Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences

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Want a good read? Check out these award-winning stories

From the opening of the Penn Medicine Pavilion to the intricacies of broadband expansion—read some recent Penn Today stories that won district awards from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

At risk of persecution, scholars continue research at Penn

The recently launched At-Risk Scholars Program has enabled two people—an art historian and economist—to escape persecution and danger with a period of residence at the University.

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Thinking ‘beyond the hospital’ for Black men recovering from traumatic injury

Research from Penn Nursing and Penn Medicine found that where these patients live and return post-hospitalization affects whether they’ll experience symptoms of depression or PTSD as they heal.

At Penn, the world’s first graduate queer art history fellowship

The McDonough Fellowships are supported by a 10-year, $3 million donation from Alphawood Foundation Chicago. They’re the first of their kind in higher education.

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Celebrating future renovation and expansion of historic Stuart Weitzman Hall

At a ceremonial groundbreaking, Dean Fritz Steiner, Stuart Weitzman, President Liz Magill, and Matt Nord of the School’s board of advisors joined guests to celebrate the future renovation and expansion of the 130-year-old Weitzman School of Design building now named Stuart Weitzman Hall.

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Demystifying grad school to enhance diversity in STEM

Earlier this month, 48 undergraduate students from around the country traveled to Penn for a three-day gathering full of workshops, lectures, networking opportunities, lab tours, Q & A sessions, and a resource fair.

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The allure of fad diets, and why they fail

In a new book, Penn nutritional anthropologist Janet Chrzan and Kima Cargill of the University of Washington, Tacoma, explain the cultural, social, and psychological fixation on fad diets and why they don’t typically succeed.

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In sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, young children dying at greater-than-expected rates

The findings, derived from a new model created by researchers at Penn and elsewhere, point to the need for specific and specifically timed interventions aimed at this vulnerable, under-5 population.

Chung Sye-kyun speaks at the podium at Perry World House.

South Korea’s response to COVID-19: Lessons for the next pandemic

Former South Korean Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun shared his nation’s successful approach to the pandemic in a Perry World House lecture.

Meeting a ‘generational challenge’: Feeding the world and doing it sustainably

With the launch of the Center for Stewardship Agriculture and Food Security, the School of Veterinary Medicine is working “to make animal agriculture part of a solution to a more resilient, sustainable, and equitable future.”

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