Challenging the boundaries of STEM Cynthia Dahl of Penn Carey Law, Pinar Yildirim of the Wharton School, Della Jenkins of the School of Social Policy & Practice, and Mecky Pohlschröder of the School of Arts & Sciences spoke on a panel for the 2024 Women in STEM Symposium. nocred Challenging the boundaries of STEM Female faculty and staff from the School of Social Policy & Practice, the Wharton School, and Penn Carey Law shared how they integrate science, technology, engineering, and math into their work.
37th annual Women of Color Day at Penn Valerie Dorsey-Allen (left) poses with Colleen Winn (right), who won the Joann Mitchell Outstanding Legacy award. nocred 37th annual Women of Color Day at Penn The annual Women of Color at Penn awards honored students, staff, faculty and community members for their research, leadership, and service.
The success of women’s college basketball is more than just Caitlin Clark Penn In the News Marketplace (NPR) The success of women’s college basketball is more than just Caitlin Clark Kenneth Shropshire of the Wharton School says that women’s college basketball needs to cultivate more superstars and superstar matchups like Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese to keep investors bought in and fans engaged. Supreme Court is under pressure to step into the debate over transgender rights Penn In the News CNN Supreme Court is under pressure to step into the debate over transgender rights Tobias Barrington Wolff of Penn Carey Law says that appeals against punitive state bans concerning transgender rights make a strong case for Supreme Court intervention. Imagining a sustainable future in Southern Greenland The Narsarsuaq Hotel, a former military barracks located a few hundred feet from the Narsarsuaq Airport (a former military airfield), and the diesel power plant in Narsaq. The town is one of the only settlements in South Greenland still powered by diesel instead of hydro-electric power. (Image: Billy Fleming) Imagining a sustainable future in Southern Greenland Billy Fleming and landscape architecture students in the Weitzman School of Design brainstormed possibilities for a green economy in a former mining town in one of the fastest-warming regions on Earth. A Wharton video series on DEI in industries and the racial wealth gap Image: iStock/nortonrsx A Wharton video series on DEI in industries and the racial wealth gap A limited four-part series hosted by Wharton’s Kenneth Shropshire called “Opportunity Matters” explores the intersection between diversity, equity, and inclusion in industries, and their influence on the racial wealth gap. ‘From the Freedom Rides to neuroscience’ University of Pennsylvania neuroscience professor Peter Sterling joined the Freedom Rides in 1961, when he was an undergraduate at Cornell University, and was arrested. (Images: Courtesy of the Office of Social Equity and Inclusion) ‘From the Freedom Rides to neuroscience’ In conversation with Professor of Practice Ben Jealous, neuroscience professor Peter Sterling returned to campus to talk about activism in his youth and how that informed his research in health. Who, What Why: Om Manghani With MathMates, an after-school tutoring program at Andrew Hamilton School, Om Manghani has started a program to help middle school students succeed. nocred Who, What, Why Who, What Why: Om Manghani With MathMates, an after-school tutoring program at Andrew Hamilton School, Om Manghani has started a program to help middle school students succeed. But it’s about more than fractions and decimals, he says. Celebrating the Projects for Progress 2023 cohort Charles “Chaz” Howard (left) honored the recipients of the 2023 Projects for Progress Awards: UCC; Positioned for Success; and The Breathing Room teams. nocred Celebrating the Projects for Progress 2023 cohort At an event on Jan. 30, three winning project groups were honored for ‘choosing to help make lives better.’ ‘Are Civil Rights Enough?’ PIK Professor Dorothy Roberts addresses the audience at the 23rd annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture in Social Justice. nocred ‘Are Civil Rights Enough?’ During the 23rd annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture in Social Justice, PIK Professor Dorothy Roberts addressed the question “Are Civil Rights Enough?” Load More
