Who, What, Why: Jamie-Lee Josselyn As associate director for recruitment for the Creative Writing Program, Jamie-Lee Josselyn visits high schools across the country to talk with student writers about opportunities at Penn. A Penn alum, she is also the founder and director of the Summer Workshop for Young Writers at the Kelly Writers House. nocred Who, What, Why Who, What, Why: Jamie-Lee Josselyn As associate director for recruitment for the Creative Writing Program, Jamie-Lee Josselyn visits high schools across the country to talk with student writers about opportunities at Penn.
Penn third-year Sarah Asfari named 2023 Beinecke Scholar Sarah Asfari, a third-year in the College of Arts and Sciences from Raleigh, North Carolina, has been awarded a 2023 Beinecke Scholarship to pursue a graduate degree in the arts, humanities, or social sciences. (Image: Courtesy of the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships) Penn third-year Sarah Asfari named 2023 Beinecke Scholar Asfari is one of 20 undergraduates in the nation to be awarded a 2023 Beinecke Scholarship to pursue a graduate degree in the arts, humanities, or social sciences.
Four Penn students are 2023 Goldwater Scholars Penn’s newest Goldwater Scholars are (clockwise from top left) third-years Andreas Ghosh, Zijian (William) Niu, Angela Song, and Jason Wang. (Images: Courtesy of Ghosh, Niu, Song, and Wang) Four Penn students are 2023 Goldwater Scholars Goldwater Scholarships are awarded to students planning research careers in mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering.
The Big Bang at 75 Where did the cosmos come from? This question has long been part of human speculation, says Vijay Balasubramanian. Today, thanks to scientists like Ralph Alpher and George Gamow, we have a rough picture: Some 13 billion years ago, the universe was a hot, dense state that cooled as it expanded. (Image: NASA via Unsplash.) Q&A The Big Bang at 75 Theoretical physicist Vijay Balasubramanian discusses the 75th anniversary of the alpha-beta-gamma paper, what we know—and don’t know—about the universe and the “very big gaps” left to discover.
Translating Russophone poetry of resistance into English Working on translations are (left to right) poet Igor Gulin, Penn Professor Kevin M.F. Platt (obscured), doctoral student in Penn’s Comparative Literature and Literary Theory Program Hilah Kohen, poet Ruthie Jenrbekova and Veniamin Gushchin of Columbia University. (Image: Courtesy of Narek Dallakyan and PEN America) Translating Russophone poetry of resistance into English A poetry translation symposium organized by Kevin M.F. Platt of the School of Arts & Sciences and colleagues, in partnership with PEN America, brought a group of Russian-language poets and American translators and scholars together in Armenia last fall.
New neutrino detection method A view inside the SNO detector when filled with water. In the background, there are 9,000 photomultiplier tubes that detect photons and the acrylic vessel that (now) holds liquid scintillator. The ropes that crisscross on the outside hold it down when the scintillator is added to prevent it from floating upwards. The acrylic vessel is 12 m wide, about half the width of an Olympic-sized swimming pool. The detector is located in SNOLAB, a research facility located 2km underground near Sudbury, Canada. (Image: SNO+ Collaboration) New neutrino detection method Research by Joshua Klein of the School of Arts & Science and an international team has found a way to detect distant subatomic particles using water.
Climate scientist Michael Mann makes a home at Penn nocred 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.
Panelists discuss ‘complex web’ of voting rights in America 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.
Guy Grossman offers a model for refugee hosting 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.
WXPN’s Black Opry Residency reclaims Americana as the inclusive genre it can be nocred WXPN’s Black Opry Residency reclaims Americana as the inclusive genre it can be In collaboration with Black Opry, WXPN invited six Black Americana musicians to participate in a week-long residency in Philadelphia.