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Crime and the scientific method
workbench showcasing the forensic toolkit

Crime and the scientific method

The multidisciplinary faculty in the Department of Criminology harness diverse methodologies to improve public safety and inform policy and planning.

Blake Cole , Michele W. Berger

Emma Hart on the death of Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth II, smiling.

Buckingham Palace announced the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-reigning monarch, on Sept. 8. (Image: Jane Barlow/AP Photos)

Emma Hart on the death of Queen Elizabeth II

The Penn historian and early modern Britain expert shares her thoughts about the British monarch who reigned for 70 years.
The future of decline in America
Jed Esty in his office

Jed Esty

The future of decline in America

In his new book “The Future of Decline: Anglo-American Culture at its Limits,” English Professor Jed Esty offers alternatives to America’s “language of greatness,” taking lessons from the experience of Britain during the past century.
What to know about Penn’s Eco-Reps program
Four office coworkers put their recycling in the bin.

The Staff and Faculty Eco-Reps program provides a variety of ways for those interested in sustainability to get involved. 

What to know about Penn’s Eco-Reps program

Four representatives from across the University talk about how this group provides a campus community that helps fight climate change, plus ways people, offices, and labs can get involved.

Marilyn Perkins

On book bans and free speech
Sigal Ben-Porath in conversation at the Graduate School of Education

Sigal Ben-Porath is a professor in Penn’s Graduate School of Education, in the Literacy, Culture, and International Education Division. She studies the ways institutions like schools and colleges can sustain and advance democracy.  

(Image: Eric Sucar)

On book bans and free speech

Sigal Ben-Porath of the Graduate School of Education says book bans and challenges affect free speech and expression, especially for young people, and that institutions of higher education are important for developing tools based on evidence for assessment.
Examining experimental print in ‘Cut/Copy/Paste’
Whitney Trettien standing in a stairwell.

Whitney Trettien, assistant professor of English in the School of Arts & Sciences, has just published her first book, "Cut/Copy/Paste." 

Examining experimental print in ‘Cut/Copy/Paste’

In her first book, Whitney Trettien of the School of Arts & Sciences experiments with printed and digital assets while examining bookwork from the 17th and 18th centuries.
PIK Professor Kevin Johnson: Informatics evangelist
kevin johnson at biology pond

PIK Professor Kevin Johnson: Informatics evangelist

The Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor with appointments in Penn Engineering and the Perelman School of Medicine on forging his own path in the fields of health care and computer science.

From Penn Engineering Today

The Higgs boson discovery, 10 years later
workers with hard hats stand next to the complex machinery of the Large Hadron Collider

The 25-meter-tall and 46-meter-long ATLAS detector, which identified the Higgs boson, is attached to the Large Hadron Collider. Lipeles and colleagues are moving into new research directions, including exploring how the Higgs might interact with dark matter. (Image: Yomiuri Shimbun/AP Images)

The Higgs boson discovery, 10 years later

Penn physicist Elliot Lipeles reflects on the past, present, and future of physics, from the discovery of the Higgs boson to theories about new subatomic particles.

Marilyn Perkins