Penn announces eight 2019 Thouron Award winners The Penn 2019 Thouron Scholars include seven undergraduates and one 2018 graduate. Top row, from left: Sona Dadhania, Nicholas Escobar, Nick Joyner, Carson Kahoe. Bottom row, from left: Ryan Leone, Krishna Patel, Libby Rockaway, Hannah Sweeney. Penn announces eight 2019 Thouron Award winners Seven University of Pennsylvania seniors and a 2018 graduate have each won a Thouron Award to pursue graduate studies in the United Kingdom.
Eleventh state enacts law to protect victims of child sex abuse Marci Hamilton, the Robert A. Fox Leadership Program professor of practice, speaking on behalf of the Child Victims Act. (Photo: Courtesy of Marci Hamilton) Eleventh state enacts law to protect victims of child sex abuse Marci Hamilton, a professor of practice and founder and CEO of the nonprofit think tank CHILD USA, helped draft the original New York legislation more than 15 years ago and has been working ever since to push it through.
Documenting refugees A documentary film by Penn junior Sonari Chidi,“Shattering Refuge,” premiered at Penn, followed by a panel discussion at Perry World House on the depiction of refugees and immigrants in the media. From right, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, Michel Gabaudan, Chidi, Sozi Tulante, Fatemeh Shams, and Emma Restrepo. Documenting refugees A documentary film by Penn junior Sonari Chidi and a panel discussion at Perry World House focused on the depiction of refugees and immigrants in the media.
Oscar insights Global cinema is the focus of Mazaj’s research. Oscar insights At the Lightbulb Cafe, cinema studies senior lecturer Meta Mazaj speaks about the globalization of cinema and her Oscar picks in anticipation of the 91st Academy Awards.
Two Penn faculty named 2019 Sloan Research Fellows Chemist Jessica Anna and mathematician Davi Maximo are being recognized for their work that marks them as the next generation of scientific leaders. Two Penn faculty named 2019 Sloan Research Fellows Jessica Anna and Davi Maximo of the School of Arts and Sciences are among the 126 recipients of this year’s Sloan Research Fellowships, which recognize early-career researchers and scholars in North America. Each will receive a two-year, $70,000 Fellowship for research.
A shared past for East Africa’s hunter-gatherers With the help of a local translator, Simon Thompson (in blue plaid shirt) from Sarah Tishkoff’s lab and Dawit Wolde-Meskel (in yellow shirt), a collaborator from Addis Ababa University, explain the research project on African population genetics to the Argobba population, Ethiopia. After the project is presented, the researchers answer any questions. (Credit: Tishkoff lab) A shared past for East Africa’s hunter-gatherers PIK Professor Sarah Tishkoff, Laura Scheinfeldt, and Sameer Soi use data from 50 populations to study African genetic diversity. Their analysis suggests that geographically far-flung hunter-gatherer groups share a common ancestry.
Black feminism 101 Feminista Jones (left) and Tanji Gilliam of the Africana Studies department address the crowd at the Penn Book Center on Feb. 13. Black feminism 101 Author and alum Feminista Jones joined Tanji Gilliam of Africana Studies in a discussion of her new book “Reclaiming Our Space,” examining how Twitter and modern liberation movements are all borne from black women’s words, struggle, and history.
Celebrating 150 years of the periodic table Celebrating 150 years of the periodic table Judith Currano of Penn Libraries and Jenine Maeyer of the School of Arts and Sciences share their perspectives on how all types of chemists still use the periodic table of elements.
The Venezuelan crisis, explained Tulia Falleti, director of Penn’s Latin American and Latino Studies program, the Class of 1965 Term Associate Professor of Political Science in the School of Arts and Sciences, and a Senior Fellow of the Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics. (Photo: Eric Sucar) Q&A The Venezuelan crisis, explained A Q&A with Tulia Falleti, a political science professor and the director of the Latin American and Latino Studies Program, on the past, present, and possible future of Venezuela.