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Howard Stevenson: How can we mindfully navigate everyday racism?

Howard Stevenson: How can we mindfully navigate everyday racism?

Howard Stevenson of the Graduate School of Education gave a TED talk about racial literacy in today’s social climate. “Key to this literacy is a forgotten truth … that our cultural differences represent the power to heal the centuries of racial discrimination, dehumanization, and illness,” said Stevenson.

Kevin B. Mahoney named CEO of University of Pennsylvania Health System
Kevin B. Mahoney

Kevin B. Mahoney

Kevin B. Mahoney named CEO of University of Pennsylvania Health System

The Penn Medicine leader, who will assume this new role on July 1, is praised for developing visionary health system infrastructure and supporting lifesaving innovations in medicine.

Penn Today Staff

How Islamic feminism could shape gender equity
Islamic women in marketplace
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    • How Islamic feminism could shape gender equity

    Ahead of a lecture as part of the Religion and the Global Future speaker series, Assistant Professor of South Asian Religions Megan Robb discusses Islamic feminism’s potential influence on grassroots feminist movements.
    Campus running club benefits the body and the brain
    A group runs past trees and a green colored, Gothic-style building, Penn's College Hall.

    Passing College Hall, the Anennberg (Lunchtime) Running Club turns attention to featured speaker Sean Brown (far left). The club organizes two Ideas in Motion lecture series, one held while running and the other while walking.

    Campus running club benefits the body and the brain

    Three times a week runners gather in Annenberg Plaza to work their bodies and stretch their minds. Through regular runs and monthly running and walking lectures, the group fosters community and health while promoting intellectual exchange.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    A conversation with Kristen Ghodsee
    Kristen Ghodsee speaking at podium Kristen Ghodsee, professor of Russian and East European studies, delivers a lecture.

    A conversation with Kristen Ghodsee

    In the second episode of Penn Today’s “Office Hours” podcast series, a casual chat with Professor of Russian and East European Studies Professor Kristen Ghodsee.
    Professor Charles Bernstein awarded Yale’s 2019 Bollingen Prize for Poetry
    Charles Bernstein

    Penn English Professor Charles Bernstein

    Professor Charles Bernstein awarded Yale’s 2019 Bollingen Prize for Poetry

    Charles Bernstein is the 51st poet to be honored with the biennial prize, one of the most prestigious given to American writers. Bernstein’s latest collection, “Near/Miss,” was published last year.

    Louisa Shepard

    Bollingen Prize in American Poetry and nominees for the National Book Critics Circle and Edgar Allan Poe Awards are announced

    Bollingen Prize in American Poetry and nominees for the National Book Critics Circle and Edgar Allan Poe Awards are announced

    Charles Bernstein of the School of Arts and Sciences has been awarded the Bollingen Prize in American Poetry. “I am overwhelmed at being in the company of my fellow Bollingen winners,” Bernstein said. “How great that ‘Near/Miss’ has been so warmly welcomed into the world.”