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Through first-year seminar, a glimpse of Black queer traditions
Dag Woubshet leading a class of students.

Associate professor of English Dag Woubshet leads students of the course “Black Queer Traditions” in Fisher-Bennett Hall. 

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Through first-year seminar, a glimpse of Black queer traditions

Dagmawi Woubshet, an associate professor of English, led a new first-year seminar in the fall that explores Black queer media and its intersection with history and politics.
Dark Energy Survey uncovers clues to universe’s complexity
an image of a spiral galaxy

An image of NGC 1365 collected by the Dark Energy Survey. Also known as the Great Barred Spiral Galaxy, NGC 1365 is an example of a spiral galaxy and is located about 56 million light-years away. (Image: DECam, DES Collaboration)

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Dark Energy Survey uncovers clues to universe’s complexity

The decade-long effort reveals findings consistent with standard cosmological models, but open to more complex interpretations.
‘The Tame and the Wild’ 
(Image: Courtesy of Harvard University Press)

A new book by historian Marcy Norton—“The Tame and the Wild, People and Animals After 1492”—looks at the colonization of the Americas through the lens of European and Native American beliefs about animal life.

(Image: Courtesy of Harvard University Press)

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    • ‘The Tame and the Wild’ 

    Historian Marcy Norton’s new book looks at the history of human-animal relationships in Europe and Native America and how they became entangled after 1492.

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    ‘Black Modernisms in the Transatlantic World’
    Bronze sculpture of a large bust of a Black woman on Penn’s campus surrounded by autumn leaves

    The 16-foot-tall bronze form of “Brick House” by artist Simone Leigh, who contributed to “Black Modernisms.”

    (Image: Eric Sucar)

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    • ‘Black Modernisms in the Transatlantic World’

    A new book, co-edited by art historian Huey Copeland, examines the conception of modernism and Black artistry and agency and how the transatlantic slave trade enabled the modern world.

    Kristina Linnea García

    Getting creative to communicate science
    (from left to right) Yidi Wang, Yi Wang, Deependra Singh, and Marielle Ong.

    Graduate students (from left to right) Yidi Wang, Yi Wang, Deependra Singh, and Marielle Ong. The volunteers helped Ong carry out her vision for the first iteration of the math circles—interactive, puzzle-based sessions—with a group of eight students at West Philadelphia High School.

    (Image: Courtesy of Marielle Ong for OMNIA)

    Getting creative to communicate science

    Across Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences, students and professors are devising imaginative ways to bring their scientific work to the public.

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    The Endangered Species Act at 50
    herring swimming

    (On homepage) River herring, also known as alewives, swim in a stream in Franklin, Maine. The fish were once headed for the endangered species list but have been making a comeback in some U.S. states.

    (Image: AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

    The Endangered Species Act at 50

    Ahead of the anniversary, experts from four schools across the University share their thoughts on the landmark legislation.

    Kristen de Groot

    Netter Center holiday book parties
    Two college students lean over a table to talk with elementary school students

    Penn students and district staff with students at Lea Elementary.

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    Netter Center holiday book parties

    At annual events hosted by the Netter Center’s Community School Student Partnerships, Penn students partner with K-12 West Philadelphia students.

    Kristina Linnea García

    Dedicating time to side gigs for good in the community
    Paul Best performs at Penn Museum.

    Paul Best performs at a Keepers of the Culture event at the Penn Museum in the fall of 2019.

    (Image: Courtesy of Paul Best)

    Dedicating time to side gigs for good in the community

    The 11th piece in this series highlights a museum educator who also teaches people through an Afrocentric storytelling group, a research coordinator volunteering with an LGBTQ+ band, a nurse collecting children’s books, and a Spanish lecturer picking up trash.
    Exchanging climate knowledge at COP28
    cop28 exterior

    Image: Dominika Zarzycka/NurPhoto via AP

    Exchanging climate knowledge at COP28

    More than two dozen researchers from schools and centers across the University traveled to Dubai for the UN’s annual climate change conference.
    Exploring the role of science communication in democracy
    Vanessa Schipani teaches class.

    Vanessa Schipani provides an op-ed writing tutorial during her Science Communication in Democracy course.

    Exploring the role of science communication in democracy

    Philosophy Ph.D. student Vanessa Schipani taught the SNF Paideia course Science Communication in Democracy, based on her dissertation research.