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Standing, Joseph Wilbur leaves through documents in a folder; Sam Herrmann crouches near by

Joseph Wilbur, center, researched the names behind a parish directory at the Historical Society, finding that the priest who compiled the directory went on to publish books and that the parish itself decamped to Elkins Park, where they built a new church.

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Orthodox America

In Orthodox America, students explore the history of Orthodox Christian communities influencing American religious, political, legal, and literary landscapes.

Kristina García

Through first-year seminar, a glimpse of Black queer traditions
Dag Woubshet leading a class of students.

Associate professor of English Dag Woubshet leads students of the course “Black Queer Traditions” in Fisher-Bennett Hall. 

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Through first-year seminar, a glimpse of Black queer traditions

Dagmawi Woubshet, an associate professor of English, led a new first-year seminar in the fall that explores Black queer media and its intersection with history and politics.
‘The Tame and the Wild’ 
(Image: Courtesy of Harvard University Press)

A new book by historian Marcy Norton—“The Tame and the Wild, People and Animals After 1492”—looks at the colonization of the Americas through the lens of European and Native American beliefs about animal life.

(Image: Courtesy of Harvard University Press)

  • Q&A

    • ‘The Tame and the Wild’ 

    Historian Marcy Norton’s new book looks at the history of human-animal relationships in Europe and Native America and how they became entangled after 1492.

    Kristen de Groot

    The Endangered Species Act at 50
    herring swimming

    (On homepage) River herring, also known as alewives, swim in a stream in Franklin, Maine. The fish were once headed for the endangered species list but have been making a comeback in some U.S. states.

    (Image: AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

    The Endangered Species Act at 50

    Ahead of the anniversary, experts from four schools across the University share their thoughts on the landmark legislation.

    Kristen de Groot

    Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s legacy
    Three people stand in front of a bookcase full of books in burgundy binding, the man on the left is wearing judge robes and has his right hand in the air, the woman on the right is in judge robes and has her right hand in the air and left hand on a bible and a man in the middle wears a suit and tie, is holding the bible and is looking at the woman

    Sandra Day O’Connor is sworn in to the Supreme Court by Chief Justice Warren Burger as her husband John O’Connor looks on.

    (Image: Courtesy of U.S. National Archives)

    Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s legacy

    Three Penn experts—Annenberg Public Policy Center director Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Marci A. Hamilton of the School of Arts & Sciences, and former Penn Carey Law School dean Ted Ruger—share their thoughts on the history-making justice.

    Kristen de Groot

    Finding light in dark times
    Cupped hands holding a tea light candle.

    Image: iStock/olejnik

    Finding light in dark times

    Professors Deven Patel and Steven Weitzman in the School of Arts & Sciences discuss why Diwali and Hanukkah, both festivals of lights, can act as symbols of hope.

    Michele W. Berger

    Locust walks: Making connections and bridging differences
    Harun Kucuk shakes hands with people on Locust Walk

    Harun Küçük, faculty director of the Middle East Center, and Joshua Teplitsky, director of the Jewish Studies Program, started walking and talking as an act of campus diplomacy in the wake of the violence in Israel and Gaza.

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    Locust walks: Making connections and bridging differences

    Harun Küçük, faculty director of the Middle East Center, and Joshua Teplitsky, director of the Jewish Studies Program, started walking and talking as an act of campus diplomacy in the wake of the violence in Israel and Gaza.

    Kristen de Groot