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What happens to a dream deferred? 60-Second Lectures on racial injustice
Screenshot of four people in a grid form, top left is Mary Frances Berry, top right is Margo Natalie Crawford, bottom left is Guthrie Ramsey, bottom right is Dagmawi Woubshet

Clockwise from top left: Mary Frances Berry; Margo Natalie Crawford; Guthrie Ramsey; and Dagmawi Woubshet. (Image: Penn Arts & Sciences)

What happens to a dream deferred? 60-Second Lectures on racial injustice

In an effort to amplify the messages of the recent protests against racist violence, Penn Arts & Sciences created a special series: What Happens to a Dream Deferred? 60-Second Lectures on Racial Injustice.

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Partisanship and the pandemic
Six people sit socially distanced in folding camping chairs in a public park

A socially distanced get-together during the coronavirus pandemic.

Partisanship and the pandemic

Partisanship, not health concerns, is the main driver of whether Americans are social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new study.

Kristen de Groot

Advancing knowledge on archaea
Petri dish with a honeycomb-like growth

Biologists found that the archaeon Haloferax volcanii rapidly forms honeycomb structures in response to changes in its environment. They hope to gain more insights into the microbes through a new initiative, the Archaeal Proteome Project. (Image: Courtesy of the Pohlschroder lab)

Advancing knowledge on archaea

An open-source data platform for researchers studying archaea is paving the way for new insights and educational opportunities.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Plato was right. Earth is made, on average, of cubes
Statue of Plato against blue sky

The ancient philosopher Plato conjectured that the universe was composed of particular geometric shapes; the earth, of cubes. Findings from a multidisciplinary research team found truth in Plato's belief. 

Plato was right. Earth is made, on average, of cubes

The ancient Greek philosopher was on to something, the School of Arts & Sciences’ Douglas Jerolmack and colleagues found.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Amid COVID-19, young adults aging out of foster care are especially vulnerable
Masked young woman staring out of window

Youth aging out of foster care are among those bearing the burden of COVID-19’s economic and social consequences, according to a Field Center study

Amid COVID-19, young adults aging out of foster care are especially vulnerable

With limited resources, youth who are aging out of foster care are bearing a heavy social and economic burden during the COVID-19 pandemic, experiencing under or unemployment, education disruption, homelessness, and food insecurity.

Kristina García

Joseph Kable discusses decision making amidst the pandemic
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Joseph Kable discusses decision making amidst the pandemic

Joseph Kable, Baird Term Professor of Psychology, seeks to understand how people make decisions by taking a multilevel approach: understanding the process at both the psychological and biological level.

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Brazil’s coronavirus crisis
People wearing face masks chat on the street in Olinda, Brazil

From Operação contra novo Coronavírus, Olinda, Brazil, May 20, 2020. (Image: Alice Mafra)

  • Q&A

    • Brazil’s coronavirus crisis

    Brazil has become one of the world’s deadliest hotspots for the novel coronavirus, second only to the United States in deaths and infections. Melissa Teixeira, a historian of modern Brazil, shares her thoughts on the nation’s response and challenges it faces in battling the virus.

    Kristen de Groot

    To Singapore and back again
    Jackie Shi stands in front of Marina Bay Sands in Singapore.

    Jackie’s “obligatory tourist picture” in front of Marina Bay Sands, one of Singapore’s most famous attractions. The photo was taken the day before she left the country.

    To Singapore and back again

    Rising senior Jackie Shi spent the early part of the spring semester studying abroad in Southeast Asia.

    Julian Shendelman