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Astronomical find
Penn Libraries curator Nicholas Herman with medieval manuscript.

A medieval manuscript recently acquired by the Penn Libraries contains six working volvelles, discs of parchment and paper that demonstrate the science of astronomy.

Astronomical find

Penn Libraries has acquired a rare astronomical treatise dated 1481, with unique diagrams in the margins, and original discs of parchment that turn to demonstrate the movement of the sun, moon, and planets.
A medieval confluence
Penn Professors Sarah Guérin, Mary Caldwell, Ada Maria Kuskowski

Three new assistant professors at Penn—Music’s Mary Channen Caldwell, History of Art’s Sarah Guérin, and History’s Ada Maria Kuskowski—all focus on medieval studies, specifically the 13th-century in France. Photo by Eric Sucar.

A medieval confluence

Three newly-hired Penn assistant professors, all transplants to Philadelphia, found each other soon after they arrived and discovered that, although they were in different areas of study, they all focused on the Middle Ages, specifically 13th-century France. 
Crowd-sourced map showcases campus accessibility in real time
Mark Bookman and Alice McGrath are the co-leads on a new map accessibility project.

Mark Bookman and Alice McGrath are spearheading the new accessibility mapping of the Penn campus.

Crowd-sourced map showcases campus accessibility in real time

Mark Bookman and Alice McGrath are on a quest to map physical and social barriers across campus. The goal is a crowd-sourced platform that automatically updates to present a real-time user accessibility resource.

Michele W. Berger

Shakespeare and his co-authors, as told by Penn engineers
Shakespeare and His Co-Authors, as Told by Penn Engineers

Shakespeare and his co-authors, as told by Penn engineers

Four hundred years after the death of dramatist William Shakespeare, enduring questions remain about whether the Bard of Avon had an uncredited co-writer on some of his world-famous plays. A team of Penn researchers has found an answer—in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, of all places.

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