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Karen Tani named a Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor
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Karen Tani named a Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor

Karen Tani has been named the University of Pennsylvania’s 24th Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor, effective July 1. The announcement was made today by President Amy Gutmann and Provost Wendell Pritchett.
Nourishing the brain with conversations about food
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Penn archaeologist Megan Kassabaum (left) and biocultural anthropologist Morgan Hoke organized the series on food taking place at the Penn Museum on Mondays. During the fall semester, academics from nine institutions spoke on a range of topics, from food as life sustaining to how pizza and sushi gained their prominence. Spring semester, the talks have turned inward, focusing on the research happening across the University.

Nourishing the brain with conversations about food

A yearlong colloquium from Penn Anthropology offers a steady diet of research perspectives, delving into how this facet of culture affects modern health and practices, and broadens our historical outlook.

Michele W. Berger

Brendan O’Leary: Whatever you say, say everything
Brendan O'Leary standing with hands in pockets.

Lauder Professor of Political Science Brendan O’Leary. (Image: Omnia)

Brendan O’Leary: Whatever you say, say everything

The political science professor’s career, from aiding in the negotiating of peace in Northern Ireland to advising the Prime Minister of Kurdistan, has been guided by a simple principle: Say exactly what you mean.

Penn Today Staff

An Alzheimer’s research pioneer, right here at Penn
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Virginia Man-Yee Lee leads a team of researchers at Penn’s Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research, investigating the causes of disorders that occur more frequently with advancing age.

An Alzheimer’s research pioneer, right here at Penn

Virginia Man-Yee Lee, a professor and researcher at the Perelman School of Medicine, is the 2020 recipient of a Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, earning $3 million for her innovative, inspiring work that could one day cure various neurodegenerative diseases.

Lauren Hertzler

Dorothy Roberts on prison abolition constitutionalism
Dorothy Roberts

Dorothy Roberts, the George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology and the Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights. (Image: Penn Law)

Dorothy Roberts on prison abolition constitutionalism

In “Abolition Constitutionalism,” the Penn Law professor argues that prison abolitionists can “reinvigorate abolition constitutionalism” by using the Reconstruction Amendments.

Penn Today Staff

Side Gigs for Good, part two
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Heather Calvert, executive director of MindCORE, drops off her foster puppy Ugo at the School of Veterinary Medicine's Working Dog Center at Pennovation Works each weekday. She and her family care for the working-dog-in-training during evenings, weekends, and holidays. 

Side Gigs for Good, part two

In a second installment of Side Gigs for Good stories, meet four more Penn employees whose after-work endeavors go above and beyond.

Katherine Unger Baillie, Michele W. Berger

Revolving door politics: Can a U.S. president rejoin an international treaty?
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Revolving door politics: Can a U.S. president rejoin an international treaty?

A new article by Penn Law Professor Jean Galbraith illuminates how and why future presidents can use their power to reenter the same international agreements the current president is withdrawing from, without returning to Congress for renewed advice and consent.

Penn Today Staff

Side Gigs for Good
A person prepares to make a waffle in a farmer's market stand.

Marc Schmidt, a biology professor in the School of Arts and Sciences, started Waffles for Tourette to raise money for research. (Image: Eric Sucar)

Side Gigs for Good

After putting in a full, impactful day at work at Penn, some faculty and staff fill their spare hours with endeavors that make a difference.

Katherine Unger Baillie, Michele W. Berger

Herman Beavers’ balancing act of creativity and educational innovation
Professor of English and Africana studies Herman Beavers seated in a chair in a university hallway.

Professor of English and Africana Studies Herman Beavers. (Image: Omnia magazine)

Herman Beavers’ balancing act of creativity and educational innovation

The professor of English and Africana studies is defined by his artistic curiosity and commitment to community building as a teacher and mentor.

Penn Today Staff