Poet Wes Matthews combines writing, music, research, and service Matthews says he plans to write poetry throughout his life, and hopes someday to collaborate on a poem or book with his mother. Poet Wes Matthews combines writing, music, research, and service College fourth-year Wes Matthews is combining writing, music, research, and service during his Penn experience. A former Youth Poet Laureate of Philadelphia, the anthropology major and religious studies minor works at the Kelly Writers House and is a Wolf Humanities Center fellow.
‘Citizenship on the Edge’ A new book by anthropologist Deborah A. Thomas and political scientist Nancy J. Hirschmann compiles a series of essays examining citizenship from an interdisciplinary lens. Q&A ‘Citizenship on the Edge’ In a new book, anthropologist Deborah A. Thomas and political scientist Nancy J. Hirschmann look at who’s kept out of social governance and belonging.
World Heritage—too much of a good thing? Penn In the News ABC Australia World Heritage—too much of a good thing? PIK Professor Lynn Meskell, also of the Penn Museum, joins a radio conversation to discuss how the World Heritage Convention has become a victim of its own success. Humans may have started tending animals almost 13,000 years ago Penn In the News Science News Humans may have started tending animals almost 13,000 years ago Naomi Miller of the School of Arts & Sciences says that a University of Connecticut study confirms that dung was used as fuel between 12,800 and 12,300 years ago. The story the bowls tell Gross and Elitzur-Leiman are studying some intact, pristine bowls and others, like the one above, that are in pieces. “The sherds tell a story, too,” says Blanchard. The story the bowls tell In an ambitious new project, historian Simcha Gross and Harvard’s Rivka Elitzur-Leiman are studying hundreds of ancient incantation bowls housed at the Penn Museum. They hope to better understand the objects and eventually, build a database of all these bowls worldwide. Solving the mystery of migration into Micronesia Map of five inferred streams of migration into Micronesia. (Image: Liu et al., 2022, “Ancient DNA reveals five streams of migration into Micronesia and matrilocality in early Pacific seafarers,” Science, Vol 377, Issue 6601, pp. 72-79, DOI: 10.1126/science.abm6536) Q&A Solving the mystery of migration into Micronesia Penn anthropologist Theodore Schurr explains how the use of both ancient DNA and modern genetic materials revealed five paths into this western Pacific region of Oceania, and uncovered subtleties about the society’s marital customs. Wildfires have changed. Firefighting hasn’t Penn In the News Los Angeles Times Wildfires have changed. Firefighting hasn’t Adriana Petryna of the School of Arts & Sciences writes that risk factors for wildfires are setting the stage for disasters that our current tools are not always able to manage or suppress. Faith, athletic drive, and the Midwestern spirit Cam Landis, thrower, football player, anthropology major, and Midwesterner, explored his Jewish roots at Hillel, culminating in a bar mitzvah at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City. Faith, athletic drive, and the Midwestern spirit May graduate Cam Landis, an anthropology major from Madison, Ohio, played on the offensive line for the football team, walked on to the track team as a thrower—and delved into his Jewish roots at Hillel. A multidisciplinary approach to considering the Earth’s changing systems (Homepage image) Touching on a broad range of topics from climate’s impact on national security to resilient building design to emissions related to food production, the course aimed to boost students’ understanding of earth systems and climate literacy. (Image: NASA) A multidisciplinary approach to considering the Earth’s changing systems Bringing expertise from each of their disciplines, the School of Arts & Sciences’ Kathleen Morrison and Joseph Francisco and the Environmental Innovations Initiative’s Melissa Brown Goodall infused chemistry, anthropology, policy, and more into an introductory course on climate and the environment. From the page to the stage (Homepage image) Five students portray Dohhkin Rai, a tiger demon that convinces villain Dhona to sacrifice his own nephew in exchange for riches from the forest. “There’s a lot being said about the nature of lust and greed, about forgiveness, and about the bonds between parent and child, human and non-human, and the Earth and those who dwell on it,” Sethi says. From the page to the stage In collaboration with author Amitav Ghosh, musician Ali Sethi, and Penn’s Brooke O’Harra, 14 students brought to life a parable Ghosh wrote about the world’s largest mangrove forest, human greed, and the environment. Load More
