Using AI to map research in the School of Arts & Sciences Colin Twomey created the University Atlas Project, showing the thematic commonalities between research publications from current faculty in the School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania. Viewers can search for publications by department, faculty member, program affiliation, keyword, or year. The map can be viewed at uatlas.com/penn/sasnocred Using AI to map research in the School of Arts & Sciences Colin Twomey of the Data Driven Discovery Initiative applied a large language model to create a color-coded, interactive map of publications from current SAS faculty.
Redlining and rentals Aerial view of a Park Forest neighborhood in 1952 that captures the neat rows of homes that characterized the post-World War II housing boom in the planned community.(Image: Owen Kent via the Chicago Historical Society) Redlining and rentals Historian Brent Cebul in the School of Arts & Sciences is working on a new digital mapping project looking at the impact of Federal Housing Administration policies on the availability of affordable rental housing post-World War II.
The anthropology of plastics in India Children inspect plastic waste in a scrapyard with skyscrapers on the horizon line.(Image: Sidharth Chitalia) The anthropology of plastics in India Doctoral candidate Adwaita Banerjee uses ethnographic research to document the ecological transition of the Deonar dumping ground, where thousands of Dalits and Muslim migrants mine the area for plastic that can be resold and recycled.
Takeaways from the U.K. elections Labour Party leader Keir Starmer with his supporters at the Tate Modern in London on July 5, 2024.(Image: AP Photo/Kin Cheung) Q&A Takeaways from the U.K. elections Political scientist Brendan O’Leary of the School of Arts & Sciences offers his take on the Labour Party’s landslide victory and what it means going forward.
A first, physical system to learn nonlinear tasks without a traditional computer processor University of Pennsylvania physics and engineering researchers have created a contrastive local learning network, an analog system that is fast, low-power, scalable, and able to learn nonlinear tasks.(Image: Erica Moser) A first, physical system to learn nonlinear tasks without a traditional computer processor Physics and engineering researchers created a contrastive local learning network that is fast, low-power, and scalable.
Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw named inaugural faculty director of the Arthur Ross Gallery Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, Class of 1940 Bicentennial Term Professor in the Department of Art History in the School of Arts & Sciences, and inaugural faculty director of the Arthur Ross Gallery.(Image: Eric Sucar) Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw named inaugural faculty director of the Arthur Ross Gallery Shaw, a renowned scholar and teacher of American art who has been at Penn for almost 20 years, assumed the new role effective June 1.
Stonewall, revolt, and new queer art Jonathan Katz, an associate professor of practice in the Department of the History of Art, pictured inside his West Philadelphia home. Katz led the effort to launch the world’s first graduate queer art history fellowship at Penn.(Image: Scott Spitzer) Stonewall, revolt, and new queer art In a new book, art historian Jonathan D. Katz explores the Stonewall Riots and contemporary queer art.
The Civil Rights Act at 60 U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson reaches to shake hands with Martin Luther King Jr. after presenting the civil rights leader with one of the 72 pens used to sign the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in Washington, D.C., on July 2, 1964. Surrounding the president, from left, are, Rep. Roland Libonati, D-Ill., Rep. Peter Rodino, D-N.J., Rev. King, Emanuel Celler, D-N.Y., and behind Celler is Whitney Young, executive director of the National Urban League.(Image: AP Photo) The Civil Rights Act at 60 To mark the anniversary, Mary Francis Berry, Marcia Chatelain, and William Sturkey of the School of Arts & Sciences and Deuel Ross of Penn Carey Law offer takeaways on the landmark legislation.
Penn Glee Club goes to Italy The Glee Club members did extensive touring, including to St. Peter’s Square and St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City.nocred Penn Glee Club goes to Italy Rome, Milan, and Naples became the stage for the Penn Glee Club during its 10-day tour of Italy. Thirty-seven members went on the trip, mostly vocalists, but also members of the band and the tech crew.
What can polls tell us in 2024? Image: Gracia Lam for OMNIA What can polls tell us in 2024? John Lapinski, the Robert A. Fox Leadership Professor of Political Science and director of the Robert A. Fox Leadership Program and the Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies, talks polling in this presidential election year.