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Who, What, Why: Ara Patvakanian
Ara Patvakanian stands behind some trees with his arms crossed.

Ara Patvakanian says double majoring in mathematical economics and political science has given him “a deep understanding of the conditions that make economies run, why certain ones collapse while others thrive.”

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Who, What, Why: Ara Patvakanian

The fourth-year mathematical economics and political science double-major describes how our understanding of economic and political phenomena can have far-reaching consequences and highlights the importance of embracing different intellectual perspectives.

Kristen de Groot

Who, What, Why: Luke Godsey’s Appalachian quilt
Luke Godsey holds a multicolored quilt up at the PWC

Luke Godsey and the in-progress quilt at the Penn Women’s Center

Who, What, Why: Luke Godsey’s Appalachian quilt

Luke Godsey, a second-year student in the College of Arts and Sciences, has created a quilt for the Penn Women’s Center as part of a new art series.

Kristina Linnea García

Who, What, Why: Gwyn Roberts, director of Penn’s Early Music Ensembles, on 18th century female musicians 
five musicians standing and playing wind instruments

Gwyn Roberts (fourth from right) for three decades has been the director of Penn’s Early Music Ensembles.

(Image: Courtesy of Tempesta di Mare)

Who, What, Why: Gwyn Roberts, director of Penn’s Early Music Ensembles, on 18th century female musicians 

A Penn student choir and Roberts’ baroque orchestra will perform a Vivaldi oratorio premiered by women and girls in Venice 300 years ago. 

Louisa Shepard

Who, What, Why: Taussia Boadi on trauma and Black maternal health
Taussia Boadi stands on the mezzaine of the Wharton Academic Research building, with the lobby seen below and a floor to ceiling piece of art in various shades of green behind her.

Sociology fourth-year Taussia Boadi’s research looks at looks at the relationship between adverse childhood experiences, birth outcomes, and resilience in Black women. 

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Who, What, Why: Taussia Boadi on trauma and Black maternal health

The fourth-year sociology major’s research looks at the relationship between adverse childhood experiences, birth outcomes, and resilience in Black women.

Kristen de Groot

Who, What Why: Om Manghani
Wearing glasses and a blue sweater, Om Manghani stands with crossed arms on a staircase

With MathMates, an after-school tutoring program at Andrew Hamilton School, Om Manghani has started a program to help middle school students succeed.

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Who, What Why: Om Manghani

With MathMates, an after-school tutoring program at Andrew Hamilton School, Om Manghani has started a program to help middle school students succeed. But it’s about more than fractions and decimals, he says.

Kristina Linnea García

Who, What, Why: John Button on a neglected tropical disease
John Button poses in dental school lab.

John Button is a second-year student in the School of Dental Medicine who is researching and raising awareness of noma.

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Who, What, Why: John Button on a neglected tropical disease

The second-year student in the School of Dental Medicine is working to raise awareness of a gangrenous infection called noma and map where cases happen.
Who, What Why: Rachel Ann Hulvey
Rachel Hulvey stands on the Great Wall of China, with a hazy mountain in the background.

Ph.D. student Rachel Ann Hulvey, at the Great Wall of China in 2018, researches Chinese foreign policy, power, and international order.

(Image: Courtesy of Rachel Ann Hulvey)

Who, What Why: Rachel Ann Hulvey

Political science Ph.D. candidate Rachel Ann Hulvey’s research looks at Chinese foreign policy, soft power, and international order through the lens of internet governance.

Kristen de Groot