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U.S. fertility is at an all-time low, but is that a bad thing?
Black and white silhouettes of many people and one large person with a stroller.

U.S. fertility is at an all-time low, but is that a bad thing?

Researchers from the Population Studies Center dissect the latest CDC numbers and explain the role of migration patterns, better family planning, and delayed parenthood.

Michele W. Berger

Making headway against a killer virus
ebola virus through the microscope

Making headway against a killer virus

Around Penn, clinicians and researchers are focused on Ebola, working to ensure this disease—fearsomely lethal—can be vanquished.

Katherine Unger Baillie

How Islamic feminism could shape gender equity
Islamic women in marketplace
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    • How Islamic feminism could shape gender equity

    Ahead of a lecture as part of the Religion and the Global Future speaker series, Assistant Professor of South Asian Religions Megan Robb discusses Islamic feminism’s potential influence on grassroots feminist movements.
    When green ‘fixes’ actually increase the carbon footprint
    The Amazon World Headquarters Campus Spheres terrariums

    When Amazon announced plans to bring its headquarters (seen here) to Seattle a decade ago, it promised eco-friendly infrastructure and encourages a sustainability ethos to go along with it. But according to new research from Penn and others, its arrival likely led to gentrification and stable or increased carbon emissions.

    When green ‘fixes’ actually increase the carbon footprint

    New research shows that when tech companies move in, they often encourage a sustainability mindset, but lead to gentrification and stable or higher emissions.

    Michele W. Berger

    The future of urban waters
    Rising Waters fellows in Mumbai in January

    Rising Waters fellows in Mumbai in January (Photo credit: Photography Promotion Trust)

    The future of urban waters

    Students and faculty of the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities’ Liquid Histories course study the impact of rising sea levels from the banks of Philadelphia and Mumbai.

    Penn Today Staff

    Shooting for the moon
    Schuler in the classroom

    Linguistics professor Kathryn Schuler (right) wanted her students to think big. Throughout the semester, they worked on passion projects, following a Google X model to allow for unconstrained ideas to solve grand problems.

    Shooting for the moon

    In her Language and the Brain course, linguistics professor Kathryn Schuler asked 30 undergrads to think big about big problems—and their solutions didn’t disappoint.

    Michele W. Berger

    Bridge to Ph.D. program provides a way forward for greater access in STEM fields
    a group of students and a professor looking at a chalk board covered in math equations

    Penn’s Bridge to Ph.D. program provides students from underrepresented backgrounds the opportunity to earn master’s degrees in mathematics while also preparing for a Ph.D. The students are advised by Ryan Hynd (not pictured) and Philip Gressman (center). 

    Bridge to Ph.D. program provides a way forward for greater access in STEM fields

    The pilot program in the Department of Mathematics enables students from underrepresented groups to become the next generation of enterprising mathematicians.

    Erica K. Brockmeier

    A meeting of medievalists
    Professor speaking to classroom, sitting at table, with computer in front of him.

    Penn English Professor David Wallace is the president of the Medieval Academy of America, which is holding its annual conference on campus. (Photo: Eric Sucar)

    A meeting of medievalists

    More than 500 medieval scholars from the U.S. and Europe will be on campus for the annual Medieval Academy of America conference. Dozens of panels, workshops, and lectures about the Middle Ages will convene, many led by Penn faculty.