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Who, What, Why: Discovering Jewish identity through Yiddish studies
A student in a red long sleeved shirt stands with arms crossed leaning against the wall atop a staircase.

Tyler Kliem, a third-year in the College of Arts & Sciences from Hamilton, New Jersey, is majoring in comparative literature and design.

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  • Who, What, Why

    • Who, What, Why: Discovering Jewish identity through Yiddish studies

    Third-year Tyler Kliem has used his Yiddish and Ladino studies as a steppingstone to connect with his Jewish heritage.

    Kristen de Groot

    Black Puerto Rican history
    Daniel Morales-Armstrong sits on a park bench in front of Penn's College Hall

    Africana Studies and History Ph.D. candidate Daniel Morales-Armstrong’s research looks at Black Puerto Rican history.

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    Black Puerto Rican history

    Ph.D. candidate Daniel Morales-Armstrong’s research considers whose voices and narratives prevail and whose are plagued by silences.

    Kristen de Groot

    The storm of 1928 and the tempest’s legacies
    A statue depicts a woman holding a baby, a school aged child and a man running from a hurricane.

    A statue depicts a family fleeing from a hurricane in Belle Glade, Florida. A hurricane in 1928 caused Lake Okeechobee to breach its dike, wiping out the town and killing thousands. (Image: Courtesy of Brett Robert)

    The storm of 1928 and the tempest’s legacies

    Brett Robert’s research looks at a hurricane that killed thousands across the Caribbean and into Florida. His work explores how racial relationships shape the way people live and die within their environments.

    Kristen de Groot

    A look at the history of affirmative action with Mary Frances Berry
    resident Lyndon B. Johnson reaches to shake hands with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

    On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson reaches to shake hands with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. after presenting the civil rights leader with one of the 72 pens used to sign the Civil Rights Act in Washington. Surrounding the president, from left: Rep. Roland Libonati, D-Ill., Rep. Peter Rodino, D-N.J., Rev. King, Emanuel Celler, D-N.Y., and behind Celler is Whitney Young, executive director of the National Urban League.

    (Image: AP Photo)

  • Q&A

    • A look at the history of affirmative action with Mary Frances Berry

    The Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and professor of history emerita shares the origins of the term, discusses the practice’s early champions and highlights the ensuing controversies.

    Kristen de Groot