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Penn’s English Language Programs Teaches Philadelphia Union Players

Penn’s English Language Programs Teaches Philadelphia Union Players

The English Language Programs at the University of Pennsylvania often teaches in traditional classrooms, but, in a unique situation instructing international professional athletes, the language laboratory is sometimes on a soccer field. 

Jeanne Leong

Penn’s Perry World House Announces Inaugural Undergraduate Fellows

Penn’s Perry World House Announces Inaugural Undergraduate Fellows

Perry World House at the University of Pennsylvania has named 25 undergraduates as the inaugural cohort of World House Student Fellows.  The group of sophomores, juniors and seniors will participate each week in seminars, research projects, leadership opportunities and activities focused on pressing global issues. 
Penn Study: Victim-blaming Rape Myths Prevalent in China

Penn Study: Victim-blaming Rape Myths Prevalent in China

A new collaborative study led by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania provides the first psychometric measure to assess attitudes about rape in China.

Jacquie Posey

Penn Doctoral Student Studies Coastal Dune Management and Erosion Prevention

Penn Doctoral Student Studies Coastal Dune Management and Erosion Prevention

by Patrick AmmermanCoastal dunes can pile up large amounts of sand, like a sandcastle. But, while a sandcastle can be completely washed away when it rains or blown away by a strong wind, dunes are much more tenacious. That’s because natural dunes have plants as supports to hold stabilize them in place, reducing erosion from wind and rain.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Penn’s 2017 Kelly Writers House Fellows Announced

Penn’s 2017 Kelly Writers House Fellows Announced

The University of Pennsylvania will host Maria Bamford, Nathaniel Mackey and Lydia Davis as Kelly Writers House fellows during the spring 2017 semester. 

Jeanne Leong

Broaden Urban Sustainability to Align Technical, Social Agendas

Broaden Urban Sustainability to Align Technical, Social Agendas

Current conversations about urban sustainability are too narrowly focused, ignoring regional and global impacts and leaving out key grassroots groups with social justice agendas.

Michele W. Berger

Income and Wealth Inequality Make Recessions Worse, Penn Research Reveals

Income and Wealth Inequality Make Recessions Worse, Penn Research Reveals

“The Great Recession is the biggest economic downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s. If you can’t make an argument that inequality matters for the severity of this downturn, then it’s unlikely to matter much for smaller recessions, or for normal times.”

Michele W. Berger