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The next crisis in inevitable. The urgent call for the prepared leader

“The Prepared Leader,” a new book co-authored by Dean Erika James of the Wharton School, outlines the five phases that must be addressed when dealing with crisis management.

Why business leaders should always be thinking about the next crisis

In a Q&A, Dean Erika H. James of the Wharton School discusses her new cowritten book, “The Prepared Leader,” which draws on years of experience from business leaders during the tumult of 2020.

Book ban battle plays out in public schools as more novels are pulled from shelves

Dan Hopkins of the School of Arts & Sciences says that book bans are just the latest instance of national politics coming to a boiling point.

What’s next for the North as the tectonic plates shift? One of the great experts points the way

The School of Arts and Sciences’ Brendan O’Leary features in a review of his new book, “Making Sense of a United Ireland.”

The future of decline in America

In his new book “The Future of Decline: Anglo-American Culture at its Limits,” English Professor Jed Esty offers alternatives to America’s “language of greatness,” taking lessons from the experience of Britain during the past century.

two sets of arms over a hand-operated printing press, one set with gloved hands putting ink on a metal cylinder and the other placing a printing plate with an image of a tree without leaves on the flat surface in front of the cylinder

Creating an artist’s book at the Common Press

Artist-in-residence Katie Baldwin is printing a book she wrote and illustrated, inspired by a 400-plus-year-old volume in the Penn Libraries collection, sponsored by a residency with the Philadelphia Center for the Book.

‘It’s just getting worse.’ Central Bucks passes policy censoring class materials with ‘sexualized content’

Ed Brockenbrough of the Graduate School of Education says that conservative school censorship policies will have a detrimental and disproportionate impact on LGBTQ youth and minority students.

Sigal Ben-Porath in conversation at the Graduate School of Education

Q&A

On book bans and free speech

Sigal Ben-Porath of the Graduate School of Education says book bans and challenges affect free speech and expression, especially for young people, and that institutions of higher education are important for developing tools based on evidence for assessment.

Whitney Trettien standing in a stairwell.

Q&A

Examining experimental print in ‘Cut/Copy/Paste’

In her first book, Whitney Trettien of the School of Arts & Sciences experiments with printed and digital assets while examining bookwork from the 17th and 18th centuries.

Fantasy drawing of a human overcoming inner demons.

More intricate riddles of life on ‘In These Times’

Episodes 4 and 5 of the OMNIA podcast’s fourth season cover how to confront trauma, using words as a coping mechanism, and music and meaning.

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