Humans may have started tending animals almost 13,000 years ago Penn In the News Science News Humans may have started tending animals almost 13,000 years ago Naomi Miller of the School of Arts & Sciences says that a University of Connecticut study confirms that dung was used as fuel between 12,800 and 12,300 years ago. The story the bowls tell Gross and Elitzur-Leiman are studying some intact, pristine bowls and others, like the one above, that are in pieces. “The sherds tell a story, too,” says Blanchard. The story the bowls tell In an ambitious new project, historian Simcha Gross and Harvard’s Rivka Elitzur-Leiman are studying hundreds of ancient incantation bowls housed at the Penn Museum. They hope to better understand the objects and eventually, build a database of all these bowls worldwide. Solving the mystery of migration into Micronesia Map of five inferred streams of migration into Micronesia. (Image: Liu et al., 2022, “Ancient DNA reveals five streams of migration into Micronesia and matrilocality in early Pacific seafarers,” Science, Vol 377, Issue 6601, pp. 72-79, DOI: 10.1126/science.abm6536) Q&A Solving the mystery of migration into Micronesia Penn anthropologist Theodore Schurr explains how the use of both ancient DNA and modern genetic materials revealed five paths into this western Pacific region of Oceania, and uncovered subtleties about the society’s marital customs. Wildfires have changed. Firefighting hasn’t Penn In the News Los Angeles Times Wildfires have changed. Firefighting hasn’t Adriana Petryna of the School of Arts & Sciences writes that risk factors for wildfires are setting the stage for disasters that our current tools are not always able to manage or suppress. Faith, athletic drive, and the Midwestern spirit Cam Landis, thrower, football player, anthropology major, and Midwesterner, explored his Jewish roots at Hillel, culminating in a bar mitzvah at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City. Faith, athletic drive, and the Midwestern spirit May graduate Cam Landis, an anthropology major from Madison, Ohio, played on the offensive line for the football team, walked on to the track team as a thrower—and delved into his Jewish roots at Hillel. A multidisciplinary approach to considering the Earth’s changing systems (Homepage image) Touching on a broad range of topics from climate’s impact on national security to resilient building design to emissions related to food production, the course aimed to boost students’ understanding of earth systems and climate literacy. (Image: NASA) A multidisciplinary approach to considering the Earth’s changing systems Bringing expertise from each of their disciplines, the School of Arts & Sciences’ Kathleen Morrison and Joseph Francisco and the Environmental Innovations Initiative’s Melissa Brown Goodall infused chemistry, anthropology, policy, and more into an introductory course on climate and the environment. From the page to the stage (Homepage image) Five students portray Dohhkin Rai, a tiger demon that convinces villain Dhona to sacrifice his own nephew in exchange for riches from the forest. “There’s a lot being said about the nature of lust and greed, about forgiveness, and about the bonds between parent and child, human and non-human, and the Earth and those who dwell on it,” Sethi says. From the page to the stage In collaboration with author Amitav Ghosh, musician Ali Sethi, and Penn’s Brooke O’Harra, 14 students brought to life a parable Ghosh wrote about the world’s largest mangrove forest, human greed, and the environment. Load More
The story the bowls tell Gross and Elitzur-Leiman are studying some intact, pristine bowls and others, like the one above, that are in pieces. “The sherds tell a story, too,” says Blanchard. The story the bowls tell In an ambitious new project, historian Simcha Gross and Harvard’s Rivka Elitzur-Leiman are studying hundreds of ancient incantation bowls housed at the Penn Museum. They hope to better understand the objects and eventually, build a database of all these bowls worldwide.
