The crisis of climate-driven extinction From left: Erol Akçay, associate professor of biology in the School of Arts & Sciences; Michael Mann, Presidential Distinguished Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science in the School of Arts & Sciences, with a secondary appointment in the Annenberg School for Communication; Zinta Zommers, humanitarian affairs officer with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and served as the Wolk Visiting Fellow (2021-22) and a Visiting Fellow (2022-23) at the Perry World House; and Simon Richter, professor of Germanic languages and literatures, a Perry World House faculty fellow, a faculty fellow of Penn Institute of Urban Research, and a faculty advisory board member of the Water Center at Penn. (Image: Courtesy of Gabrielle Szcepanek) The crisis of climate-driven extinction In a session moderated by Simon Richter, panelists Erol Akçay, Michael Mann, and Zinta Zommers discussed the impact of climate change on efforts to conserve biological diversity.
Conflicts and cultural evolution: All for one and one for all? Image: iStock/cosmin4000 Conflicts and cultural evolution: All for one and one for all? Researchers from the School of Arts & Sciences show that, when it comes to learning and honing different skills, what’s better for the individual isn’t always better for the group.
By the Numbers: Undergraduates share their research Students stood by their posters during the event and answered questions posed by visitors. nocred By the Numbers By the Numbers: Undergraduates share their research Work by a record 436 students was featured in the Fall Research Expo sponsored by the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships.
Filmmaker Mira Nair’s approach to storytelling Mira Nair speaks with students and lecture attendees after the event. nocred Filmmaker Mira Nair’s approach to storytelling As a Saluja Global Fellow at the Center for the Advanced Study of India, filmmaker Mira Nair gave a lecture at the Penn Museum on art, storytelling, and filmmaking.
Fellowship in South Korea offers language benefits, cultural reconnection Claire Jun poses in front of the building where she did a health policy internship in Seoul, South Korea, at the Research Institute at the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service. (Image: Courtesy of Claire Jun) Fellowship in South Korea offers language benefits, cultural reconnection Third-year student Claire Jun used her FLAS fellowship this summer to participate in the study abroad program at Yonsei University and a health-policy internship at the National Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service.
Who, What, Why: Catherine Sorrentino and a souvenir of historic Germantown Catherine Sorrentino of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, spent her summer exploring the archives at Historic Germantown as part of the Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program. nocred Who, What, Why: Catherine Sorrentino and a souvenir of historic Germantown During a summer internship, history major Catherine Sorrentino encountered a 108-year-old book with insights into Black Philadelphia.
Tracking parental leisure time and ‘intensive mothering’ From left: Tyler Trang, Paula Fomby, and Claudia Bellacosa. nocred Tracking parental leisure time and ‘intensive mothering’ Paula Fomby, a professor of sociology in the School of Arts & Sciences, worked with a team of PURM students over the summer to analyze time-use data of parents from 1965 to 2019.
Removing the barrier surrounding solid tumors clears path for T cells Stroma-targeting CAR T cells (green) accumulate in the stroma surrounding a tumor in a mouse model of pancreatic cancer. (Image: Zebin Xiao) Removing the barrier surrounding solid tumors clears path for T cells Penn researchers uncover a new way to target solid tumors. Using CAR T cells to remove cancer-associated fibroblasts surrounding pancreatic tumors allows T cells to infiltrate and attack the tumor cells.
The Chilean coup, 50 years later On Sept. 11, 1973, soldiers supporting the coup led by Augusto Pinochet took cover as bombs are dropped on the Presidential Palace of La Moneda in Santiago, Chile. (Image: AP Photo/Enrique Aracena) The Chilean coup, 50 years later Two conversations mark the 50th anniversary of the military takeover on Sept. 11, 1973, discussing its political and historical implications.
Teaching Aristotle and modern moral philosophy nocred Teaching Aristotle and modern moral philosophy Philosophy professor Sukaina Hirji has expanded her work from Aristotle and the history of philosophy to contemporary issues of love and sex, oppression, and anger.