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Response to the Cuban protest is ‘a unified feeling’
People standing on the streets of Havana in protest of the Cuban government.

Protests in Havana against the government of Cuba on July 12, 2021. (Image: 14ymedio)

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    • Response to the Cuban protest is ‘a unified feeling’

    In a Q&A, Romance languages professor Odette Casamayor-Cisneros discusses the Cuban protests, government response, and the “sense of unity” among the Cuban people

    Kristina García

    Artist and professor David Hartt is ‘of the moment’
    Artist standing in museum gallery with his artwork installation

    Artist David Hartt with his installation “The Histories” (Crépuscule) at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in the exhibition “New Grit: Art & Philly Now.” (Image: July 2021 when masks were not required.)

    Artist and professor David Hartt is ‘of the moment’

    This year alone four museums and two galleries are featuring work by artist David Hartt of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design, including currently at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
    Taliban takeover
    A city in the desert is seen from above, with brown structures dotting the valley and mountain ranges in the distance, some covered in haze.

    A view of Kabul, Afghanistan from May, 2012. (Image: Courtesy of Lucas Augustin)

    Taliban takeover

    Political scientist Nicholas Sambanis, an expert on conflict processes with a focus on civil wars, shares his thoughts on the challenges of nation building and what’s next for Afghanistan.

    Kristen de Groot

    The story of immigration enforcement
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    The story of immigration enforcement

    In an award-winning paper, criminologist Aaron Chalfin examines the public safety implications of labor market-based immigration enforcement.

    From Omnia

    People and Places at Penn
    people and places

    People and Places at Penn

    In anticipation of the return to campus, undergraduates introduce their favorite spots.

    Kristina García

    Medical anthropologist Fran Barg reflects on three decades at Penn
    A person standing along a black iron fence, one arm hanging over the fence. In the background are trees and a blurred out mural.

    Fran Barg spent more than 30 years at Penn, conducting research that fell at the intersection of medicine and anthropology. Though she technically retired in June 2021, she plans to remain connected to Penn, to the mentoring and research that has enriched her career.

    Medical anthropologist Fran Barg reflects on three decades at Penn

    She spent her career studying the culture of medicine. Through collaborations with colleagues in medicine and anthropology, she’s pinpointed why it’s so crucial to see serious medical problems from both a scientific perspective and a patient one.

    Michele W. Berger

    Four things to know about the latest IPCC climate report
    A dried up desert with a small amount of water on the right-hand side. The sun is blazing in the background, in front of mountains.

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    Four things to know about the latest IPCC climate report

    The assessment describes ‘unequivocal’ human influence that no doubt caused ‘widespread and rapid changes’ to the atmosphere, oceans, and more. Professors Mark Alan Hughes and Michael Weisberg discuss the findings, plus how we can avoid passing the point of no return.

    Michele W. Berger

    African American in the ‘raceless’ Soviet Union
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    African American in the ‘raceless’ Soviet Union

    History Ph.D. candidate Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon’s work looks at how the African American experience in the Soviet Union shaped Black identity and how the presence of people of color shaped Soviet understandings of race.

    Kristen de Groot

    Zachary Lesser’s Shakespearean forensics
    Zachary Lesser headshot (left), and book cover for “Ghosts, Holes, Rips and Scrapes: Shakespeare in 1619, Bibliography in the Longue Durée” at right.

    Zachary Lesser’s Shakespearean forensics

    The Edward W. Kane Professor of English uses ghosts, holes, and scrapes to learn more about how Shakespeare’s work was seen in his own time.

    Susan Ahlborn