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Four from Penn elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Headshots of David Brainard, Duncan Watts, Susan R. Weiss, and Kenneth S. Zaret

Newly elected members of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, (clockwise from top left) David Brainard from the School of Arts & Sciences; Duncan Watts from the Annenberg School for Communication, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and the Wharton School; Kenneth S. Zaret; and Susan R. Weiss, both from the Perelman School of Medicine.

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Four from Penn elected to the National Academy of Sciences

The newly elected members, distinguished scholars recognized for their innovative contributions to original research, include faculty from the School of Arts & Sciences, Perelman School of Medicine, Annenberg School for Communication, and Wharton School.
Nuclear issues in the Middle East and North Africa
Former Egyptian Ambassador to the U.S. Nabil Fahmy stands at a podium speaking into a microphone in an auditorium at the Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics on Penn's campus.

Nabil Fahmy, former Egyptian Ambassador to the U.S. and former Foreign Minister of Egypt, spoke during the Middle East Center’s conference on nuclear issues in the region.

(Image: Courtesy of Karim Sharif/The Middle East Center)

Nuclear issues in the Middle East and North Africa

Nabil Fahmy, former foreign minister of Egypt and Egyptian ambassador to the United States, spoke on campus about the current state of nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament in that region.

Kristen de Groot

Student climate champions gather to share stories and inspiration
person dressed as a polar bear performs for a crowd

John Jarboe of the Bearded Ladies Cabaret performed as “the last polar bear on Earth” at WHYY headquarters. 

(Image: Emily Kaufman/PPEH)

Student climate champions gather to share stories and inspiration

More than 150 Philadelphia high schoolers came together at WHYY in a climate storytelling event organized by the public media company and the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities.

Katherine Unger Baillie

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