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Hong Kong activist Nathan Law continues the fight
Activist Nathan Law poses in front of a painting in Perry World House

Hong Kong activist Nathan Law at Perry World House earlier this month.

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    • Hong Kong activist Nathan Law continues the fight

    The exiled activist and Perry World House Visiting Fellow discusses his current work and his thoughts on the state of democracy around the world.

    Kristen de Groot

    Stable, faster computer memory storage
    Silicon wafer reflecting different colors

    Stable, faster computer memory storage

    Researchers in the School of Arts & Sciences offer a new explanation for how certain materials can be grown on silicon and offer stable information storage at the nanometer scale for smaller, faster, more multifunctional processors.
    Who, What, Why: Sociologist Wendy Roth on genetic ancestry tests and race perception
    Sociologist Wendy Roth Wendy Roth is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology in the School of Arts & Sciences and a research associate in the Population Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania.
  • Who, What, Why

    • Who, What, Why: Sociologist Wendy Roth on genetic ancestry tests and race perception

    With funding from the National Institutes of Health, Roth plans to explore how people view others who change their racial identity based on results from at-home DNA kits.

    Michele W. Berger

    Marci Hamilton works to prevent child sex abuse globally
    Marci Hamilton sits at a table beside large windows overlooking campus.

    Marci Hamilton, Professor of Practice in Political Science. (Image: Jason Varney/OMNIA)

    Marci Hamilton works to prevent child sex abuse globally

    A new initiative from Hamilton’s CHILD USA and a survivor-led nonprofit called the Brave Movement will research statutes of limitations for every country in the world and track their findings in a global dashboard.

    Michele W. Berger

    Recreating the adrenal gland in a petri dish
    A pink stained microscopic image shows the round structure of adrenal organoids growing together

    The structure and function of adrenal gland ‘organoids’ grown in a petri dish at the School of Veterinary Medicine closely replicated that of the human adrenal gland, according to a new study. (Image: Courtesy of the Sasaki laboratory)

    Recreating the adrenal gland in a petri dish

    A School of Veterinary Medicine–led team coaxed stem cells to take on the characteristics and functions of a human adrenal gland, progress that could lead to new therapies for adrenal insufficiencies and a deeper understanding of the genetics of such disorders.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    Jewish history scholar talks antisemitism in today’s world
    Protesters march across a bridge protesting against hate and antisemitism.

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    • Jewish history scholar talks antisemitism in today’s world

    Historian Beth S. Wenger discusses the history of modern antisemitism, its effect on the Jewish people, antisemitism on the right and left, Kanye West, Kyrie Irving, criticism of Israel, and the history of Jewish people in America.
    James Ker and students are helping Latin live
    Interior of a reading room in the Fisher Fine Arts Library.

    James Ker and students are helping Latin live

    The professor of classical studies researches new approaches to teaching the language that reflects the 21st century.

    Susan Ahlborn

    Going beyond the binary in historical explorations of sex and gender
    Faculty member Beans Velocci

    Beans Velocci, a faculty member in the Department of History and Sociology of Science, studies the complex and conflicting ways gender and sex have been investigated and represented by scientists and medical professionals.

    Going beyond the binary in historical explorations of sex and gender

    Beans Velocci of the School of Arts & Sciences explores how sex and gender have been shaped and categorized through history—and the consequences of those constructions taking on the guise of scientific and medical fact.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    Penn fourth-year Vikram Balasubramanian named George J. Mitchell Scholar
    Vikram Balasubramanian standing in front of a leafy hedge wearing a suit and tie

    Fourth-year Vikram Balasubramanian has been selected as one of 12 in the nation to receive a George J. Mitchell Scholarship, which covers one academic year of graduate study in Ireland or Northern Ireland.

    Penn fourth-year Vikram Balasubramanian named George J. Mitchell Scholar

    Fourth-year Vikram Balasubramanian, a double-major in statistics and philosophy in the Wharton School and the College of Arts and Sciences, has been selected as one of 12 in the nation to receive a George J. Mitchell Scholarship, which covers one academic year of graduate study in Ireland or Northern Ireland.