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Faculty
‘A place of collaborative conversation’
‘A place of collaborative conversation’
On Sept. 26 and 27, the Weitzman School will host Landscape Futures: Centennial of the Department of Landscape Architecture, a two-day symposium to celebrate the department’s unique ecological foundations, its evolving curriculum, and its ongoing global influence on landscape architectural practice and education.
A method of ‘look twice, forgive once’ can sustain social cooperation
A method of ‘look twice, forgive once’ can sustain social cooperation
Using mathematical modeling, researchers from Penn and Princeton found a way to maintain cooperation without relying on complex norms or institutions.
First Fed rate cuts in four years
First Fed rate cuts in four years
Wharton’s Peter Conti-Brown, a financial historian focused on central banking and policy, discusses the Fed’s recent, and likely last, key decision before the presidential election.
Two Penn faculty awarded Pew Fellowships
Two Penn faculty awarded Pew Fellowships
Two Penn faculty -- installation artist and sculptor Michelle Lopez, and composer and musician Tyshawn Sorey -- each have been awarded one of 12 arts fellowships by the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage in Philadelphia.
Liquid crystals in motion mimic biological systems
Liquid crystals in motion mimic biological systems
Researchers in the lab of Chinedum Osuji have discovered that under the right conditions, liquid crystals form structures reminiscent of biological systems that can transport material from one place to another, much like complex biological systems.
Peter Struck: A champion for the liberal arts
Peter Struck: A champion for the liberal arts
The Vartan Gregorian Professor of the Humanities discusses his new role as the Stephen A. Levin Family Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, and how the liberal arts are foundational to education.
Reducing a dog’s temperature after exercise with voluntary head dunking
Reducing a dog’s temperature after exercise with voluntary head dunking
Penn Vet Working Dog Center researchers have identified an effective and field-applicable way to rapidly help dogs cool down after exercise.
Your child’s mental health diagnosis
Your child’s mental health diagnosis
School of Social Policy & Practice professor Jacqueline Corcoran’s new book is a go-to guide for those raising children with mental disorders.
Public opinion research in changing times
Public opinion research in changing times
In a Q&A, William Marble of the Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies talks about how PORES has had to adjust to the series of rapidly changing events in the presidential race and to longer-standing shifts in public opinion research methodologies.
Preparing the next generation of engineers to solve the world’s energy and sustainability problems
Preparing the next generation of engineers to solve the world’s energy and sustainability problems
Lorena Grundy is Penn Engineering’s new practice assistant professor in chemical and biomolecular engineering.
In the News
The Washington Post
Watching Biden, many see the heartbreaking indignities of aging
Jason Karlawish of the Perelman School of Medicine says that a debate inherently tests an individual’s cognitive abilities of attention, concentration, multitasking, working memory, and language.
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The New York Times
Mythical sword’s disappearance brings mystery to French village
Ada Maria Kuskowski of the School of Arts & Sciences comments on “The Song of Roland,” a poem that has been referenced by nationalist groups for its message that Muslims are an enemy and Muslim immigrants are overtaking France.
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The Washington Post
Supreme Court ethics remain at center stage after hard-right rulings
Kermit Roosevelt of Penn Carey Law said recent Supreme Court decisions will probably increase the public perception that the justices are partisan.
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The Hill
Law schools left reeling after latest Supreme Court earthquakes
Claire Finkelstein of Penn Carey Law comments on the Supreme Court ruling that presidents have broad immunity from prosecution when they are engaging in official acts.
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The Atlantic
What the Civil Rights Act really meant
William Sturkey of the School of Arts & Sciences writes that in a healthier democracy and in a freer and more open country, we would pass more laws like the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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MotherJones.com
Will the regulation shielding workers from heat be finalized before the election?
Penn Carey Law's Cary Coglianese says heat affects every outdoor worker and some major industries: construction, travel, transportation, and others.
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