Need to break up with someone? Baboons have found a good way to do it, study finds Penn In the News NPR Need to break up with someone? Baboons have found a good way to do it, study finds Robert Seyfarth of the School of Arts & Sciences spoke about how and why groups of primates “break up” and warned not to project that information onto human relationships. "You always find somebody who says, yeah, the baboons are showing us that you shouldn't have a despotic breakup and it's bad to just dump somebody and walk off," he said. "But I guess I'm not going to go into that territory." How a perfect storm of factors led to ‘the mother of all supply chain disruptions’ (Homepage image) Because the shipping process is so complex, Steve Viscelli says, most of the operators in the chain need to be operating at 24 hours a day for the November order from President Joe Biden to be maximally effective. How a perfect storm of factors led to ‘the mother of all supply chain disruptions’ Penn experts reflect on the global supply chain snags that have stressed systems during the fall and holiday season. Partnered, but still poor Partnered, but still poor Regina Baker, an assistant professor of sociology, challenges literature that touts marriage as a cure for poverty. ‘Black Families Matter’ Cary Coglianese (left), director of the Penn Program on Regulation, and PIK Professor Dorothy Roberts. ‘Black Families Matter’ In a lecture organized by the Penn Program on Regulation, PIK Professor Dorothy E. Roberts argued that the U.S. child welfare system is designed to police Black families, not to protect children, and must be abolished and replaced with a new vision of family support and child safety. Alexander Adames explores the ‘Costs of the American Dream’ Alexander Adames, a Ph.D. candidate in sociology. (Image: OMNIA) Alexander Adames explores the ‘Costs of the American Dream’ The Ph.D. candidate in sociology examines the predictors and consequences of social mobility for people from different racial and ethnic backgrounds. Penn Libraries acquires the personal papers of historian and activist Elizabeth Fee Two of Elizabeth Fee’s most influential books: “AIDS: The Burden of History” and “AIDS: The Making of a Chronic Disease.” (Image: Penn Libraries News) Penn Libraries acquires the personal papers of historian and activist Elizabeth Fee The papers of the pioneering historian and health advocate, who died in 2018, adds to the Libraries’ growing collection of materials charting the history of public health activism. A watershed created to power New York City The village of Gilboa in 1919. (Image: NYC Municipal Archives Digital Collections) A watershed created to power New York City Anna Lehr Mueser, a doctoral candidate in history and sociology of science, studies memory, loss, and technology in the New York City Watershed and the villages that were destroyed to construct it. How gender norms and job loss affect relationship status Pilar Gonalons-Pons is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology in the School of Arts & Sciences and a member of the Population Studies Center. How gender norms and job loss affect relationship status Research from Penn sociologist Pilar Gonalons-Pons shows that, in cultures that value men as breadwinners, their unemployment can affect the long-term success of a romantic relationship. How child tax credits will affect American families Approximately 39 million households across the country will receive the child tax credits, which are projected to cut child poverty in half, says Amy Castro Baker. How child tax credits will affect American families Social scientists Amy Castro Baker and Pilar Gonalons-Pons weigh in on how expanded child tax credits beginning July 15 as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 will impact poverty, gender relations, and future policy Is there really a truck drive shortage? Penn In the News NPR Is there really a truck drive shortage? Steve Viscelli of the School of Arts & Sciences spoke about the tough working conditions faced by long-haul truckers. "We have millions of people who have been trained to be heavy duty truck drivers who are currently not working as heavy duty truck drivers because the entry-level jobs are terrible," he said. Load More
How a perfect storm of factors led to ‘the mother of all supply chain disruptions’ (Homepage image) Because the shipping process is so complex, Steve Viscelli says, most of the operators in the chain need to be operating at 24 hours a day for the November order from President Joe Biden to be maximally effective. How a perfect storm of factors led to ‘the mother of all supply chain disruptions’ Penn experts reflect on the global supply chain snags that have stressed systems during the fall and holiday season.
Partnered, but still poor Partnered, but still poor Regina Baker, an assistant professor of sociology, challenges literature that touts marriage as a cure for poverty.
‘Black Families Matter’ Cary Coglianese (left), director of the Penn Program on Regulation, and PIK Professor Dorothy Roberts. ‘Black Families Matter’ In a lecture organized by the Penn Program on Regulation, PIK Professor Dorothy E. Roberts argued that the U.S. child welfare system is designed to police Black families, not to protect children, and must be abolished and replaced with a new vision of family support and child safety.
Alexander Adames explores the ‘Costs of the American Dream’ Alexander Adames, a Ph.D. candidate in sociology. (Image: OMNIA) Alexander Adames explores the ‘Costs of the American Dream’ The Ph.D. candidate in sociology examines the predictors and consequences of social mobility for people from different racial and ethnic backgrounds.
Penn Libraries acquires the personal papers of historian and activist Elizabeth Fee Two of Elizabeth Fee’s most influential books: “AIDS: The Burden of History” and “AIDS: The Making of a Chronic Disease.” (Image: Penn Libraries News) Penn Libraries acquires the personal papers of historian and activist Elizabeth Fee The papers of the pioneering historian and health advocate, who died in 2018, adds to the Libraries’ growing collection of materials charting the history of public health activism.
A watershed created to power New York City The village of Gilboa in 1919. (Image: NYC Municipal Archives Digital Collections) A watershed created to power New York City Anna Lehr Mueser, a doctoral candidate in history and sociology of science, studies memory, loss, and technology in the New York City Watershed and the villages that were destroyed to construct it.
How gender norms and job loss affect relationship status Pilar Gonalons-Pons is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology in the School of Arts & Sciences and a member of the Population Studies Center. How gender norms and job loss affect relationship status Research from Penn sociologist Pilar Gonalons-Pons shows that, in cultures that value men as breadwinners, their unemployment can affect the long-term success of a romantic relationship.
How child tax credits will affect American families Approximately 39 million households across the country will receive the child tax credits, which are projected to cut child poverty in half, says Amy Castro Baker. How child tax credits will affect American families Social scientists Amy Castro Baker and Pilar Gonalons-Pons weigh in on how expanded child tax credits beginning July 15 as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 will impact poverty, gender relations, and future policy
Is there really a truck drive shortage? Penn In the News NPR Is there really a truck drive shortage? Steve Viscelli of the School of Arts & Sciences spoke about the tough working conditions faced by long-haul truckers. "We have millions of people who have been trained to be heavy duty truck drivers who are currently not working as heavy duty truck drivers because the entry-level jobs are terrible," he said.