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The future of health research in Malawi
Four peple standing, posing for the camera. Three are students at Kamuzu University of Health Sciences. The fourth is a professor there, Adamson Muula.

Adamson Muula (second from left), a professor of public health & epidemiology at Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, and students.

(Image: Courtesy of Young Researchers Forum Malawi and KUHeS Research Support Center)

The future of health research in Malawi

A workshop convened by Penn, University College Dublin, and the Young Researchers Forum in Malawi brought together stakeholders to discuss the African nation’s use of technology in health care and the double burden of non-communicable and infectious diseases.

Michele W. Berger

A different kind of learning loss
Philadelphia Inquirer

A different kind of learning loss

In a Q&A, Camille Z. Charles of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses the behavioral changes she’s seen in her classroom since the start of the pandemic.

The ‘paradox’ of receiving health care in prison
Jason Schnittker and the cover of his new book called "Prisons and Health in the Age of Mass Incarceration," by Jason Schnittker, Michael Massoglia, and Christopher Uggen

The ‘paradox’ of receiving health care in prison

In an excerpt from their new book, Penn sociologist Jason Schnittker and colleagues dissect the contradictory nature of these institutions, which are charged with both “denying freedom and providing care.”

Michele W. Berger, Michele W. Berger

Who, What, Why: Anya Miller and the ‘thriftification’ of Philadelphia
Student Anya Miller stands with her hand on her hip, smiling in front of the Penn shield at Penn Commons

Sociology fourth-year Anya Miller's research looks at secondhand shopping through a socioeconomic lens.

  • Who, What, Why

    • Who, What, Why: Anya Miller and the ‘thriftification’ of Philadelphia

    Anya Miller, a fourth-year sociology major from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, took her hobby of thrift store shopping and looked at it through a socioeconomic lens.

    Kristen de Groot

    Scholars look at ramifications from ‘zero COVID’ protests in China
    Seven China scholars sit on a stage in front of an audience at Perry World house

    The panelists discussed the recent protests in China over the “zero COVID” restrictions.

    Scholars look at ramifications from ‘zero COVID’ protests in China

    The Center for the Study of Contemporary China, in co-sponsorship with Perry World House, held a forum to discuss the protests and what they mean for China and its citizens going forward.

    Kristen de Groot

    Fixing foster care wouldn't actually be that hard—or that expensive
    Salon.com

    Fixing foster care wouldn't actually be that hard—or that expensive

    PIK Professor Dorothy Roberts argues for dismantling the current “multi-billion-dollar apparatus” of foster care, since the bulk of its investigations and removals penalize specific families for poverty.

    Who, What, Why: Sociologist Wendy Roth on genetic ancestry tests and race perception
    Sociologist Wendy Roth Wendy Roth is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology in the School of Arts & Sciences and a research associate in the Population Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania.
  • Who, What, Why

    • Who, What, Why: Sociologist Wendy Roth on genetic ancestry tests and race perception

    With funding from the National Institutes of Health, Roth plans to explore how people view others who change their racial identity based on results from at-home DNA kits.

    Michele W. Berger