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Regular folks in the Roman Empire
Kim Bowes and the cover of her book The Roman Peasant Project 2009-2014 with an illustration of a small wooden house in the country with a tree

Kimberly Bowes, archaeologist, classical studies professor, and director of the Integrated Studies Program, focuses not on the elite during the Roman Empire, but on the lived experience of the working poor and the economies that dominated their lives. Bowes has received both a Guggenheim Fellowship and a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship to expand her research.

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    • Regular folks in the Roman Empire

    Kimberly Bowes of the School of Arts & Sciences focuses on the lived experience of the Roman Empire’s working poor and the economies that dominated their lives 2,00 years ago.
    What I’ve learned: Wharton’s Anita Summers
    Anita Summers.

    Wharton professor emeritus Anita Summers. (Image: Knowledge at Wharton)

    What I’ve learned: Wharton’s Anita Summers

    Professor emeritus Anita Summers talks about her groundbreaking career in economics and public policy, and why integrity and evidence go hand in hand.

    From Knowledge at Wharton

    Talking admissions with Whitney Soule
    Whitney Soule.

    Whitney Soule, vice provost and dean of admissions. (Image: Lisa Godfrey)

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    • Talking admissions with Whitney Soule

    As vice provost and dean of admissions, Soule is challenged daily with thinking strategically about undergraduate enrollment at Penn—from recruitment to application processes and all that goes into admitting a class, to how financial aid and retention fits into the mix.

    Lauren Hertzler

    With plants as a model, studying the ‘complexity and reproducibility’ of developmental biology
    Aman Husbands

    By studying how plants develop, Aman Husbands, who joined the Department of Biology faculty this year, may make insights that find application well beyond the plant kingdom. 

    With plants as a model, studying the ‘complexity and reproducibility’ of developmental biology

    In his first year at Penn, biologist Aman Husbands is busy working on projects aimed at illuminating the molecular mechanisms that govern plant development.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    Six from Penn elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2022
    A grid of people that includes, in the top row, Dorothy Roberts, Drew Weissman, and Katalin Karikó, and in the bottom row, Yale Goodman, Nicholas Sambanis, and Diana Kotzin.

    Six researchers and faculty affiliated with the Perelman School of Medicine, School of Arts & Sciences, Graduate School of Education, and Penn Law have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2022. (Images: Courtesy of [counterclockwise from top left] Penn Law, Peggy Peterson/Penn Medicine, Penn Engineering, Nicholas Sambanis, Graduate School of Education)

    Six from Penn elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2022

    Faculty from the Perelman School of Medicine, School of Arts & Sciences, Graduate School of Education, and Law School join more 260 honorees recognized for contributions to academia, the arts, industry, public policy, and research.

    Michele W. Berger

    Supporting education in Ghana
    person with a cell phone

    The Graduate School of Education’s Sharon Wolf (not pictured)  is leading a research project on reaching parents in remote and impoverished regions of Ghana with supportive text messages to share information on helping their children, especially girls, succeed in school.

    Supporting education in Ghana

    The Graduate School of Education’s Sharon Wolf is leading a research project on reaching parents in remote and impoverished regions of Ghana with supportive text messages to share information on helping their children, especially girls, succeed in school.
    How universities can support mid-career faculty of color
    People sitting under trees in the middle of Penn campus.

    How universities can support mid-career faculty of color

    Faculty leaders at Penn and other Ivy Plus institutions attended a symposium to discuss what universities can do to better support mid-career faculty of color.

    Dee Patel

    Climate resilience, economic competitiveness, and equity at the megaregional level
    portraits of fritz steiner and bob yaro alongside the cover of their book with a map of the united states and the title megaregions and america's future

    In a Q&A about their new book “Megaregions and America’s Future,” Dean Frederick Steiner (left) and Emeritus Professor of Practice Robert Yaro of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design discuss how megaregions in the U.S. can address complex challenges.

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    • Climate resilience, economic competitiveness, and equity at the megaregional level

    In “Megaregions and America’s Future,” Emeritus Professor of Practice Robert Yaro and Dean Frederick Steiner discuss how megaregions in the U.S. can address complex challenges.

    Erica K. Brockmeier

    Elizabeth Heller’s lab uncovers how drug addiction can create lasting changes in genes
    Elizabeth Heller.

    Elizabeth Heller, assistant professor of pharmacology and head of the Heller Lab.

    Elizabeth Heller’s lab uncovers how drug addiction can create lasting changes in genes

    Leading a neuroepigenetics lab at her alma mater, Heller and the work of her 10-person lab is focused on molecular brain mechanisms, aiming to uncover chronic changes that can happen and keep happening in the brain long after exposure to addictive substances ends.

    Alex Gardner

    Earth Week offers immersive opportunities to connect with nature
    Two people with farming tools work in a field in an urban environment

    Multiple opportunities during Earth Week will give members of the Penn community a chance to get their hands dirty in nature, including an orchard work day and a volunteer day at Penn Park Farm. (Image: Kylie Cooper)

    Earth Week offers immersive opportunities to connect with nature

    Organized by Penn Sustainability, Earth Week, with nearly 50 events running April 17-24, offers a diverse slate of both in-person and online chances to learn about and engage with the environment.

    Katherine Unger Baillie