Solving the mystery of migration into Micronesia Map of five inferred streams of migration into Micronesia. (Image: Liu et al., 2022, “Ancient DNA reveals five streams of migration into Micronesia and matrilocality in early Pacific seafarers,” Science, Vol 377, Issue 6601, pp. 72-79, DOI: 10.1126/science.abm6536) Q&A Solving the mystery of migration into Micronesia Penn anthropologist Theodore Schurr explains how the use of both ancient DNA and modern genetic materials revealed five paths into this western Pacific region of Oceania, and uncovered subtleties about the society’s marital customs.
Wildfires have changed. Firefighting hasn’t Penn In the News Los Angeles Times Wildfires have changed. Firefighting hasn’t Adriana Petryna of the School of Arts & Sciences writes that risk factors for wildfires are setting the stage for disasters that our current tools are not always able to manage or suppress. Faith, athletic drive, and the Midwestern spirit Cam Landis, thrower, football player, anthropology major, and Midwesterner, explored his Jewish roots at Hillel, culminating in a bar mitzvah at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City. Faith, athletic drive, and the Midwestern spirit May graduate Cam Landis, an anthropology major from Madison, Ohio, played on the offensive line for the football team, walked on to the track team as a thrower—and delved into his Jewish roots at Hillel. A multidisciplinary approach to considering the Earth’s changing systems (Homepage image) Touching on a broad range of topics from climate’s impact on national security to resilient building design to emissions related to food production, the course aimed to boost students’ understanding of earth systems and climate literacy. (Image: NASA) A multidisciplinary approach to considering the Earth’s changing systems Bringing expertise from each of their disciplines, the School of Arts & Sciences’ Kathleen Morrison and Joseph Francisco and the Environmental Innovations Initiative’s Melissa Brown Goodall infused chemistry, anthropology, policy, and more into an introductory course on climate and the environment. From the page to the stage (Homepage image) Five students portray Dohhkin Rai, a tiger demon that convinces villain Dhona to sacrifice his own nephew in exchange for riches from the forest. “There’s a lot being said about the nature of lust and greed, about forgiveness, and about the bonds between parent and child, human and non-human, and the Earth and those who dwell on it,” Sethi says. From the page to the stage In collaboration with author Amitav Ghosh, musician Ali Sethi, and Penn’s Brooke O’Harra, 14 students brought to life a parable Ghosh wrote about the world’s largest mangrove forest, human greed, and the environment.
Faith, athletic drive, and the Midwestern spirit Cam Landis, thrower, football player, anthropology major, and Midwesterner, explored his Jewish roots at Hillel, culminating in a bar mitzvah at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City. Faith, athletic drive, and the Midwestern spirit May graduate Cam Landis, an anthropology major from Madison, Ohio, played on the offensive line for the football team, walked on to the track team as a thrower—and delved into his Jewish roots at Hillel.
A multidisciplinary approach to considering the Earth’s changing systems (Homepage image) Touching on a broad range of topics from climate’s impact on national security to resilient building design to emissions related to food production, the course aimed to boost students’ understanding of earth systems and climate literacy. (Image: NASA) A multidisciplinary approach to considering the Earth’s changing systems Bringing expertise from each of their disciplines, the School of Arts & Sciences’ Kathleen Morrison and Joseph Francisco and the Environmental Innovations Initiative’s Melissa Brown Goodall infused chemistry, anthropology, policy, and more into an introductory course on climate and the environment.
From the page to the stage (Homepage image) Five students portray Dohhkin Rai, a tiger demon that convinces villain Dhona to sacrifice his own nephew in exchange for riches from the forest. “There’s a lot being said about the nature of lust and greed, about forgiveness, and about the bonds between parent and child, human and non-human, and the Earth and those who dwell on it,” Sethi says. From the page to the stage In collaboration with author Amitav Ghosh, musician Ali Sethi, and Penn’s Brooke O’Harra, 14 students brought to life a parable Ghosh wrote about the world’s largest mangrove forest, human greed, and the environment.