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Understanding the Northeast earthquake
Photograph of a seismograph reading following an earthquake.

Last week people in the Northeast experienced a rare earthquake that registered a magnitude of 4.8. To learn more about the mechanics of earthquakes and this occurrence, Penn Today spoke with David Goldsby of the School of Arts & Sciences and Robert Carpick of the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

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  • Q&A

    • Understanding the Northeast earthquake

    Last week, people in the Northeast experienced a rare earthquake that registered a magnitude of 4.8. Penn Today spoke with David Goldsby of the School of Arts & Sciences and Robert Carpick of the School of Engineering and Applied Science about the event.
    ‘Moving along’ to the Dutch-German border
    Two people sit in front of the glass doors of a brick building.

    Simon Richter (left) chats with Dutch comedian Patrick Nederkoorn in a still from the documentary “A New Peace of Münster.”

    (Image: Courtesy of Maria Kolossa)

    ‘Moving along’ to the Dutch-German border

    A new documentary co-produced and co-starring Simon Richter of the School of Arts & Sciences invites viewers to imagine the day when the Dutch may have to move toward Germany as sea levels rise and how that might happen peacefully and innovatively.

    Kristen de Groot

    Who, What, Why: Luke Godsey’s Appalachian quilt
    Luke Godsey holds a multicolored quilt up at the PWC

    Luke Godsey and the in-progress quilt at the Penn Women’s Center

  • Who, What, Why

    • Who, What, Why: Luke Godsey’s Appalachian quilt

    Luke Godsey, a second-year student in the College of Arts and Sciences, has created a quilt for the Penn Women’s Center as part of a new art series.

    Kristina García

    25 years of UMOJA at Penn
    Nine people stand underneath a screen that reads "The Legacy of UMOJA 25th anniversary celebration"

    UMOJA members stand with Berry and Redding at the December 2023 celebration.

    (Image: Tarah Paul)

    25 years of UMOJA at Penn

    UMOJA, Penn’s organization for Black student life on campus has provided outreach, collaboration, and unity since 1998.

    Kristina García

    Teaching doglike robots to walk on the moon’s dusty, icy surface
    Close-up of NASA's LASSIE robot, logo in frame.

    Penn researchers are part of a collaborative multidisciplinary effort that’s preparing doglike robots to traverse extraterrestrial landscapes, like those that are analogous to the moon’s surface.

    (Image: Courtesy of Sean Grasso)

    Teaching doglike robots to walk on the moon’s dusty, icy surface

    Researchers from Penn are part of a NASA-funded multidisciplinary collaborative effort that’s teaching robots to navigate the extraterrestrial craters, like the moon and Mars.
    The stories of a war-scarred Colombian rainforest
    The Colombian rainforest.

    Aerial view of the torrential rivers of the Andean-Amazonian foothills of Putumayo.

    (Image: Daniel Mendieta Giraldo)

    The stories of a war-scarred Colombian rainforest

    Through her research, Kristina Lyons, associate professor of anthropology, is relaying the tales of the land’s suffering, as well as its enduring practical and spiritual importance to its residents.

    Blake Cole

    Four Penn undergrads are 2024 Goldwater Scholars
    Four students pictured in a grid

    Penn’s 2024 Goldwater Scholars (clockwise from top left) are third-year students Hayle Kim, Kaitlin Mrksich, Eric Tao and Eric Myzelev. Kim, Myzelev and Tao are in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Mrksich in the School of Engineering and Applied Science. 

    (Images: Courtesy of the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships)

    Four Penn undergrads are 2024 Goldwater Scholars

    Four Penn third-year students have received 2024 Goldwater Scholarships, awarded to undergraduates planning research careers in mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering.
    Author Celeste Ng and the questions that drive her
    Three people sitting on a stage discussing books

    From left to right: David Eng, Celeste Ng, and Lynnea Bao.

    (Image: Cory Shin)

    Author Celeste Ng and the questions that drive her

    At the annual Yoonmee Chang Memorial Lecture, author Celeste Ng spoke about her writing process, the model minority stereotype, and the role of legacy, art, and belonging in her work.

    Kristina García

    Lauder students embark on odyssey through Georgia
    Group of people huddled together in front of a mural.

    Attendees of the Lauder Institute’s LIV trip to Georgia pose in front of the Russian Georgian Friendship Monument, erected by the Soviet Union in 1983 in northern Georgia. 

    (Image: The Lauder Institute)

    Lauder students embark on odyssey through Georgia

    As part of the Lauder Institute’s Lauder Intercultural Ventures program, graduate students traveled to Georgia, to the Russian border, and beyond, learning about wine, language, historical reckonings, and more.