In ‘Sacred Stuff,’ students explore religion through material culture The Rev. Dr. Jonathan Jong welcomes Penn students to the chapel of Keble College, Oxford.(Image: Donovan Schaefer) In ‘Sacred Stuff,’ students explore religion through material culture In the Penn Global Seminar “Sacred Stuff” taught by religious studies professor Donovan Schaefer, students visited religious sites in England.
The economic impact of the Olympics Silas Ruth is a rising fourth-year who is researcing the economics of the Olympic Games.nocred The economic impact of the Olympics Rising fourth-year Silas Ruth, an economics major, examines sports mega-events like Paris 2024 through an economic lens.
Where scientific nationalism meets tradition (On homepage) At Uji, a city south of Kyoto that’s famous for tea, Penn students learn from a matcha master.(Image: John Kehayias) Where scientific nationalism meets tradition In May, John Kehayias led a Penn Global Seminar to Japan, exploring ideas of wartime-era scientific nationalism while cultivating cross-cultural exchange.
Exploring the 1918 pandemic’s impact on Philadelphia’s Black and immigrant neighborhoods Matthew Breier, a rising third-year student in the College of Arts and Sciences, spent a lot of time going through Philadelphia’s 1918 city directory this summer. Through the Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program, he is helping professor David Barnes understand the impact of the 1918 influenza pandemic on the city’s Black and immigrant neighborhoods.nocred Exploring the 1918 pandemic’s impact on Philadelphia’s Black and immigrant neighborhoods Rising third-year Matthew Breier has been conducting research with public health historian David Barnes through the Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program.
Redlining and rentals Aerial view of a Park Forest neighborhood in 1952 that captures the neat rows of homes that characterized the post-World War II housing boom in the planned community.(Image: Owen Kent via the Chicago Historical Society) Redlining and rentals Historian Brent Cebul in the School of Arts & Sciences is working on a new digital mapping project looking at the impact of Federal Housing Administration policies on the availability of affordable rental housing post-World War II.
Dual degree nursing student takes on PennCASE summer internship William Xi.(Image: Courtesy of Penn Nursing News) Dual degree nursing student takes on PennCASE summer internship William Xi’s eight-week CASE Summer Internship with Penn Medicine and the University of Pennsylvania Health System involves data management, artificial intelligence, and social media engagement.
Penn Glee Club goes to Italy The Glee Club members did extensive touring, including to St. Peter’s Square and St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City.nocred Penn Glee Club goes to Italy Rome, Milan, and Naples became the stage for the Penn Glee Club during its 10-day tour of Italy. Thirty-seven members went on the trip, mostly vocalists, but also members of the band and the tech crew.
Fallon clinches spot on U.S. Olympic team Matthew Fallon is the first American swimmer in Penn’s program history to qualify for the U.S. national team, and only the fifth men’s student-athlete in program history to qualify for the Olympics.(Image: Tyler Kaput/IUPUI Athletics) Fallon clinches spot on U.S. Olympic team The rising fourth-year swimmer won gold in the 200-meter breaststroke at the U.S. Olympic Trials on Wednesday in Indianapolis.
Making virtual worlds Lorraine Ruppert wore a virtual reality headset and zoomed in and out of her virtual world, which shows sites of historical memory and resistance in Philadelphia's Chinatown.nocred Making virtual worlds In a class this spring, Jeffrey Vadala of the Penn Brain Science Center taught students to analyze virtual reality landscapes and create their own.
Record-breaking Matthew Fallon leads young contingent on U.S. men’s Olympic swim team Associated Press Record-breaking Matthew Fallon leads young contingent on U.S. men’s Olympic swim team Rising fourth-year Matthew Fallon of Warren, New Jersey, has qualified for the men’s U.S. Olympic swimming team.