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In These Times: Black lives and the call for justice
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Image: Adriana Bellet

In These Times: Black lives and the call for justice

The first two episodes of the Omnia podcast’s second season discuss the Black Lives Matter movement and the lasting impact of slavery and colonialism on the laws and policies that have governed Black lives throughout history.

Developing a new platform for DNA sequencing
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Developing a new platform for DNA sequencing

Research from the lab of Marija Drndić in the School of Arts & Sciences shows how solid state materials can be developed for large-scale automated sequencing by incorporating state-of-the-art fabrication and analytics.

Erica K. Brockmeier

Mothers bear the cost of the pandemic shift to remote work
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The pandemic has led to extra domestic labor—both housework and parenting—that disproportionately falls to mothers, according to a new study. 

Mothers bear the cost of the pandemic shift to remote work

The pandemic exposed and reinforced gender-biased household divisions of labor, according to a new study by Penn sociologists.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Locked down: Global mobility and COVID-19
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The pandemic has led to extreme limits on human movement,  turning borders into barriers for refugees and asylum seekers. The topic was the theme of Perry World House’s 2021 Global Shifts Colloquium.

Locked down: Global mobility and COVID-19

At Perry World House’s 2021 Global Shifts Colloquium, Filippo Grandi, the United Nations high commissioner for refugees, addressed how limits on human movement during the pandemic have affected refugees and asylum seekers.

Kristen de Groot

Alice Paul’s mysterious manuscript
Alice Paul in her graduation gown and a handwritten page from her dissertation.

Alice Paul received her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1912. Professor Heather Sharkey and three students have spent the past year transcribing a manuscript of Paul’s doctoral dissertation that is held in the Penn Libraries collection. (Left image: Courtesy of the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institute, and the Alice Paul Centennial Foundation, circa 1912) (Right image: Courtesy of the Penn Libraries)

Alice Paul’s mysterious manuscript

Heather J. Sharkey and three students transcribed a hand-written manuscript of the doctoral dissertation by Alice Paul, who earned her Ph.D. from Penn in 1912. As part of a virtual symposium, they joined John Pollack of the Libraries to discuss their efforts.
How cells transport molecules with ‘active carpets’
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How cells transport molecules with ‘active carpets’

New research provides insights into the process of diffusion in living systems, with implications from novel active coatings to understanding how pathogens are cleared from lungs.

Erica K. Brockmeier

Middle East Film Festival highlights five directors from five countries
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Still from Iman Behrouzi's 2019 documentary "Love in Close-Up." (Image courtesy of Iman Behrouzi) 

Middle East Film Festival highlights five directors from five countries

Transformed by the pandemic, this year’s festival featured a virtual dialogue with directors and watch-at-home film offerings.

Kristen de Groot

Three Goldwater Scholars for Penn
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Three undergraduates in the School of Arts & Sciences have received 2021 Goldwater Scholarships, awarded to sophomores or juniors planning research careers in mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering. Penn’s newest Goldwater Scholars are (from left) sophomore Emma Keeler from Rochester, Massachusetts; junior Michele Meline from Philadelphia; and junior Max Wragan from Washington, D.C.

Three Goldwater Scholars for Penn

Penn’s newest Goldwater Scholars, awarded to sophomores or juniors planning research careers in mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering are sophomore Emma Keeler, junior Michele Meline and junior Max Wragan.
Penn senior chosen as Gaither Junior Fellow
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Senior Samuel Orloff has been named a James C. Gaither Junior Fellow, one of 12 in the country chosen for a one-year internship at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C. 

Penn senior chosen as Gaither Junior Fellow

Senior Samuel Orloff has been named a James C. Gaither Junior Fellow, chosen for a one-year fellowship at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C.to work on research pertaining to U.S. foreign policy and diplomacy.
Hate crimes against Asians in Italy linked to economic woes
Two people in black jackets wearing white face masks sit in front of marble columns, with the person on the left putting her head on the other person's shoulder, who is looking at a smartphone.

A new study by political scientists Guy Grossman, Stephanie Zonszein, and Gemma Dipoppa shows hate crimes against Asian people in Italy increased at the pandemic’s onset, especially in areas where higher unemployment was expected over shutdowns.

Hate crimes against Asians in Italy linked to economic woes

Research by political scientists Guy Grossman, Stephanie Zonszein, and Gemma Dipoppa shows hate crimes in Italy increased at the pandemic’s onset in areas where higher unemployment was expected, but not in places with higher infections and mortality.

Kristen de Groot