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One year post-Dobbs, what’s actually happened?
Protesters both pro- and anti-choice holding signs in Washington D.C. Abortion rights advocates and anti-abortion advocates demonstrate at the U.S. Supreme Court.

(Image: DJ McCoy/iStock)

One year post-Dobbs, what’s actually happened?

Four takeaways from Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences researchers in the aftermath of the 2022 Supreme Court decision overturning the constitutional right to an abortion.

Michele W. Berger

Starstruck on the Cannes red carpet
two students standing on the red carpet steps with many people behind them

Naiburg-Smith (left) and Sweeney on the fabled Lumière Theater red-carpet stairs at Cannes.

(Image: Courtesy of Isabel Sweeney)

Starstruck on the Cannes red carpet

The 30 students who attended the Cannes Film Festival through a Penn Summer Abroad course were able to watch screenings of at least three to four films a day. For the most sought-after American film premieres they waited in “last-minute” lines for hours.
Becoming American: A ceremony for new citizens
Newly naturalized U.S. citizens raise their right hands to take the oath of citizenship in the Harrison Auditorium at the Penn Museum, with officials on a stage in front of them and an American flag on the right side of the stage.

The naturalization ceremony at the Penn Museum’s Harrison Auditorium featured 37 new American citizens.

(Image: Courtesy of Penn Global)

Becoming American: A ceremony for new citizens

In keeping with its motto of “bringing the world to Penn and Penn to the world,” Penn Global hosted a naturalization ceremony on campus for 37 new citizens.

Kristen de Groot

Leading the charge: new research unveils the future of energy-efficent power delivery
Digital illustration of lithium ions passing through two-dimensional channels within a crystal structure

The rapid movement of lithium ions along the 2D vertical channels in the T-Niobium oxide (T-Nb2O5) thin film results in unique property changes and a chase transition. The blue and purple polyhedra show T-Nb2O5 lattices, without and with lithium, respectively. The bright green spheres represent lithium ions.

(Image: Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics / Patricia Bondia)

Leading the charge: new research unveils the future of energy-efficent power delivery

Penn’s Andrew Rappe and collaborators explore high-quality thin films to propel power into the future.
Supporting less commonly taught languages
Feride Hatiboglu poses for a photo at Penn.

The School of Arts & Sciences’ Feride Hatiboglu, who coordinates the Turkish Language Program, has been elected president of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages.

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Supporting less commonly taught languages

Recently elected president of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages, Turkish Language Program coordinator Feride Hatiboglu discusses the value of learning languages beyond Spanish, French, German, and Italian.
The ‘true value of women’s work’
wages for housework archives display

The new building on Wayne Ave. includes posters, banners, and ephemera from the movement’s 50-year history.

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The ‘true value of women’s work’

The Wages for Housework movement is a precursor to the Child Tax Credit and guaranteed income, says sociologist Pilar Gonalons-Pons. A community center in Germantown houses their 50-year archive and carries on the work.

Kristina García

Reinventing customary law in medieval France
Historian Ada Kuskowski listens to a speaker sitting next to her at a table.

Ada Maria Kuskowski is a medieval and legal historian. 

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  • Q&A

    • Reinventing customary law in medieval France

    A new book by historian Ada Maria Kuskowski of the School of Arts & Sciences traces the formation of customary law as a field of knowledge in medieval Europe.

    Kristen de Groot

    In support of a wilder democracy
    An American flag on a hilltop at dusk.

    Image: iStock/Richard Stephen

    In support of a wilder democracy

    A new book from political science professor Anne Norton advocates for a system that embraces self-reliance, freedom, and courage.

    From Omnia

    Creating authentic connections in virtual teams
    Five Matriarca artisans at a table sharing a laptop.

    Matriarca artisans.

    (Image: Fundación Gran Chaco)

    Creating authentic connections in virtual teams

    Working with Matriarca, an Argentinian sustainable goods distributor, scientists from the Wharton Neuroscience Initiative leveraged an exercise known as ‘Fast Friends’ to improve online collaboration within the organization.

    From Knowledge at Wharton

    Who, What, Why: Rich Lizardo on poverty in early modern Spain
    Rich Lizardo sits on concrete stairs in front of greenery on Penn campus.

    History Ph.D. candidate Rich Lizardo.

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  • Who, What, Why

    • Who, What, Why: Rich Lizardo on poverty in early modern Spain

    The history Ph.D. candidate’s work traces the evolution of the ideas, institutions, and images of poverty in early modern Spain and highlights how much of the current debates on poverty echo those of the past.

    Kristen de Groot