New Eastern Mediterranean Gallery opens at the Penn Museum Featuring 400 objects that span a period of 4,000 years, the Penn Museum is opening a new Eastern Mediterranean Gallery, the latest step in its building transformation. New Eastern Mediterranean Gallery opens at the Penn Museum Featuring 400 objects that span a period of 4,000 years, the Penn Museum is opening its new Eastern Mediterranean Gallery, the latest step in a multi-year building transformation.
Where does charcoal come from—and is it sustainable? Penn researchers say that there are more sustainable alternatives to eucalyptus plantation and charcoal production sites like this one in Kyegaliro, Uganda. (Image: Courtesy of Catherine Nabukalu). Where does charcoal come from—and is it sustainable? Charcoal energizes everything from backyard barbecues to industrial metallurgy, but its environmental impact is worse than once thought. Research from the School of Arts & Sciences finds that policy changes could make charcoal more sustainable.
Five election takeaways A cable network television broadcast on the Pennsylvania Senate race with Democrat John Fetterman and Republican Mehmet Oz on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (Image: AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Five election takeaways Stephanie Perry, executive director of the Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies and manager for exit polls at NBC News, shares her team’s top five exit-poll analyses to help explain what happened.
Want a good read? Check out these award-winning stories Want a good read? Check out these award-winning stories From the opening of the Penn Medicine Pavilion to the intricacies of broadband expansion—read some recent Penn Today stories that won district awards from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.
Brazil’s presidential election CLALS director Tulia Falleti, CLALS Distinguished Visiting Scholar Marilene Felinto, and Penn historian Melissa Teixeira, discuss Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva’s defeat of right-wing incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. Brazil’s presidential election Three experts share their thoughts on Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva’s defeat of right-wing incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, and what it means for Latin America’s largest democracy.
Despite lower crime rates in 2020, risk of victimization grew Despite lower crime rates in 2020, risk of victimization grew Research out of Penn and the Naval Postgraduate School found that early in the pandemic the possibility of getting robbed or assaulted in a public place in the U.S. jumped by 15% to 30%, a rate that has stayed elevated since.
At risk of persecution, scholars continue research at Penn (Homepage image) Ángel Alvarado was a top economist and lawmaker in Venezuela who was able to escape persecution with Penn’s At-Risk Scholars Program. He is currently the Latin America’s Project Senior Fellow at Penn’s Economics Department. At risk of persecution, scholars continue research at Penn The recently launched At-Risk Scholars Program has enabled two people—an art historian and economist—to escape persecution and danger with a period of residence at the University.
New discoveries in kagome metals New discoveries in kagome metals A collaborative study reveals insights into the properties of a recently discovered family of superconductors, with implications for future applications in quantum computing and other technologies.
Election Day 2022 Voters cast their ballots at a polling station in Derry, New Hampshire, on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. (Image: AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File) Election Day 2022 In what is sure to be an historic election, Penn Today looks back at the stories it published in the months and days leading to the midterms.
Why the Federal Reserve Bank is relevant in times of financial crisis Why the Federal Reserve Bank is relevant in times of financial crisis Harold Cole, the James Joo-Jin Kim Professor of Economics, sheds light on the Fed’s structure, objectives, and capabilities.