Penn Lions in the Year of the Tiger The Penn Lions train for Lunar New Year. This year’s choreography features a tussle between two lions. Penn Lions in the Year of the Tiger The Penn Lions spreads good luck and blessings for Lunar New Year, a reminder of rebirth and new beginnings.
Asian American Pacific Heritage Week: Connecting with culture Members of Penn Appétit present their culinary creations to Inga Lam. Asian American Pacific Heritage Week: Connecting with culture The 18th annual Asian American Pacific Heritage Week culminated with a student-moderated keynote talk delivered by Inga Lam, a senior video producer at Buzzfeed and YouTube phenomenon.
Rising tension between China and Taiwan, explained China has been increasing military pressure on Taiwan in recent days, sending nearly 150 warplanes over the island that it views as a breakaway province. Q&A Rising tension between China and Taiwan, explained Jacques deLisle, the director of The Center for the Study of Contemporary China, shares his thoughts China’s increasing military pressure and what’s next
Mid-autumn moon festival The mid-autumn festival often serves as a family reunion, with the moon’s perfect circle symbolizing completion and unity. Mid-autumn moon festival With a moon viewing, cultural information, and food, the LGBT Center, Penn Queer and Asian, and the Penn Taiwanese Society held a celebration of the traditional harvest festival tied to the Chinese lunar calendar.
Archiving empire with religious studies’ Megan Robb Professor Megan Robb (center) worked with a team of students including Michael Goerlitz (left) and Juliana Lu (right) to create a digital archive centered on Elizabeth Sharaf-un-Nisa, an 18th-century Mughal woman who cohabited with a European man working for the East India Company, bearing children, marrying him, and ultimately living out the remainder of her life in England. Archiving empire with religious studies’ Megan Robb A long-unseen archive centered on an 18th-century Mughal woman will soon be publicly accessible, thanks to the work of religious studies professor Megan Robb of the School of Arts & Sciences and a team of Penn students.
Translating the immigrant experience into intercultural expertise Kia Lor, a first-generation Hmong American, navigates interculturalism as the new associate director of Greenfield Intercultural Center. Translating the immigrant experience into intercultural expertise Kia Lor of the Greenfield Intercultural Center supports students at Penn while navigating multiple cultures.
The Sachs Program announces winners of AAPI grants A photo of Palawan. Islands in the province of Palawan were the first to come under Spanish influence and is where archaeologists have found the first signs of human life in the Philippines. The region serves as a starting point for telling indigenous stories in Jo Tiongson Perez’s children’s book that will retell eight indigenous Philippine stories. (Image: Michael Perez) The Sachs Program announces winners of AAPI grants Fourteen projects will be funded as part of the program’s responsive call for proposals in support of Asian-American and Pacific Islander artists at Penn.
The Tokyo Olympics and politics of the pandemic Q&A The Tokyo Olympics and politics of the pandemic In a Q&A, Frederick Dickinson of the School of Arts & Sciences talks about the politics surrounding the Tokyo Olympics and its historical significance to Japan.
Sex, taboo, and family conversation Simran Chand’s double award-winning senior honors thesis explores familial sexual education among second-generation South Asian American students. (Image: @rhsupplies via Unsplash) Sex, taboo, and family conversation Simran Chand's thesis, “Familial Sexual Education for South Asian American Undergraduates and its Implications on Sexual Wellbeing,” used qualitative and quantitative analysis to determine the experiences of parental sexual communications among second-generation South Asian American Penn students.
India’s COVID crisis "Everyone’s biggest worry was that India... was extremely vulnerable, given that its population of 1.4 billion people live in very densely populated areas,” says Harsha Thirumurthy. Pictured: Jaipur, India. (Image: Adam Auerbach) India’s COVID crisis Political scientist Tariq Thachil of the School of Arts & Sciences and economist and public health expert Harsha Thirumurthy of the Perelman School of Medicine take a look at what’s happening in India with the pandemic's second wave and what can be done to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.