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Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
How synthetic nicotine brands market e-cigarettes to young people on social media
How synthetic nicotine brands market e-cigarettes to young people on social media
A study led by Annenberg School for Communication postdoctoral fellow Jiaxi Wu finds that most ads for e-cigarettes on Instagram, a platform dominated by users under the age of 25, do not adhere to FDA health warning requirements.
A vast collection related to public markets comes to the Penn Libraries
A vast collection related to public markets comes to the Penn Libraries
Tens of thousands of items related to public markets acquired by Penn alum David K. O’Neil create a collection unique in size and scope. Spanning four centuries from locations near and far, his collection now has a home at the Penn Libraries.
A historian’s look at abolition and citizenship
A historian’s look at abolition and citizenship
In the late 1700s, New York and four other northern states passed laws that freed children born to enslaved women. Sarah Gronningsater, an assistant professor of history in Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences, wanted to know more about how this extraordinary situation affected those children.
Political polarization between Americans stays consistent before and after elections
Political polarization between Americans stays consistent before and after elections
A new study by Neil Fasching and Yphtach Lelkes of the Polarization Research Lab looked at the U.S. 2022 midterms and found the election didn’t spike political polarization.
The bullet train turns 60
The bullet train turns 60
In both Asia and Europe, high-speed rail knits regions, countries, and continents together. What will it take to see more rail infrastructure in the U.S.?
The nuts and bolts of book publishing
The nuts and bolts of book publishing
Fourth-year Dylan Fritz interned at Penn Press over the summer in the acquisitions and marketing departments through the Summer Humanities Internship Program.
A summer in Harrisburg with an eye on global affairs
A summer in Harrisburg with an eye on global affairs
Henry Franklin, a second-year economics and cinema studies major, spent his summer interning in Pennsylvania’s Office of International Business Development.
‘A place of collaborative conversation’
‘A place of collaborative conversation’
On Sept. 26 and 27, the Weitzman School will host Landscape Futures: Centennial of the Department of Landscape Architecture, a two-day symposium to celebrate the department’s unique ecological foundations, its evolving curriculum, and its ongoing global influence on landscape architectural practice and education.
A method of ‘look twice, forgive once’ can sustain social cooperation
A method of ‘look twice, forgive once’ can sustain social cooperation
Using mathematical modeling, researchers from Penn and Princeton found a way to maintain cooperation without relying on complex norms or institutions.
Two Penn faculty awarded Pew Fellowships
Two Penn faculty awarded Pew Fellowships
Two Penn faculty -- installation artist and sculptor Michelle Lopez, and composer and musician Tyshawn Sorey -- each have been awarded one of 12 arts fellowships by the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage in Philadelphia.
In the News
NBC News
Notre Dame Law School’s growing influence on the Supreme Court
Marci Hamilton of the School of Arts & Sciences says that Notre Dame Law School has become a bastion for conservative Catholic principles.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
About to turn 60, Kamala Harris represents a new generation. Local women like the sound of that
Nancy Hirschmann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that Kamala Harris is possibly emerging as a blueprint for how Gen X women older than 50 deal with problems of sexism, invisibility, and dismissal.
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NPR
For some artists, a guaranteed income program has been a lifesaver
Kalen Flynn of the School for Social Policy & Practice says that guaranteed income programs give artists creative freedom and allow them to take risks with their art.
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The Washington Post
Doug Emhoff is all over the campaign trail. Melania Trump is not
Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw of the School of Arts & Sciences says that whatever candidates’ spouses choose to do during a campaign has the potential to influence voters.
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Los Angeles Times
Trump’s rhetorical walkabouts: A sign of ‘genius’ or cognitive decline?
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that reporters should throw off the traditional journalistic imperative of brevity and simplicity by quoting Donald Trump in full.
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