Who, What, Why: Kelly Garcia-Ramos, advocate for students with speech impediments Kelly Garcia-Ramos, a rising fourth-year neuroscience major in the College of Arts and Sciences, has founded a support group, SpeechFluency@Penn, for students who stutter. nocred Who, What, Why Who, What, Why: Kelly Garcia-Ramos, advocate for students with speech impediments Kelly Garcia-Ramos made the choice to no longer try to hide their stutter and last semester founded a support group, SpeechFluency@Penn, for students who stutter.
War and welfare in colonial Algeria The ossuary of Douaumont is a memorial to the soldiers of the Battle of Verdun of 1916, located on the border of the communes of Douaumont and Fleury-devant-Douaumont, a few kilometers from Verdun. It houses the remains of 130,000 unknown soldiers, French and Germans. In front of the ossuary, the national necropolis of Douaumont gathers 16,142 graves of French soldiers, mainly Catholic, including a square of 592 steles of Muslim soldiers. (Image: Sipa via AP Images) War and welfare in colonial Algeria A new paper from political scientist Melissa M. Lee finds that veteran benefits were distributed unequally between citizens and colonized subjects.
Ancient medicine in today’s world Image: Courtesy of Taylor Dysart Ancient medicine in today’s world Taylor Dysart, a doctoral candidate in the School of Arts & Sciences’ Department of History and Sociology of Science, probes modern science’s enthrallment with the powerful Amazonian intoxicant ayahuasca.
Three things to know about the debt ceiling fight People pass the front of the New York Stock Exchange in New York on March 22, 2023. Brinkmanship in Washington over raising the U.S. debt ceiling has begun to raise worries in parts of the financial markets. (Image: AP Photo/Peter Morgan, file) Three things to know about the debt ceiling fight Economist Harold L. Cole of the School of Arts & Sciences offers an overview of what could happen should the U.S. default on debt payments because no spending deal is reached.
What TikTok reveals about Gen Z dating In her thesis, Talia Fiester looked at contemporary Gen Z dating against the backdrop of neoliberalism and what she calls “the rejection of the couple form.” She did so by analyzing one of Gen Z’s pervasive mediums—TikTok. (Image: Beton Studio) What TikTok reveals about Gen Z dating In an honors thesis for Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, 2023 grad Talia Fiester examines “Neoliberal Love and the Pathology of Gen Z’s Singledom.”
Virtual reality in an ancient world nocred Virtual reality in an ancient world Students create films to document the reimagining of the Penn Museum’s Ancient Egypt and Nubia galleries.
Two Penn faculty elected to the American Philosophical Society Paul Offit, the Maurice R. Hilleman Chair of Vaccinology in the Department of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine, and director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; and Dorothy E. Roberts, the George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology and the Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights. (Images: (Left) Courtesy of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and (right) Sameer A. Khan) Two Penn faculty elected to the American Philosophical Society Paul Offit and Dorothy Roberts have been recognized for extraordinary accomplishments in their fields.
Truth-teller: Keisha-Khan Y. Perry, anthropologist of Black social movements Keisha-Khan Perry, anthropologist of Black social movements in the Americas, is the Presidential Penn Compact Associate Professor in Africana Studies. nocred Truth-teller: Keisha-Khan Y. Perry, anthropologist of Black social movements Keisha-Khan Perry, anthropologist of Black social movements in the Americas, is the Presidential Penn Compact Associate Professor in Africana Studies.
Reconsidering world heritage for the modern era The Archaeological Complex of Pachacamac, listed for the UNESCO Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System, Peru. (Image: Lynn Meskell) Reconsidering world heritage for the modern era Through recent research, archaeologist and Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor Lynn Meskell has continued to highlight how World Heritage Sites have become flashpoints for conflict and out of touch with local communities.
Class of 2023 Ivy Day The Penn Alumni Student of Merit Award winners (left to right): Joan Dartey, William Chase Seklar, Rebecca Nadler, Ryan Afreen, and Margaret Gladieux. (Image: Prestige Portraits) Class of 2023 Ivy Day For 150 years, Ivy Day has been an annual tradition at Penn, with each graduating class installing at least one new plaque, planting a sprig of ivy, and recognizing individual achievements.