Awards and honors for Penn faculty in the School of Arts & Sciences nocred Awards and honors for Penn faculty in the School of Arts & Sciences A roundup of the latest awards and accolades for Arts & Sciences faculty in criminology, sociology, political science, Africana studies, English, and history. 2 min. read
Cooperation has a downside Image: Denis Novikov via Getty Images Cooperation has a downside Research from a team led by Joshua Plotkin, Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor of the Natural Sciences in the School of Arts & Sciences, cautions that sometimes working together can actually spur inequality. 2 min. read
Awards for Penn faculty nocred Awards for Penn faculty The latest awards roundup for faculty in Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences, Penn Carey Law, and the Perelman School of Medicine. 2 min. read
The math of fitting in Imge: stellalevi via Getty Images The math of fitting in In new research, professor of linguistics Charles Yang and colleagues find that a formula originally developed to explain language acquisition in children can also explain how we absorb social norms. 2 min. reads
How same-sex parents divide work and childcare Image: Drazen_ via Getty Images How same-sex parents divide work and childcare The birth of a child can cause one member of a couple to specialize more in paid work and the other in childcare, but sociology and demography Ph.D. student Emily Curran found that female same-sex couples specialize less than different-sex couples or male same-sex couples. 2 min. read
Social networks outsmart cognitive biases Social networks outsmart cognitive biases A new study from the Annenberg School for Communication shows how herding in networks makes populations more rational. 2 min. read
Q&A: How big, loud trucks quietly shape people’s lives With diesel prices on the climb, truckers across the United States are adopting fuel-saving measures like driving more slowly to reduce operating expenses.(Image: Scott Olson / Staff via Getty Images) Q&A: How big, loud trucks quietly shape people’s lives Sociologist Steve Viscelli discusses the pain points many American truckers face as they contend with rising fuel costs and the shifting transportation landscape. 3 min. read
A different way of thinking about side effects Image: Catherine McQueen via Getty Images A different way of thinking about side effects The new book “Side Effects: The Social Ecology of Adverse Drug Reactions,” by sociologist Jason Schnittker and former Ph.D. student Duy Do, makes the case that side effects are a product of social, cultural, and institutional forces. 3 min. read
Penn partnerships with Latinx communities Penn partnerships with Latinx communities Sociology professor Emilio Parrado’s long-running work with a Norristown Latinx center highlights just how vital partnerships between Penn and local organizations have become.
Why women need other women at work Why women need other women at work A new study from Wharton’s Tiantian Yang on gender homophily in remote settings finds that women who attended virtual career training did better when their classes did not include men. 2 min. read