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Metal artifacts in Southeast Asia challenge long-held archaeological theory
A photo of a metal artifact in the shape of a spear on a black background. In the foreground is a scale that runs from 0 to 5 cm.

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)

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    • 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.

    Michele W. Berger

    Beating burnout at work
    side by side picture of author and bookcover

    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)

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    • 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.

    Dee Patel

    Haiti in turmoil
    Perry World House exterior

    (Image: Eric Sucar)

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    • 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.

    Kristen de Groot

    Post-pandemic tipping
    Coffee shop employee wearing a face mask stands behind a counter.
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    • Post-pandemic tipping

    Wharton’s Catherine Lamberton talks about tipping’s new normal, advocating for “appreciation and generosity.”

    Kristina García

    Pandemic preparedness, three years early
    Students work at a table covered with paper, water bottles and markers.

    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.

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    • 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.

    Michele W. Berger

    Collaborative report examines polling problems in the 2020 election
    A stylized map of the United States is full of depictions of men and women packing the country

    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.

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    • 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.

    Kristen de Groot

    U.S. airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, explained
    US soldiers holding guns are running behind a tank with an American flag on top in sand in Syria

    The 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team on the ground in Syria. (Image: The National Guard)

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    • U.S. airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, explained

    Sara Plana, a 2021-22 Postdoctoral Fellow at Perry World House, shares her thoughts on the airstrikes targeting Iranian-backed militias and the bigger picture of what’s happening in the region.

    Kristen de Groot