Adding (or subtracting) a spouse or partner? Changes can be made during Penn’s Open Enrollment nocred Adding (or subtracting) a spouse or partner? Changes can be made during Penn’s Open Enrollment This year’s Open Enrollment period for reviewing and updating benefits is April 29 through May 10, with several new options offered for families and individuals.
In conversation with the iconic Margaret Atwood Author and poet Margaret Atwood (left) was featured in conversation with Professor Emily Wilson during the School of Arts & Sciences’ annual Dean’s Forum at Irvine Auditorium. nocred In conversation with the iconic Margaret Atwood Author and poet Margaret Atwood was featured in conversation with Professor Emily Wilson during the School of Arts & Sciences’ annual Dean’s Forum.
Six from Penn elected 2024 AAAS Fellows Penn’s new AAAS Fellows for 2023, clockwise from top left: Dolores Albarracín, T. Tony Cai, Noam A. Cohen, Shu Yang, Edward A. Stadtmauer, and Michael Lampson.nocred. Six from Penn elected 2024 AAAS Fellows Researchers representing six schools join a class of scientists, engineers, and innovators spanning 24 scientific disciplines.
Impressionism and the modernization of time Claude Monet’s The Japanese Footbridge, 1899.(Image: Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington) Impressionism and the modernization of time A new book from history of art professor André Dombrowski knits together the works of artists like Claude Monet and the nature of time as it emerges in its present-day form.
With Project SHARPE, Amalia Daché documents reparations in higher ed Penn GSE associate professor Amalia Daché.(Image: Lora Reehling for Penn GSE) With Project SHARPE, Amalia Daché documents reparations in higher ed Project SHARPE aims to “look at work of reparations and what campuses founded before the Civil War are doing to repair,” surveying students of African descent about their experiences on campus.
Two Penn professors named 2024 Guggenheim Fellows Wale Adebanwi and Deborah A. Thomas of the School of Arts & Sciences.(Images: Courtesy of Penn Arts & Sciences and Shira Yudkoff) Two Penn professors named 2024 Guggenheim Fellows Wale Adebanwi and Deborah A. Thomas of the School of Arts & Sciences are among 188 fellows chosen in the United States and Canada.
Bringing cognitive science in action to young minds A Penn Upward Bound high school student observed brown-headed cowbird behavior at the Penn Smart Aviary.nocred Bringing cognitive science in action to young minds Penn Upward Bound high school students from West Philadelphia got a tour of the Penn Smart Aviary, GRASP Lab, and the Penn Vet Working Dog Center during a visit to Pennovation Works.
Understanding the Northeast earthquake Last week people in the Northeast experienced a rare earthquake that registered a magnitude of 4.8. To learn more about the mechanics of earthquakes and this occurrence, Penn Today spoke with David Goldsby of the School of Arts & Sciences and Robert Carpick of the School of Engineering and Applied Science.(Image: iStock/allanswart) Q&A Understanding the Northeast earthquake Last week, people in the Northeast experienced a rare earthquake that registered a magnitude of 4.8. Penn Today spoke with David Goldsby of the School of Arts & Sciences and Robert Carpick of the School of Engineering and Applied Science about the event.
The Penn-China architectural connection Lin Huiyin with Liang Sicheng at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, c. 1936. (Image: Fisher Fine Arts Library Image Collection) The Penn-China architectural connection Penn’s Weitzman School of Design has a long history of collaboration in China, and large number of Chinese international students are undertaking adaptive reuse and historical preservation projects.
Teaching doglike robots to walk on the moon’s dusty, icy surface Penn researchers are part of a collaborative multidisciplinary effort that’s preparing doglike robots to traverse extraterrestrial landscapes, like those that are analogous to the moon’s surface. (Image: Courtesy of Sean Grasso) Teaching doglike robots to walk on the moon’s dusty, icy surface Researchers from Penn are part of a NASA-funded multidisciplinary collaborative effort that’s teaching robots to navigate the extraterrestrial craters, like the moon and Mars.