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Advancing research and education to push forward oral health excellence
Esra Sahingur in the halls of the dental school

Sinem Esra Sahingur has both research and administrative duties as associate dean of graduate studies and student research at Penn Dental Medicine.

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Advancing research and education to push forward oral health excellence

Since joining the School of Dental Medicine faculty in 2019, Sinem Esra Sahingur has launched two new master’s programs, expanded student research, and continued to pursue her own research program on immune regulation.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Three ways to respond following the earthquake in Turkey and Syria
A building standing amid piles of rubble set against a blue sky. The building is partially collapsed.

A building in Antakya, in southeastern Turkey, was heavily damaged during the earthquake in Turkey and Syria.

(Image: AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Three ways to respond following the earthquake in Turkey and Syria

Guidance from the Center for High Impact Philanthropy, Penn Global, and Penn Medicine’s disaster preparedness team on how to help from afar and what resources are available on campus.

Michele W. Berger , Kristina Linnea García , Juliana Rosati

Who, What, Why: Francisco Díaz on anthropology and the modern Maya
Francisco Diaz at the Penn Museum in front of a carved stone pillar

(Image: Eric Sucar)

  • Who, What, Why

    • Who, What, Why: Francisco Díaz on anthropology and the modern Maya

    Francisco Díaz studies Maya contributions to archeology at a time when Indigenous people were viewed as little more than laborers. His research shows that Indigenous people were archaeologists in their own right, working season after season with specialized skills to excavate the past.

    Kristina Linnea García

    Cooking up something special
    tangen hall food lab, wide view Homepage image: Whether working alongside fellow foodies or hosting tasting parties for friends and faculty, the Food Innovation Lab is a place where breaking bread and building bonds go hand in hand.

    (Image: Jay Kan of Venture Lab)

    Cooking up something special

    The Food Innovation Lab at Tangen Hall provides a space for student entrepreneurs with an appetite for experimentation and creativity.

    Carter Johns

    ‘Embodying love’ at the Martin Luther King Jr. Interfaith Commemoration
    A man speaks at a podium with a woman waiting behind him. The screen says "An Interfaith Commemoration of the Life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr."

    Graduate student Ayo Aladesanmi spoke about the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. (Image: Damien Townsville)

    ‘Embodying love’ at the Martin Luther King Jr. Interfaith Commemoration

    At the Interfaith Commemoration and award ceremony, student speakers and performers reflected on the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., and six Penn community members were honored for working towards positive social change.

    Kristina Linnea García

    Fashioning gender through the art and history of clothing
    Fashion sketches of models in sunglasses

    “It doesn’t matter who you are or where you live; everybody wears clothing or some sort of embellishment,” says Jacqui Sadashige. “For most of us, what we wear is our way of announcing to the world who we are.” (Image: Charlota Blunarova on Unsplash)

    Fashioning gender through the art and history of clothing

    Students learn about the history of clothing, embellishment as self-expression, and sustainable fashion innovation in a graduate course taught through the College of Liberal and Professional Studies.

    Kristina Linnea García

    Doctoral student Gwynne Evans-Lomayesva on improving data equity
    Gwynne Evans-Lomayesva

    Gwynne Evans-Lomayesva is a first-year doctoral student in demography.

    Doctoral student Gwynne Evans-Lomayesva on improving data equity

    Through her Ph.D. research, Evans-Lomayesva, a member of Hopi Tribal Nation, says she hopes to improve representation of American Indian and Alaska Native populations in data analyses.

    Marilyn Perkins