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Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
The hidden costs and joys of being LGBT
The hidden costs and joys of being LGBT
LGBT people continue to face many hurdles to financial security, with a higher likelihood to slip below the poverty line.
What can polls tell us in 2024?
What can polls tell us in 2024?
John Lapinski, the Robert A. Fox Leadership Professor of Political Science and director of the Robert A. Fox Leadership Program and the Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies, talks polling in this presidential election year.
Introducing the West Philadelphia Creative Grants
Introducing the West Philadelphia Creative Grants
Chloe Reison, associate director of The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation, explains the West Philadelphia Creative Grants and how to apply.
Enhancing ‘representational equity’ on Wikipedia
Enhancing ‘representational equity’ on Wikipedia
As part of the inaugural Wiki Education Humanities & Social Justice Advisory Committee, Heather J. Sharkey, a professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, will continue working to improve Wikipedia content on historically underrepresented topics.
Mindfulness, monasticism, and women in Thai Buddhism
Mindfulness, monasticism, and women in Thai Buddhism
Ph.D. candidate Katherine Scahill’s research engages with three communities of female Buddhist monks (bhikkhunī) in Thailand and their chanting traditions.
Hurricane changed ‘rules of the game’ in monkey society
Hurricane changed ‘rules of the game’ in monkey society
PIK Professor Michael Platt and collaborators from the University of Exeter find Hurricane Maria transformed a monkey society by changing the pros and cons of their interpersonal relations.
Making virtual worlds
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.
Association found between media diet and science-consistent beliefs about climate change
Association found between media diet and science-consistent beliefs about climate change
A new paper from experts at the Annenberg Public Policy Center examines the associations between media exposure and science-consistent beliefs about climate change and the threat it posed to the respondent.
New dissertation grants expand global research support
New dissertation grants expand global research support
The newly established Penn Global Dissertation Grants program provides as much as $8,000 in funding to each of 11 Ph.D. candidates to enhance global components in their research.
Knowledge a factor in closing Black-white COVID-19 vaccination gap
Knowledge a factor in closing Black-white COVID-19 vaccination gap
New research from the Annenberg Public Policy Center shows that exposure to knowledge about vaccine safety and efficacy from trusted sources can matter.
In the News
France 24
Could Harris’s abortion advocacy be a U.S. election game changer?
Marc Trussler of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the selection of J.D. Vance as the Republican vice presidential candidate will make it harder for Donald Trump to act as a moderate on the issue of abortion.
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USA Today
How much is $1,000 per month worth? New study explores impact of basic income
Stacia West of the Center for Guaranteed Income Research at the School of Social Policy & Practice says that guaranteed basic income causes people to make great decisions for themselves and their family in a way that promotes upward economic mobility.
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Religion News Service
Kamala Harris’ multi-religious identity is a map of the future
Anthea Butler of the School of Arts & Sciences says that Kamala Harris’s religious story is not a straight line, which mirrors the trajectory of many Americans today.
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The Irish Times (Dublin)
Westminster elections leave Northern Ireland parties with choices and questions
Brendan O’Leary of the School of Arts & Sciences analyzes low voter turnout trends for the UK general election in Northern Ireland’s constituencies.
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The New York Times
The reason people are not telling Biden the truth
Adam Grant of the Wharton School says that President Biden must make sure that the faction advocating his staying in the race doesn’t dominate the faction encouraging him to withdraw.
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