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Abortion has always been more than health care

Abortion has always been more than health care

In an opinion essay, Ph.D. student Christen Hammock Jones in the School of Arts & Sciences says that relying solely on expertise and professional judgment primes people to think about abortion rights as a matter of medical judgment instead of equality and autonomy.

Research connecting the land and the sea
Illustration of a historic maritime harbor.

Image: Courtesy of Picryl

Research connecting the land and the sea

Ph.D. candidate Chelsea Cohen, a historical and maritime archaeologist in Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences, combines terrestrial and underwater methods in her research of historical port cities, agroforestry, and maritime culture.

From The McNeil Center for Early American Studies

Patterns of Soviet Jewish emigration in the post-Stalin era
A woman in a grey dress stands in front of colorful trees. She is smiling with her arms crossed.

Alexandra (Sasha) Zborovsky traveled to countries including Lithuana, Georgia, and the Netherlands for her research into Soviet Jews’ emigration from the USSR.

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Patterns of Soviet Jewish emigration in the post-Stalin era

For four decades, more than one million Jews left the USSR despite the Soviet Union’s complex bureaucracy and opposition to emigration. Doctoral candidate Sasha Zborovsky explores the intricate dynamics.
Teaching and learning abroad in Vietnam
Group of students and professor pose for a photo in front of a restaurant.

Professor of history Fred Dickinson (back, right) with his students in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

(Image: Courtesy of Fred Dickinson)

  • Q&A

    • Teaching and learning abroad in Vietnam

    In a Q&A, Fred Dickinson of the Department of History discusses his semester as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar in Vietnam and building out Southeast Asian studies at Penn.
    Stringing together the history of an ancient Incan textile
    A colorful Quipu (abacus inca) hanging on a wall.

    Image: iStock/simonmayer

    Stringing together the history of an ancient Incan textile

    Kyle Marini, a Barra Dissertation Fellow in Art and Material Culture at The McNeil Center for Early American Studies, is developing an interdisciplinary methodology to recreate an ancient Incan rope to illuminate Inca modes of artistic representation.

    From The McNeil Center for Early American Studies

    Omnia podcast: Democracy and Decision 2024
    Rendering of the White House with tree roots growing underground beneath the foundation.

    Illustration: Nick Matej

    Omnia podcast: Democracy and Decision 2024

    The new season of Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences podcast examines the state of U.S. democracy in the context of the upcoming presidential election.

    From Omnia