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Climate scientist Michael Mann makes a home at Penn
Michael Mann on Penn's campus

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  • Q&A

    • Climate scientist Michael Mann makes a home at Penn

    Known for his “hockey stick” graph that hammered home the dramatic rise of the warming climate, the climate scientist is now making his mark on Penn’s campus, both through his science and his work on communicating the urgent need for action on the climate crisis.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    Panelists discuss ‘complex web’ of voting rights in America
    A line of people waiting outside a polling place.

    Image: iStock/Massimo Giachetti

    Panelists discuss ‘complex web’ of voting rights in America

    President Liz Magill moderated the third Forum on Social Equity and Community, which featured Iván Espinoza-Madrigal, Lisa Fairfax, Michael Jones-Correa, and Liz Theoharis.

    Lauren Hertzler

    Guy Grossman offers a model for refugee hosting
    Guy Grossman.

    Guy Grossman, political science professor in Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences.

    (Image: Courtesy of OMNIA)

    Guy Grossman offers a model for refugee hosting

    The political science professor investigates the effects of Uganda’s refugee-hosting reforms on preventing public backlash.

    From Omnia

    First UN Water Conference in four decades includes a delegation from Penn
    Four panelists sit at table listening while one speaks into microphone

    Rohit Aggarwala of the NYC Environmental Protection underscored that managing for drought necessitates cross-border cooperation. “If we think of this as a zero-sum game, we’re going to lose,” he said.

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    First UN Water Conference in four decades includes a delegation from Penn

    Events on campus last week kicked off the global proceedings, which will include representatives from the Water Center at Penn, Penn Carey Law School, and the School of Arts & Sciences.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    By the Numbers: Six years of The Sachs Program student grants
    Distorted visions of people in a grid-like mirror

    Untitled, 1974-1977, gelatin sliver print. Tamir Williams, a Ph.D. candidate in History of Art and Sachs Program student grantee, will curate an exhibition titled A Space to Appear, A Space to Tarry, which will present works from the photographic series “Black Nightclubs on Chicago’s South Side” (1975-1977) by Penn alumnus Michael Abramson. The exhibition and supplemental programming is anticipated in the summer and fall 2023, and will be presented at a Penn-affiliated gallery and at a collective art space in Philadelphia.

    (Image: Michael Abramson)

  • By the Numbers

    • By the Numbers: Six years of The Sachs Program student grants

    This week, The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation announced its latest round of spring grants for students, and Penn Today offers a by-the-numbers look at the Program’s investment in students to date.
    Botswana’s president discusses good governance, democracy
    The president of Botswana smiles as he sits on a stage in front of the flag of his nation next to a bouquet of light blue and white flowers

    President Mokgweetsi Masisi came to Penn campus to discuss his nation’s success stories and how he’s tackled challenges.

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    Botswana’s president discusses good governance, democracy

    President Mokgweetsi Masisi spoke with Penn Professor Wale Adebanwi at the second annual Distinguished Lecture in African Studies.

    Kristen de Groot

    A centuries-old word with a modern twist
    Six people holding up signs with their pronouns.

    Image: iStock/Ekaterina Tveitan

    A centuries-old word with a modern twist

    The acceptable use of a singular “they” pronoun made official a linguistic trend already in use for centuries. People who are not represented by binary pronouns say it’s a helpful step, but a small one.
    How have women in the workforce fared, three years into the pandemic?
    A childcare worker at a table with three young children.

    (Homepage image) Women take on the majority of work in the care economy, both the informal, unpaid kind and paid jobs in fields like child care, education, and social services. “It might seem like the gender disparity has washed out and, in many areas, we have rebounded to pre-COVID levels,” says Gonalons-Pons. “But the care economy has not yet recovered.”

    (Image: iStock/Drazen Zigic)

    How have women in the workforce fared, three years into the pandemic?

    Despite hopeful signs that this demographic is returning to work, certain female-dominated sectors, like the care economy, still haven’t recovered, signaling there’s more to learn about COVID-19’s full effect.

    Michele W. Berger