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Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Penn Global Learners Program: Language and life skills for individuals facing displacement
Penn Global Learners Program: Language and life skills for individuals facing displacement
The Global Learners Program, taught by LPS English Language Programs instructors, offered more than 300 people in Ukraine English skills useful on the job hunt—and provided some normalcy and hope in the process.
Who, What, Why: Jimil Ataman on the politics and contradictions of slow fashion
Who, What, Why: Jimil Ataman on the politics and contradictions of slow fashion
The anthropology Ph.D. candidate discusses what she has learned following slow fashion creators and consumers on Instagram and in the Pacific Northwest.
Resisting the resource curse
Resisting the resource curse
Political science Ph.D. candidate Mikhail Strokan’s work looks at the idea that countries abundant in such natural resources as oil and natural gas wind up struggling economically despite the bounty—and examines why some of these countries fare better than others.
Social scientists must address ChatGPT’s ethical challenges before using it for research
Social scientists must address ChatGPT’s ethical challenges before using it for research
Outlining challenges that ChatGPT pose, researchers from Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice and Annenberg School for Communication have written recommendations in five areas for ethical use of the technology in a new paper.
A question of neutrality: Switzerland’s role in 19th-century imperialism
A question of neutrality: Switzerland’s role in 19th-century imperialism
History undergraduate Sophie Mwaisela traveled to Geneva this summer to conduct research for her honors thesis.
How has Netflix changed in Mexico over the past decade?
How has Netflix changed in Mexico over the past decade?
Undergraduates Miraya Gesheva and Teia Hudson spent the summer working with Juan Llamas-Rodriguez to look at how streaming in Mexico has changed during the past 10 years.
Environmental conservation, justice, and gender
Environmental conservation, justice, and gender
Through her Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring summer internship, Mia McElhatton explores how efforts to save the planet may disproportionately burden women.
To increase acceptance of an RSV vaccine, explain the FDA’s vaccine approval process
To increase acceptance of an RSV vaccine, explain the FDA’s vaccine approval process
A new report by Penn’s Annenberg Public Policy Center shows a need for more public visibility of the FDA’s rigorous review process to sway public opinion about the safety of vaccines and maternal health during pregnancy.
Who, What, Why: Betsy Stade on novel methods for assessing anxiety and depression
Who, What, Why: Betsy Stade on novel methods for assessing anxiety and depression
The clinical psychology Ph.D. candidate discusses her research on language patterns in anxiety and depression and thinking about alternatives to the “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition.”
A Philadelphia artistic collaboration at Penn
A Philadelphia artistic collaboration at Penn
An exhibition of 50 artworks by 34 undergraduate students in six Philadelphia colleges and universities, “Let Me Know You Are Alright,” is on view at the Charles Addams Gallery on campus through Aug. 18.
In the News
Philadelphia Inquirer
SNAP recipients are denied hot food. These Penn grads found a hack with a new kind of corner store
Two recent graduates of the School of Arts & Sciences, Alex Imbot and Eli Moraru will be legally skirting federal rules that guide food stamps to offer healthy, hot food in a nonprofit corner store.
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Yahoo! Finance
What Amazon’s up to $4B commitment to Anthropic could mean for AI space
Chris Callison-Burch of the School of Arts & Sciences comments on how investing in artificial intelligence is a strategic move.
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Gizmodo
The summer that reality caught up to climate fiction
Parrish Bergquist of the School of Arts & Sciences says that there is evidence that experiencing hot weather firsthand can have an effect on people’s concern about climate change.
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The Hill
Biden makes case that climate, labor interests can go hand in hand as auto strike fuels attacks
Sanya Carley of the Weitzman School of Design and the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy says that, in the case of the auto industry, many workers will have similar skills, but she also noted that some plants are being moved into southern states that have lower labor costs, cheaper electricity, and less union activity.
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Los Angeles Times
Yes, there was global warming in prehistoric times. But nothing in millions of years compares with what we see today
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences writes that we can avoid a catastrophic trajectory for our global climate if we reduce carbon emissions substantially during the next decade.
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