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Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Witnessing Geology’s Impact Firsthand With Penn in the Alps
Just as summer was winding down, around the time when many students were wrapping up internships and checking packing lists for a return to campus, 13 University of Pennsylvania undergraduates flew across an ocean and began acclimating to the thin air of the Swiss and Italian Alps.
Penn’s English Language Programs Teaches Philadelphia Union Players
The English Language Programs at the University of Pennsylvania often teaches in traditional classrooms, but, in a unique situation instructing international professional athletes, the language laboratory is sometimes on a soccer field.
Penn Alumna Pursues Global Human Rights Policy Through Perry World House Fellowship
As the inaugural Research Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perry World House, alumna Stephanie Herrmann has already had access to
Penn’s 2017 Kelly Writers House Fellows Announced
The University of Pennsylvania will host Maria Bamford, Nathaniel Mackey and Lydia Davis as Kelly Writers House fellows during the spring 2017 semester.
New Photo Exhibition at Penn Features Historically Black Colleges and Universities
The Burrison Gallery at the University of Pennsylvania will open a new exhibition Thursday, Sept. 8, featuring the photography of Penn alumnus Andrew Feiler, a 1984 Wharton graduate. The exhibition features photographs that depict Morris Brown College, one of the 105 historically black colleges and universities. Morris Brown was originally established in 1881 and was all but shut down in 2002 after years of fiscal hardship and a high-profile mismanagement scandal.
Broaden Urban Sustainability to Align Technical, Social Agendas
Current conversations about urban sustainability are too narrowly focused, ignoring regional and global impacts and leaving out key grassroots groups with social justice agendas.
Income and Wealth Inequality Make Recessions Worse, Penn Research Reveals
“The Great Recession is the biggest economic downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s. If you can’t make an argument that inequality matters for the severity of this downturn, then it’s unlikely to matter much for smaller recessions, or for normal times.”
Penn Rising Senior Sarah Eisler Explores Children’s Book Publishing and New York City
Through a University of Pennsylvania internship, rising senior Sarah Eisler honed her skills and learned more about the children’s book publishing industry. Eisler spent eight weeks as an intern at Downtown Bookworks in New York City.
A Home for Architectural History
Earlier this summer, five architects and civil engineers traveled nearly 8,000 miles from Dhaka, Bangladesh, to visit Penn’s Architectural Archives. For weeks, they sought to uncover the intricacies of Louis I.
In the News
Christian Science Monitor
A majority of Americans no longer trust the Supreme Court. Can it rebuild?
Matthew Levendusky of the School of Arts & Sciences says that a partisan trust gap has emerged in public perception of the Supreme Court as a conservative institution.
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The New York Times
Why losing political power now feels like ‘losing your country’
Yphtach Lelkes of the Annenberg School for Communication says that political elites, not average voters, are driving the democratic backsliding that is occurring in America.
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Baltimore Banner
Baltimore expands anti-gun-violence strategy into Eastern District
An analysis released by the Crime and Justice Policy Lab at the School of Arts & Sciences suggests that a group violence reduction strategy drove a 2022 drop in shootings in Baltimore’s Western District.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Comcast’s Sports Complex plan for South Philly would make our city less livable
In an Op-Ed, Vukan R. Vuchic of the School of Engineering and Applied Science says that Philadelphia should make transit more accessible rather than striving to accommodate more cars.
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The New York Times
We don’t see what climate change is doing to us
In an Op-Ed, R. Jisung Park of the School of Social Policy & Practice says that public discourse around climate change overlooks the buildup of slow, subtle costs and their impact on human systems.
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