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Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Studying Pig Domestication by Looking at Their Teeth
When you watch Penn senior Katherine Morucci and her mentor Katherine Moore examine pig skulls, you might guess they were analyzing the most precious of artifacts. They handle the remains with a loving care typically relegated to the irreplaceable and incredibly rare.
Penn Senior Kriya Patel to Help Incarcerated Women Access Health Care
This is the second in a series of features introducing the University of Pennsylvania’s 2016 President’s Engagement Prize winners.
Penn Senior Vaishak Kumar to Launch Agriculture Extension Project in India
(This is the first in a series of features introducing the 2016 President's Engagement Prize winners.)
Penn Helps Build Digital Library of Ancient Thai Manuscripts
The University of Pennsylvania and the National Library of Laos have launched the Digital Library of Northern Thai Manuscripts bringing thousands of ancient manuscripts out of monastic temples and making them available as open source material online.
Penn’s Al Filreis Wins a Coursera Outstanding Educator Award
Al Filreis, an English professor at the University of Pennsylvania, is the recipient of an inaugural Coursera Outstanding Educator Award.
Penn Historian Selected for American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship
Vanessa Ogle, an assistant professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania, has been selected for a 2016-2017 Fellowship from The American Council of Learned Societies.
Penn Announces 2016 Thouron Prize Winners
Three University of Pennsylvania sophomores have received John Thouron Prizes to pursue summer studies at Pembroke College, Cambridge University
Penn Travel Arts Fest Showcases Study Abroad and Exchange Student Artwork
Penn Abroad and Penn Summer Abroad are co-hosting The Third Annual Travel Arts Festival!
Penn Libraries Announces Online Release of Holy Land Collections
The Penn Libraries is excited to announce the debut of the online home for their Holy Land collections.
Penn's Arthur Ross Gallery Presents: Expanding the Audience for Art in the Nineteenth Century at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Expanding the Audience for Art in the Nineteenth Century at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Artsat University of Pennsylvania’s Arthur Ross Gallery
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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