Supreme Court is under pressure to step into the debate over transgender rights Penn In the News CNN Supreme Court is under pressure to step into the debate over transgender rights Tobias Barrington Wolff of Penn Carey Law says that appeals against punitive state bans concerning transgender rights make a strong case for Supreme Court intervention. Imagining a sustainable future in Southern Greenland The Narsarsuaq Hotel, a former military barracks located a few hundred feet from the Narsarsuaq Airport (a former military airfield), and the diesel power plant in Narsaq. The town is one of the only settlements in South Greenland still powered by diesel instead of hydro-electric power. (Image: Billy Fleming) Imagining a sustainable future in Southern Greenland Billy Fleming and landscape architecture students in the Weitzman School of Design brainstormed possibilities for a green economy in a former mining town in one of the fastest-warming regions on Earth. A Wharton video series on DEI in industries and the racial wealth gap Image: iStock/nortonrsx A Wharton video series on DEI in industries and the racial wealth gap A limited four-part series hosted by Wharton’s Kenneth Shropshire called “Opportunity Matters” explores the intersection between diversity, equity, and inclusion in industries, and their influence on the racial wealth gap. ‘From the Freedom Rides to neuroscience’ University of Pennsylvania neuroscience professor Peter Sterling joined the Freedom Rides in 1961, when he was an undergraduate at Cornell University, and was arrested. (Images: Courtesy of the Office of Social Equity and Inclusion) ‘From the Freedom Rides to neuroscience’ In conversation with Professor of Practice Ben Jealous, neuroscience professor Peter Sterling returned to campus to talk about activism in his youth and how that informed his research in health. Who, What Why: Om Manghani With MathMates, an after-school tutoring program at Andrew Hamilton School, Om Manghani has started a program to help middle school students succeed. nocred Who, What, Why Who, What Why: Om Manghani With MathMates, an after-school tutoring program at Andrew Hamilton School, Om Manghani has started a program to help middle school students succeed. But it’s about more than fractions and decimals, he says. Celebrating the Projects for Progress 2023 cohort Charles “Chaz” Howard (left) honored the recipients of the 2023 Projects for Progress Awards: UCC; Positioned for Success; and The Breathing Room teams. nocred Celebrating the Projects for Progress 2023 cohort At an event on Jan. 30, three winning project groups were honored for ‘choosing to help make lives better.’ ‘Are Civil Rights Enough?’ PIK Professor Dorothy Roberts addresses the audience at the 23rd annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture in Social Justice. nocred ‘Are Civil Rights Enough?’ During the 23rd annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture in Social Justice, PIK Professor Dorothy Roberts addressed the question “Are Civil Rights Enough?”
Imagining a sustainable future in Southern Greenland The Narsarsuaq Hotel, a former military barracks located a few hundred feet from the Narsarsuaq Airport (a former military airfield), and the diesel power plant in Narsaq. The town is one of the only settlements in South Greenland still powered by diesel instead of hydro-electric power. (Image: Billy Fleming) Imagining a sustainable future in Southern Greenland Billy Fleming and landscape architecture students in the Weitzman School of Design brainstormed possibilities for a green economy in a former mining town in one of the fastest-warming regions on Earth.
A Wharton video series on DEI in industries and the racial wealth gap Image: iStock/nortonrsx A Wharton video series on DEI in industries and the racial wealth gap A limited four-part series hosted by Wharton’s Kenneth Shropshire called “Opportunity Matters” explores the intersection between diversity, equity, and inclusion in industries, and their influence on the racial wealth gap.
‘From the Freedom Rides to neuroscience’ University of Pennsylvania neuroscience professor Peter Sterling joined the Freedom Rides in 1961, when he was an undergraduate at Cornell University, and was arrested. (Images: Courtesy of the Office of Social Equity and Inclusion) ‘From the Freedom Rides to neuroscience’ In conversation with Professor of Practice Ben Jealous, neuroscience professor Peter Sterling returned to campus to talk about activism in his youth and how that informed his research in health.
Who, What Why: Om Manghani With MathMates, an after-school tutoring program at Andrew Hamilton School, Om Manghani has started a program to help middle school students succeed. nocred Who, What, Why Who, What Why: Om Manghani With MathMates, an after-school tutoring program at Andrew Hamilton School, Om Manghani has started a program to help middle school students succeed. But it’s about more than fractions and decimals, he says.
Celebrating the Projects for Progress 2023 cohort Charles “Chaz” Howard (left) honored the recipients of the 2023 Projects for Progress Awards: UCC; Positioned for Success; and The Breathing Room teams. nocred Celebrating the Projects for Progress 2023 cohort At an event on Jan. 30, three winning project groups were honored for ‘choosing to help make lives better.’
‘Are Civil Rights Enough?’ PIK Professor Dorothy Roberts addresses the audience at the 23rd annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture in Social Justice. nocred ‘Are Civil Rights Enough?’ During the 23rd annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture in Social Justice, PIK Professor Dorothy Roberts addressed the question “Are Civil Rights Enough?”