The diving project is part of a larger initiative called Projecto Laboratorio para Apreciar la Vida y el Ambiente or Project LAVA, which also includes research about the effect humans are having on sea lions in the Galápagos.

    On the Galápagos, an underwater exploration of marine life

    In collaboration with a local dive instructor and the students he trained, researchers from Penn and Villanova are learning how human presence affects life on the seafloor around these islands.

    Michele W. Berger

    On stage at Carnegie Hall
    four students dancing on a stage

    Seven Penn student performing arts groups took the stage at Carnegie Hall in New York City for the Toast to Dear Old Penn showcase on Dec. 10. The event featured Dischord and Penn Yo acapella, Onda Latina (above) and Penn Dhamaka dance, Bloomers and Mask and Wig comedy troupes, and the spoken-word Excelano Project. 

    On stage at Carnegie Hall

    The third-annual “Toast to Dear Old Penn” showcase featured more than 100 performers in Dischord and Penn Yo a capella, Onda Latina and Penn Dhamaka dance, Bloomers and Mask and Wig comedy troupes, and the spoken-word Excelano Project. 

    Louisa Shepard