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The art of retelling ancient stories: A Q&A with Steven Weitzman
Steven Weitzman standing upright and smiling, facing forward, in the Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, next to a wall with books on display

Steven Weitzman is the Ella Darivoff Director of the Katz Center of Advanced Judaic Studies.

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  • Q&A

    • The art of retelling ancient stories: A Q&A with Steven Weitzman

    In his new book, the Penn professor and scholar of religion examines how the biblical story of the 10 plagues has been reshaped by people across time and culture to make sense of their experiences and find meaning in disasters.

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    Who, What, Why: Katelyn Candido on improving surgical procedures and keeping health care human-first
    Katelyn Candido sitting on a staircase, smiling and facing forward, wearing a white coat and blue scrubs in the Perelman School of Medicine

    Katelyn Candido, a second-year medical student at PSOM and aspiring neurosurgeon, researches a novel tool’s utility for improving surgical precision.

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  • Who, What, Why

    • Who, What, Why: Katelyn Candido on improving surgical procedures and keeping health care human-first

    Second-year medical student Katelyn Candido shares insight into her research project on a promising tool for improving surgical precision and efficiency, and why she aims to drive equitable patient care through a career in neurosurgery.

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    Mia McElhatton: How climate change affects migration
    Mia McElhatton

    Fourth-year Mia McElhatton is studying the intersection of climate change and migration with an undergraduate research grant from the Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy.

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    Mia McElhatton: How climate change affects migration

    Fourth-year philosophy major Mia McElhatton is investigating the effects of climate change on how people move from place to place.

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    Philosophy, technology, and pushing beyond human limitations
    Gary Purpura teaches class.

    But to Gary Purpura, the associate vice provost for education and academic planning in the Office of the Provost and a lecturer in the Department of Philosophy, is teaching Enhancing the Human Mind with Technology this semester.

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    Philosophy, technology, and pushing beyond human limitations

    Gary Purpura’s class Enhancing the Human Mind with Technology introduces students to philosophy through the lens of transhumanism, illustrating the possibilities of technology to enhance the human condition and expand the idea of what it means to be human.

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    Bridging philosophy and politics

    Bridging philosophy and politics

    What does it mean for everyone to have a say in a democracy? This summer, philosopher professor Daniel Wodak and undergraduate Jasmine Ni explored the contradictions and questions raised by political equity.

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    Collaborating with southern Black grandmothers to reimagine scholarship
    Staci L. Jones.

    Image: Kyle Cassidy/Annenberg School for Communication

    Collaborating with southern Black grandmothers to reimagine scholarship

    For an Annenberg School for Communication dissertation, Staci L. Jones and four grandmother co-authors introduce the Kitchen Scholar Framework. Their work embraces knowledge that goes beyond academia.

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    Philosopher in residence
    William Reason sitting on a bench outside.

    From Milton, Massachusetts, Reason is teaching Philadelphia public high school students an ethics curriculum he designed as a Philosopher in Residence.

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    Philosopher in residence

    William Reason, who earned his bachelor’s degree in philosophy in December and will complete his master’s in May, teaches ethics to Philadelphia public high school students via an ethics curriculum he designed as a Philosopher in Residence

    Louisa Shepard

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