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Michael Weisberg appointed interim director of Perry World House
Michael Weisberg at a podium in Penn’s Perry World House.

Michael Weisberg is the Bess W. Heyman President’s Distinguished Professor and Chair of Philosophy in the School of Arts and Sciences.

(Image: Courtesy of Perry World House)

Michael Weisberg appointed interim director of Perry World House

Weisberg has served as Senior Faculty Fellow, Global Climate Policy Lead, and director of Post-Graduate Programs at Perry World House since 2020.
Amy Paeth on the ‘poetry industrial complex’
Book cover for The American Poet Laureate at left, Amy Paeth at right.

Image: Courtesy of Amy Paeth/OMNIA

Amy Paeth on the ‘poetry industrial complex’

In her new book, the lecturer in critical writing in the School of Arts & Sciences uses the history of the U.S. poet laureate as a window into how the arts, government, industry, and private donors interact and shape culture.

Susan Ahlborn

Shifting the climate narrative
The sky glows yellow and purple after a strong summer storm in Philly.

On Sept. 12, PBS, WHYY, and the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media are set to gather a group of community leaders, journalists, science communicators, and scientists to explore the role of storytelling in climate change education.

(Image: iStock / Luke Chen)

  • Q&A

    • Shifting the climate narrative

    In a Q&A with Penn Today, Michael Mann of the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media shares his views on the role of storytelling in the fight against climate change.
    A historian’s look at the ‘illusions of progress’
    Man in laborer clothes holds shovel, smokes a pipe and looks at his paycheck by a sign reading "USA Work Program WPA"

    A Works Progress Administration worker receives his paycheck, 1939.

    (Image: Courtesy of the National Archives)

    A historian’s look at the ‘illusions of progress’

    A new book by historian Brent Cebul looks at the successes and failures of American liberalism, from the New Deal to the 1990s and beyond.

    Kristen de Groot

    Social ecology and community work in the Galápagos
    students studying the galapagos, sitting on waterfront

    (On homepage) On a Penn Global Research Institutes outing to Tortuga Bay, students and Penn Global’s Laurie Jensen sit on rocks in a lava field overlooking a hypersaline pool.

    (Image: Michael Weisberg)

    Social ecology and community work in the Galápagos

    Undergraduate and graduate students spent two months on San Cristóbal Island this summer, doing research on antibacterial resistance, vectors of disease, climate change adaptation, and the impact of climate change on mental health.
    Trading decisions are observable in the eyes of buyers and sellers
    Closeup of an eye.

    (Image: iStock/PeopleImages)

    Trading decisions are observable in the eyes of buyers and sellers

    In a new collaborative study, PIK Professor Michael Platt models how the decision-making process unfolds in the brains of buyers and sellers considering a deal. These decisions were observable in eye movements and pupil dilation.

    Liana F. Wait

    Who, What, Why: Amy Wu and the Brain Exercise Initiative
    Amy Wu

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  • Who, What, Why

    • Who, What, Why: Amy Wu and the Brain Exercise Initiative

    The fourth-year is the founder and president of Penn’s chapter of the Brain Exercise Initiative, a service club that connects student volunteers with senior citizens to help combat social isolation and cognitive decline.

    Liana F. Wait

    A hub for water innovation and leadership
    Jazmin Ricks and high school students from Paul Robeson High School at Cobbs Creek.

    Jazmin Ricks teaches students from Paul Robeson High School during the 2022 Cobbs Creek Summer Enrichment program.

    (Image: Melanie Chu)

    A hub for water innovation and leadership

    As the Water Center marks five years on campus, Penn Today takes a look at its achievements, ongoing projects, and plans for the future.

    Liana F. Wait

    Searching for resilience in our reefs
    Sea anemone larvae and a pipette.

    Sea anemone larvae is exposed to various high temperatures, and its growth and development is studied.

    (Image: Brooke Sietinsons)

    Searching for resilience in our reefs

    Some corals survive hotter temperatures better than others. In the lab of biologist Katie Barott, School of Arts & Sciences second-year students Alex Piven and Angela Ye have spent the summer trying to understand why.

    From Omnia