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Rise of the microschool: Small, student-centered learning spaces take off

Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education says that multi-age, communal school environments with small student populations have consistently reemerged through the decades as Americans have rejected sprawling schools with hundreds or thousands of students.

Judy Heumann is applauded during her swearing-in as U.S. Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Service in 1993.

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Disability in America

In a Q&A, history and sociology of science professor Beth Linker discusses the history of disability in America.

Frederick Douglass: Belfast statue of Black anti-slavery activist unveiled

Rising second-year Florence Onyiuke in the Wharton School and the College of Arts and Sciences from Orlando, Florida, describes the unveiling of a statue of anti-slavery activist Frederick Douglass in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Seventy years later, Koreans are still working to formally end the Korean War

Rising third-year Hannah Lee in the College of Arts and Sciences will attend a gathering in Washington, D.C. to call for a formal end to the Korean War.

Final resting place of freed slaves in Defiance County to receive Ohio Historic Marker

Penn researchers used dogs, ground-penetrating radar, and historical records to confirm the location of the nearly forgotten Worthington Cemetery in Ohio, the burial site of around 50 freed slaves.

Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe are more relatable when they turn backs on Saudi money

Peter T. Struck of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the most highly paid athlete in history was Gaius Appuleius Diocles, a chariot racer in ancient Rome.

Historian Ada Kuskowski listens to a speaker sitting next to her at a table.

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Reinventing customary law in medieval France

A new book by historian Ada Maria Kuskowski of the School of Arts & Sciences traces the formation of customary law as a field of knowledge in medieval Europe.

For Emmett Till’s family, national monument proclamation cements his inclusion in the American story

Brent Leggs of the Weitzman School of Design says that the designation of a national monument honoring Emmett Till represents a milestone in the effort to preserve and protect places tied to wounds in American history.

Emmett Till and his mother to be honored with national monument

Brent Leggs of the Weitzman School of Design discusses the physical and societal landscape surrounding Emmett Till’s murder in 1955.

Rich Lizardo sits on concrete stairs in front of greenery on Penn campus.

Who, What, Why

Who, What, Why: Rich Lizardo on poverty in early modern Spain

The history Ph.D. candidate’s work traces the evolution of the ideas, institutions, and images of poverty in early modern Spain and highlights how much of the current debates on poverty echo those of the past.

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