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Is sustainable development an oxymoron?
Harvested coffee beans drying in the sun on tables in coffee fields in Costa Rica.

In Costa Rica, harvested organic coffee beans are dried in the sun.

(Image: iStock/Andrzej Rostek)

Is sustainable development an oxymoron?

Teresa Giménez, director of the Spanish Language Program and lecturer in foreign languages in the School of Arts & Sciences, discusses the tensions at play when considering this type of growth in Latin America.

From Omnia

Top five election takeaways
A side-scrolling election feed is displayed on the side of a building in Times Square in New York City. There are people below in the foreground.

A scrolling news feed with election results on election night in Times Square, New York.

(Image: Charles Guerin/Abaca/Sipa via AP Images)

Top five election takeaways

Stephanie Perry, exit polling manager for NBC News and executive director of the Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies, shares insights into what drove voters in Tuesday’s election.
Stringing together the history of an ancient Incan textile
A colorful Quipu (abacus inca) hanging on a wall.

Image: iStock/simonmayer

Stringing together the history of an ancient Incan textile

Kyle Marini, a Barra Dissertation Fellow in Art and Material Culture at The McNeil Center for Early American Studies, is developing an interdisciplinary methodology to recreate an ancient Incan rope to illuminate Inca modes of artistic representation.

From The McNeil Center for Early American Studies

New class of encrypted peptides offer hope in fight against antibiotic resistance
Microscopic view of a string of amino acids.

Image: iStock/Christoph Burgstedt

New class of encrypted peptides offer hope in fight against antibiotic resistance

New research by César de la Fuente finds that nearly 90% of peptides discovered exhibit significant antimicrobial properties, particularly through the disruption of bacterial membranes.

From Penn Medicine News

Who, What, Why: Cice Chen’s first-of-its-kind research conference for undergraduates
Portrait of Guyin (Cice) Chen

Guyin (Cice) Chen, a fourth-year chemistry, biochemistry, and neurobiology major in the College of Arts and Sciences, played a leading role in organizing the inaugural student-run National Research Conference at Penn.

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  • Who, What, Why

    • Who, What, Why: Cice Chen’s first-of-its-kind research conference for undergraduates

    Cice Chen, a fourth-year chemistry, biochemistry, and neurobiology major in the College of Arts and Sciences, played a leading role in organizing the student-run National Research Conference at Penn.
    A monumental view of the Ten Commandments
    Two ancient Hebrew bibles open on a table.

    Image: iStock/Volodymyr Zakharov

    A monumental view of the Ten Commandments

    Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures Assistant Professor Timothy Hogue sees the foundational text as more than just words.

    Susan Ahlborn

    Omnia podcast: Democracy and Decision 2024
    Rendering of the White House with tree roots growing underground beneath the foundation.

    Illustration: Nick Matej

    Omnia podcast: Democracy and Decision 2024

    The new season of Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences podcast examines the state of U.S. democracy in the context of the upcoming presidential election.

    From Omnia

    Finding a new behavioral adaptation in fruit flies
    Researchers pose next to a box they fabricated for recording fly courtship.

    From left to right, Dawn Chen, Yun Ding, and Minhao Li.

    Eric Sucar

    Finding a new behavioral adaptation in fruit flies

    Penn researchers discovered “wing spreading” in Drosophila santomea, research that hints at a rare, novel finding and offers insights into an underrepresented area in sexual reproduction research: female-initiated behaviors.
    The wayfinder: Jessa Lingel creates community and belonging on campus
    Jessa Lingel stands in front of a black screen, her head cocked to the side. In the foreground (blurred) are a student's head and water bottle.

    “I see my role as a faculty member as helping other people navigate within this structure,” Lingel says. 

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    The wayfinder: Jessa Lingel creates community and belonging on campus

    As the new director of the Program in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies and the Center for Research in Feminist, Queer, and Transgender Studies, Jessa Lingel creates community and belonging on campus.

    Kristina García

    Timothy Rommen appointed vice provost for the arts at Penn
    Timothy Rommen.

    Timothy Rommen is the Davidson Kennedy Professor in the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of music and Africana studies in the School of Arts & Sciences. His role as inaugural vice provost for the arts begins Jan. 1, 2025.

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    Timothy Rommen appointed vice provost for the arts at Penn

    The Davidson Kennedy Professor in the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of music and Africana studies in the School of Arts & Sciences, Rommen will begin the new appointment on Jan. 1.