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Talking about antisemitism
Dara Horn speaking and gesturing with her hands.

Award-winning author Dara Horn has written five novels and collection of essays. 

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Talking about antisemitism

More than 200 people attended a talk by author Dara Horn at Penn Hillel, the first of six speaker events in a new series on antisemitism and education organized by the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies.

Louisa Shepard

India, culture, and society
Three students gaze at the front of the class, laptops open

In India, Culture, and Society, students looked at a range of materials and practices to consider how national and cultural identities coalesce.

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India, culture, and society

In a class taught by doctoral candidate Akhil P. Veetil, students explore the culture that defines a nation.

Kristina Linnea García

Mechanics of knitting
Textures knitted through in a pattern.

Randall Kamien of the School of Arts & Sciences and long-time collaborator Geneviève Dion, a professor of design at Drexel University, are investigating the mechanics of knitting, an area of research that represents a significant shift in understanding and using fabrics.

(Image: Courtesy of Geneviève Dion)

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    • Mechanics of knitting

    Randall Kamien of the School of Arts & Sciences and Geneviève Dion of Drexel University share how combining traditional origami techniques with modern textile science can lead to practical applications in various industries.
    Ecuador’s state of emergency
    A military vehicle drives through a hilly residential neighborhood in Quito, Ecuador. Two women, one holding hands with a young child, walk alongside on the street.

    Soldiers patrol a residential area of northern Quito, Ecuador, on Jan. 11, 2024. President Daniel Noboa decreed Monday a national state of emergency due to a wave in crime, a measure that lets authorities suspend people's rights and mobilize the military. The government also imposed a curfew.

    (Image: AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

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    • Ecuador’s state of emergency

    In a Q&A, political scientist Jane Esberg discusses democracy and organized crime in Latin America. 

    Kristina Linnea García

    ‘Jews and the University: Antisemitism, Admissions, Academic Freedom’
    The Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies building entrance.

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    ‘Jews and the University: Antisemitism, Admissions, Academic Freedom’

    The Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at Penn is offering a spring speaker series, “Jews and the University: Antisemitism, Admissions, Academic Freedom,” that includes six events, the first on Tuesday at Penn Hillel.

    Louisa Shepard

    Exploring Jane Austen and Taylor Swift
    Melissa Jensen standing on a stairway

    A 1989 Penn grad, Melissa Jensen has taught literature and writing at Penn for 15 years.

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    Exploring Jane Austen and Taylor Swift

    In a first-year English seminar taught by Melissa Jensen in the School of Arts & Sciences, students focus on the teenaged writing by now-famous authors, musicians, and artists, including Jane Austen and Taylor Swift.

    Louisa Shepard

    Climate change and atmospheric dynamics unveil future weather extremes
    Canal middle agricultural dry by drought and heatwave on summer. water crisis and water stress on summer during long term drought on summer.

    A collaborative team of researchers led by Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences have found the interplay of natural systems and human-induced climate change are setting the stage for more frequent and severe weather events.

    (Image/iStock / Piyaset)

    Climate change and atmospheric dynamics unveil future weather extremes

    A collaborative team of researchers led by Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences have found the interplay of natural systems and human-induced climate change are setting the stage for more frequent and severe weather events.
    ‘Bartok’s Monster’ challenges conventions of theater
    A cellist performing on stage.

    “Bartok’s Monster” is a fusion of lecture, concert, and theater.

    (Image: Courtesy of Penn Live Arts)

    ‘Bartok’s Monster’ challenges conventions of theater

    In “Bartok’s Monster,” an interdisciplinary collaboration, Daedalus Quartet will perform Bartok’s String Quartet No. 3 and other string pieces mixed with acting, choreography, and an array of striking visuals.
    In hot water: Coral resilience in the face of climate change
    scuba diver researching coral

    Researchers led by Katie Barott collect data from coral populations in Kanohe Bay, Hawaii. 

    (Image: Courtesy of Kristen Brown)

    In hot water: Coral resilience in the face of climate change

    Over a decade, researchers from Penn studied coral species in Hawaii to better understand their adaptability to the effects of climate change.
    Three things to know about the Iowa caucuses
    A blurry person walks past a sign on a window reading "Iowa Caucuses, first in the nation" with an illustration of an elephant and a donkey inside the "o" in Iowa.

    A sign for the Iowa Caucuses on a downtown skywalk, in Des Moines, Iowa, on Feb. 4, 2020. Iowa Republicans have scheduled the party’s presidential nominating caucuses for Jan. 15, 2024.

    (Image: AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

    Three things to know about the Iowa caucuses

    John Lapinski, director of the Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies and director of elections at NBC News, shares his thoughts on what to watch Monday.

    Kristen de Groot