Texas abortion ban Image: Adam Fagen/Flickr Q&A Texas abortion ban Penn Law’s Serena Mayeri on what the law means and what’s next for Texas and the nation.
TikTok talk In linguistics, “whoever’s cool leads the change,” which explains why trends come and go via TikTok, says linguistics professor Nicole Holliday. Q&A TikTok talk Largely characterized as a Gen Z phenomenon, TikTok is a video-sharing app with more than 100 million active users in the U.S. alone—and it’s changing the way that we speak, says sociolinguist Nicole Holliday.
Long-term COVID and the ADA Q&A Long-term COVID and the ADA Jasmine Harris, a disability law expert, shares her thoughts on President Biden’s announcement that long-term COVID sufferers could be protected under the Americans With Disabilities Act
Response to the Cuban protest is ‘a unified feeling’ Protests in Havana against the government of Cuba on July 12, 2021. (Image: 14ymedio) Q&A Response to the Cuban protest is ‘a unified feeling’ In a Q&A, Romance languages professor Odette Casamayor-Cisneros discusses the Cuban protests, government response, and the “sense of unity” among the Cuban people
Metal artifacts in Southeast Asia challenge long-held archaeological theory An individual can create a stone tool or a pot without assistance, but creating a metal tool like the spear here is a group endeavor—and a complex one. Artifacts like this found in Thailand showed that such metal technology could be developed and exchanged using an economic model based on communities making decisions about how to participate in regional exchange systems. (Image: The Ban Chiang Project) Q&A Metal artifacts in Southeast Asia challenge long-held archaeological theory According to the Penn Museum’s Joyce White and Elizabeth Hamilton, prehistoric communities, rather than the ruling elites, in Thailand were the deciders in how to use metal resources.
Beating burnout at work Author Paula Davis provides a new framework to prevent employee burnout in her book, “Beating Burnout at Work: Why Teams Hold the Secret to Well-Being and Resilience," published by Wharton School Press. (Image: Wharton School Press) Q&A Beating burnout at work Author Paula Davis provides a new framework to prevent employee burnout in her book, “Beating Burnout at Work: Why Teams Hold the Secret to Well-Being and Resilience," published by Wharton School Press.
Haiti in turmoil (Image: Eric Sucar) Q&A Haiti in turmoil Perry World House Visiting Fellow Henri-Paul Normandin, former Canadian ambassador to Haiti, reflects on the current situation and where Haiti goes from here.
Post-pandemic tipping Q&A Post-pandemic tipping Wharton’s Catherine Lamberton talks about tipping’s new normal, advocating for “appreciation and generosity.”
Pandemic preparedness, three years early Participants in the first PennDemic, which took place in 2018, lay out a timeline of the “outbreak.” Two additional simulations have since taken place, with one more scheduled for this coming fall. Q&A Pandemic preparedness, three years early In a Q&A, team members behind the outbreak simulation PennDemic discuss how the exercise, now in its fourth iteration, equipped an interdisciplinary group of grad students for COVID-19 and beyond.
Collaborative report examines polling problems in the 2020 election A newly released report from the American Association of Public Opinion Researchers (AAPOR) that takes a look at what went wrong with polling in 2020. Q&A Collaborative report examines polling problems in the 2020 election The Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies took a leading role in the newly released report on polling. The program’s faculty director, John Lapinski, shares his takeaways.