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Coca-Cola in Africa
Sara Byala portrait and book cover for Bottled How Coca-Cola Became African by Sara Byala

Sara Byala, a senior lecturer in creative writing and associate director of the Penn Global Documentary Institute, is the author of a new book, "Bottled: How Coca-Cola Became African." 

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    • Coca-Cola in Africa

    A new book by Sara Byala of the School of Arts & Sciences examines the century-long history of Coca-Cola and its local social, commercial, and environmental impact in Africa.
    A look at former Penn economics professor Claudia Goldin’s Nobel-winning work
    Two men and three women sit at desks with typwriters, rotary dial phones and desk calendars in an office in the 1950s.

    Workers in Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., in 1959.

    (Image: CQ Roll Call via AP Images)

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    • A look at former Penn economics professor Claudia Goldin’s Nobel-winning work

    Penn economists Jere Behrman, who overlapped with Goldin during her time at Penn, and Petra Todd, whose students have been motivated by Goldin’s work, talk about the importance of her research. 

    Kristen de Groot

    An inauspicious arrival for the ambitious Benjamin Franklin
    The young Ben Franklin statue on Penn’s campus.

    The “Young Benjamin Franklin” statue in front of Weightman Hall on 33rd street depicts Penn’s founder as the 17-year-old who arrived in Philadelphia 300 years ago.

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    An inauspicious arrival for the ambitious Benjamin Franklin

    Penn’s founder arrived in Philadelphia on Oct. 6 300 years ago as a nearly penniless 17-year-old looking for a job as a printer.
    ‘A New Age of Nuclearity? Great Powers and Greater Consequences’
    United Nations Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu speaks at Penn's Perry World House.

    United Nations Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu  in a conversation with Washington Post foreign affairs reporter Adam Taylor. 

    (Image: Eddy Marenco)

    ‘A New Age of Nuclearity? Great Powers and Greater Consequences’

    Perry World House’s 2023 Global Order Colloquium took a deep dive into current nuclear issues, looking at how the world will manage nuclear threats amid growing geopolitical tension, climate change challenges, and international conflict.

    Kristen de Groot

    Marking a monumental death
    A person is shown holding a photo of Mahsa Amini, a woman who was killed in police custody in Iran in 2022.

    A portrait of Mahsa Amini held during a rally Oct. 1, 2022 calling for regime change in Iran following the death of Amini, who died after being arrested in Tehran by Iran’s morality police.

    (Image: AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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    • Marking a monumental death

    In honor of the first anniversary of the killing of Mahsa (Jîna) Amini in Iran and the subsequent outpouring of protest, Penn will host a two-day conference on violence against women.

    Kristen de Groot

    Who, What, Why: Catherine Sorrentino and a souvenir of historic Germantown
    Catherine Sorrentino in front of College Hall

    Catherine Sorrentino of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, spent her summer exploring the archives at Historic Germantown as part of the Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program.

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    Who, What, Why: Catherine Sorrentino and a souvenir of historic Germantown

    During a summer internship, history major Catherine Sorrentino encountered a 108-year-old book with insights into Black Philadelphia.

    Kristina García

    The Chilean coup, 50 years later
    A row of soldiers lying on their stomachs take cover as La Moneda, the Chilean presidential palace, is bombed.

    On Sept. 11, 1973, soldiers supporting the coup led by Augusto Pinochet took cover as bombs are dropped on the Presidential Palace of La Moneda in Santiago, Chile.

    (Image: AP Photo/Enrique Aracena)

    The Chilean coup, 50 years later

    Two conversations mark the 50th anniversary of the military takeover on Sept. 11, 1973, discussing its political and historical implications.

    Kristina García

    China enforces ban on Mongolian language in schools, books
    Voice of America

    China enforces ban on Mongolian language in schools, books

    Christopher Atwood of the School of Arts & Sciences says that Chinese authorities have yet to disclose why a collection of Mongolian history books was banned, even after such a long time in circulation.