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A detailed look at the history of The Affordable Care Act
President Barack Obama signs the Affordable Care Act surrounded by lawmakers and a young child standing by the table.

On March 23, 2010, President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. (Image: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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A detailed look at the history of The Affordable Care Act

In a new book, Penn political scientist Daniel J. Hopkins offers a detailed study of Americans’ opinions about the Affordable Care Act and examines to what extent political elites can reshape public opinion through their words or policies.

Kristen de Groot

Out of the classroom and into the newsroom
Jared Mitovich and Tyler Jenkins-Wong stand outside the Perelman Center for Economics and Political Science on Penn's campus.

Jared Mitovich (left) and Tyler Jenkins-Wong were PORES student fellows at The Philadelphia Inquirer.

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Out of the classroom and into the newsroom

Student fellows in the Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies put their data-analysis skills and political know-how to use in creating user-friendly visualizations and enhancing traditional reporting practices.

Kristen de Groot

400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio
About six people standing looking at open books on a table in a library

John Pollack (fourth from left) of the Penn Libraries organized the First Folio Day and chose the Shakespeare-related works to put on display. 

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400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio

A Penn Libraries celebration of the 400th anniversary of the publication of William Shakespeare’s “Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies” featured students performing scenes and a rare appearance of four First Folios.

Louisa Shepard

Penn alumna awarded a 2023 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans
formal photo of Silvia Huerta Lopez

Silvia Huerta Lopez, a 2016 graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences, has received a 2023 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, which provides graduate school funding for immigrants and children of immigrants to the United States.

(Image: Courtesy of Penn’s Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships)

Penn alumna awarded a 2023 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans

Silvia Huerta Lopez, a 2016 graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences, has received a 2023 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, which provides graduate school funding for immigrants and children of immigrants to the United States. 

Louisa Shepard

The economics of addiction
Gloved hands clean up a collection of needles at an encampment for unhoused people.

A volunteer cleans up needles used for drug injection that were found at an encampment in Everett, Washington.

(Image: AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

The economics of addiction

Professor of Economics Jeremy Greenwood’s research is uncovering information about the opioid crisis, its effects on the labor shortage, and the law of unintended consequences.

Susan Ahlborn

Exploring heritage in all corners of the humanities
Detail of the painting “Pleasure Pillars” by Shahzia Sikander.

Detail of “Pleasure Pillars” by Shahzia Sikander.

(Image: Courtesy of Shahzia Sikander Studio via Wolf Humanities Center)

Exploring heritage in all corners of the humanities

Fellows of the 2022-2023 Undergraduate Humanities Forum share their collaborative research on “The World We Inherit.”

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Who, What, Why: Jing Jing Piriyalertsak on political messaging, Punch Bowl, and puns
Jing Jing Piriyalertsak stands in front of Perry World House.

Fourth-year Jing Jing Piriyalertsak says her classical studies, comparative literature, and history minors are the foundation for her international relations major.

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  • Who, What, Why

    • Who, What, Why: Jing Jing Piriyalertsak on political messaging, Punch Bowl, and puns

    The international relations major explores how narratives are shaped and how we understand the world through writing.

    Kristen de Groot

    Five from Penn elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2023
    five individual portraits in a composite

    The Academy of Arts and Sciences elected five Penn faculty this year, (left to right): (top) Mirjam Cvetič of the School of Arts & Sciences (SAS); Nader Engheta of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and SAS; and Vivian L. Gadsden of the Graduate School of Education and SAS; (bottom) Petra E. Todd of SAS, and E. John Wherry of the Perelman School of Medicine.

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    Five from Penn elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2023

    Faculty from the School of Arts & Sciences, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Graduate School of Education, and Perelman School of Medicine are recognized this year for contributions to physics, engineering and technology, education, economics, and microbiology and immunology.

    Kristen de Groot , Louisa Shepard , Katherine Unger Baillie