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Philosophy
Studying Wikipedia browsing habits to learn how people learn
Studying Wikipedia browsing habits to learn how people learn
A collaborative team of researchers analyzed the information-seeking styles of more than 480,000 people from 50 countries and found that gender and education inequality track different types of knowledge exploration. Their findings suggest potential cultural drivers of curiosity and learning.
‘Bob Dylan, Prophet Without a God’
‘Bob Dylan, Prophet Without a God’
In his new book, “Bob Dylan, Prophet Without God,” political philosopher Jeffrey Edward Green of the School of Arts & Sciences offers an overarching account of the significance of Dylan’s political, religious, and ethical ideas.
Deborah Olatunji embraces vulnerability
Deborah Olatunji embraces vulnerability
Through art, poetry, and the written word, fourth-year student Deborah Olatunji embraces vulnerability.
Penn’s ‘philosophers in residence’ engage Philadelphia youth with the hard questions
Penn’s ‘philosophers in residence’ engage Philadelphia youth with the hard questions
Ph.D. students Jacqueline Wallis and Afton Greco are embedded at the Academy at Palumbo in South Philadelphia, where they give philosophy lessons on curriculum-relevant topics and run an after-school Philosophy Club.
Exploring the role of science communication in democracy
Exploring the role of science communication in democracy
Philosophy Ph.D. student Vanessa Schipani taught the SNF Paideia course Science Communication in Democracy, based on her dissertation research.
Life advice from Aristotle
Life advice from Aristotle
A new book by Philosophy’s Susan Sauvé Meyer gives tips from the philosopher’s “Nicomachean Ethics” on how to live well in any age.
The philosophy of pregnancy
The philosophy of pregnancy
Fifth-year Ph.D. candidate Maja Sidzińska is working to fill a gap in philosophy of science scholarship about what individuality means.
Teaching Aristotle and modern moral philosophy
Teaching Aristotle and modern moral philosophy
Philosophy professor Sukaina Hirji has expanded her work from Aristotle and the history of philosophy to contemporary issues of love and sex, oppression, and anger.
Social ecology and community work in the Galápagos
Social ecology and community work in the Galápagos
Undergraduate and graduate students spent two months on San Cristóbal Island this summer, doing research on antibacterial resistance, vectors of disease, climate change adaptation, and the impact of climate change on mental health.
Environmental conservation, justice, and gender
Environmental conservation, justice, and gender
Through her Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring summer internship, Mia McElhatton explores how efforts to save the planet may disproportionately burden women.
In the News
The New York Times
What a Trump presidency might mean for Mayor Adams’s criminal case
Claire Finkelstein of Penn Carey Law comments on the incoming presidential administration and the legal woes of the New York City mayor.
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Voice of America
The Inside Story — USA Votes 2024: Republican National Convention
Claire Finkelstein of Penn Carey Law says that the attempted assassination of Donald Trump should be a wakeup call to candidates about discourse that suggests political violence.
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Bloomberg
Chutkan has discretion in Trump immunity case. She should use it
Claire Finkelstein of Penn Carey Law writes that Judge Tanya Chutkan can easily find that Donald Trump was acting in his personal capacity when he urged his supporters to breach the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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The New York Times
Living out loud, headphones nowhere to be found
Cristina Bicchieri of the School of Arts & Sciences says that she felt a greater sense of kindness in Italy than in America, rooted in a strong and enforced social contract that forbids uncivil behavior toward strangers.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Expect to see AI ‘weaponized to deceive voters’ in this year’s presidential election
Cristina Bicchieri of the School of Arts & Sciences says that AI-generated misinformation exacerbates already-entrenched political polarization throughout America.
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The New York Times
No labels, no candidate: Rejections pile up as time runs short
William Ewald of Penn Carey Law says that a contingent presidential election would be a disaster in the current political climate.
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