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Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Paul Salopek to Speak at Penn on ‘Out of Eden: A Journalist Gone Rogue'
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Looking at the Big Picture: Penn Researcher Receives Grant to Study Success at Minority-serving Institutions
Panoramic images enable one to see everything in one complete picture, providing a better understanding of the entire setting. And when looking at the landscape of higher education and student success, the viewer has to be able to see more than just a snapshot of public and private schools.
At the World Resources Forum in Beijing, Penn’s Iliana Sepúlveda Shares Lessons on Energy Subsides
PHILADELPHIA — To a room full of academics and Ph.D. students in the notoriously polluted city of Beijing, the University of Pennsylvania’s Iliana Sepúlveda presented ideas for increasing the use of energy-efficient technology that may one day help lessen the burden of fossil-fuel combustion in that city, as well as many others across the globe.
Penn Nursing: It’s Personal
As a student at Saints John Neumann and Maria Goretti Catholic High School, Stephanie Kelly decided on a career in nursing. For her, it was not simply a desire to change the world through the science; it was much more personal.
Penn Crews Were Ready for Hurricane Sandy
The University of Pennsylvania managed to escape the worst impact of Hurricane Sandy, but, regardless of what might have happened, Penn was ready.
27th annual Joseph Alexander Colloquium examines Anne Frank's diary
“The Diary of A Young Girl,” the most widely read version of Holocaust victim Anne Frank’s journal, has informed generations of readers about the horrors of Nazi Germany and preserved the observations of a young witness to history.
Penn Museum Presents Day of the Dead Celebration
PHILADELPHIA, 2012—Penn Museum offers a Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) Celebration with a distinctively Maya focus Saturday, November 3, from 1:00 to 4:00 pm.
Penn’s Chyke Doubeni Strives to Eliminate Inequities in Cancer Screening and Survival
When Chyke Doubeni was in high school, he thought he might become an economist, like his older brother.
Penn SRFS Office Adds Financial Literacy Program for Undergrads -- and Grads
PHILADELPHIA – Managing a budget, balancing a checking account and paying bills on time are among the financial responsibilities adults must juggle. They are also tasks many young people don’t take on until they go to college and, if the students are ill prepared, they can get them into hot water.
Volleyball Coach Kerry Carr: Learning and Teaching Life Lessons
University of Pennsylvania women’s volleyball coach Kerry Carr can draw from personal experience when she instructs her team on playing the game or when guiding students in handling school or life issues.
In the News
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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Associated Press
Far fewer young Americans now want to study in China. Both countries are trying to fix that
Amy Gadsden of Penn Global says that American interest in studying in China is declining due to foreign businesses closing their offices there and Beijing’s draconian governing style.
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The Wall Street Journal
‘Slouch’ review: The panic over posture
In her new book, “Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America,” Beth Linker of the School of Arts & Sciences traces society’s posture obsession to Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution.
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Associated Press
In death, three decades after his trial verdict, O.J. Simpson still reflects America’s racial divides
Camille Charles of the School of Arts & Sciences says that Black Americans have grown less likely to believe in a famous defendant’s innocence as a show of race solidarity.
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