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30 years after Tiananmen Square, a changed China largely ignores the milestone
Protesters in Hong Kong

Hong Kong residents gathered in Stanley Park for a candlelight vigil to remember the victims of the crackdown. 

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    • 30 years after Tiananmen Square, a changed China largely ignores the milestone

    Political scientist Avery Goldstein discusses the mood in Beijing this week, and how the regime has suppressed the history of the crackdown.

    Gwyneth K. Shaw

    Community outreach inspires interest in STEM for kids
    students in a lab looking at filter paper

    Younger students learned how scientists use color to study chemical solutions, such as using red cabbage to find out if something is an acid or a base.

    Community outreach inspires interest in STEM for kids

    Graduate students and postdocs led an afternoon of hands-on science activities and fun for students grades 3-8 in the hallways and labs of Penn Chemistry.

    Erica K. Brockmeier

    Why are so many women still dying from childbirth?
    newborn baby in bassinet beside hospital bed with birth mother in background

    The U.S. now has the worst maternal mortality rate among all developed countries, and is rising. 

    Why are so many women still dying from childbirth?

    Experts from Penn discuss the role that social determinants, socioeconomics, and racism play, and how the University is addressing the maternal mortality crisis head on.
    Stories of Penn scientists: David Rittenhouse
    David Rittenhouse

    Stories of Penn scientists: David Rittenhouse

    In celebration of the 250th anniversary of his observations of the 1769 transit of Venus, a glimpse into the story of the man whose name became synonymous with astronomy and mathematics.

    Erica K. Brockmeier

    Keeping rain out of the drain
    A scientist kneeling on a lawn checks a well using electronic monitoring equipment

    David Vann of the School of Arts and Sciences heads up the research efforts around Shoemaker Green’s stormwater management system. Using sensors placed around the site, he hopes to be able to closely monitor how much water drains out of the system, and how quickly. 

    Keeping rain out of the drain

    From cisterns beneath Shoemaker Green to the green roof on New College House, special features of campus buildings and landscapes are helping manage stormwater to keep rain from the sewer lines, and scholars are using the infrastructure as a research opportunity.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    Who will be the UK’s next prime minister?
    Big Ben with united kingdom and european union flags

    Who will be the UK’s next prime minister?

    Theresa May is out, but who replaces her is tricky to predict, says Brendan O’Leary of the School of Arts and Sciences.

    Gwyneth K. Shaw

    The untold stories of the National Security Council
    John Gans by bookshelf

    John Gans, director of communications and research at Perry World House. (Photo courtesy: John Gans)

    The untold stories of the National Security Council

    John Gans, director of communications and research at Perry World House, discusses his new book that captures the stories and inner workings of National Security Council staff.