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Pizza, a nascent dairy industry, and infant health in the Peruvian highlands
Smiling person standing arms held down, together and in front, outside of a brick building. Morgan Hoke is an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology and an Axilrod Faculty Fellow in the Population Studies Center in the School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania. She has worked at a field site in rural Nuñoa, Peru, since 2012.

Pizza, a nascent dairy industry, and infant health in the Peruvian highlands

Research from anthropologist Morgan Hoke shows that in homes that produce their own foods, children exhibit better growth rates and mothers report more autonomy and economic control.

Michele W. Berger

Assessing constitutional and legal challenges for the 2020 election
A hand can be seen putting an envelope with the words "ballot enclosed" into a ballot box on a sidewalk.

The coronavirus pandemic is expected to increase the number of mail-in votes and ballots being dropped off at boxes like this one in Oregon.

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Assessing constitutional and legal challenges for the 2020 election

A panel of 10 experts spoke at a virtual symposium at the Penn Carey Law School about the challenges facing the presidential election, from the pandemic to mail-in voting.

Kristen de Groot

Jacques Thompson explores ‘immoral humor’ through a historic lens
Student standing on stage speaking into a microphone

Sophomore Jacques Thompson studied humor with Classical Studies Professor Ralph Rosen during a summer internship through the Penn Undergraduate Research & Mentorship Program. 

Jacques Thompson explores ‘immoral humor’ through a historic lens

Through a summer research project with Classical Studies Professor Ralph Rosen, sophomore Jacques Thompson focused on the evolutionary aspect of “immoral humor,” analyzing performances by comedians Dave Chappelle and Louis C.K. 

Louisa Shepard

Side Gigs for Good endure amid a pandemic
Person with a mask sitting on a bench holding a bowl of green beans next to a sign that says Beth David

Inspired to make her synagogue community more sustainable, Jane Horwitz of the Science Outreach Initiative helped congregants grow green beans for distribution to a local food pantry. (Image: Courtesy of Jane Horwitz)

Side Gigs for Good endure amid a pandemic

The Penn community’s altruism shines as the pandemic’s effects stretch on.

Katherine Unger Baillie , Michele W. Berger

Radio magic: A summer internship at WXPN’s ‘World Cafe’
Student standing with arms crossed in front of foliage.

Leanna Tilitei, a sophomore who plans to declare a major in communications, was a programming intern at Penn’s public radio station WXPN during the summer. 

Radio magic: A summer internship at WXPN’s ‘World Cafe’

As a summer intern for WXPN’s ‘World Cafe,’ sophomore Leanna Tilitei worked remotely as a member of the programming team helping to produce the ‘nation’s most listened-to-public radio music program.’

Louisa Shepard

Introducing the Year of Civic Engagement
The Year of Civic Engagement text logo in the foreground with Center City Philadelphia in the background

Introducing the Year of Civic Engagement

The latest theme year was ushered in last week with the Penn Reading Project. In a time of great distance, the University asks the community to think about how it can enact great engagement.
This is your brain on religion
Picture of Saachi Datta

This is your brain on religion

Saachi Datta is combining her passion for religion and science on her path to becoming a physician.

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