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‘Building bridges’: Iraqi Global Guide offers tours, personal insight
‘Building bridges’: Iraqi Global Guide offers tours, personal insight
Yaroub Al-Obaidi, an Iraqi artist and scholar who settled in Philadelphia in 2016, gives Penn Museum visitors an insider’s view of the Middle East Galleries and creates connections with U.S. Iraq War veterans.
With frank text and bold illustrations, graphic novel tackles puberty head on
With frank text and bold illustrations, graphic novel tackles puberty head on
The new book, for 9- to 14-year-olds and written by two Penn undergrads and an alum, details what physically happens in the body as girls experience puberty, plus the internal emotions and external social forces that accompany it.
Finding a forgotten architect, Philadelphia’s Minerva Parker Nichols
Finding a forgotten architect, Philadelphia’s Minerva Parker Nichols
More than a decade of research by Molly Lester of the Weitzman School of Design is the foundation of a new exhibition at Penn’s Architectural Archives: “Minerva Parker Nichols: The Search for a Forgotten Architect” focuses on the nation’s first woman to practice architecture independently.
Who, What, Why: Zoe Zhao on emerging digital labor
Who, What, Why: Zoe Zhao on emerging digital labor
Zoe Zhao, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology, studies digital labor related to video games and livestreaming.
Penn’s eight 2023 Thouron Scholars named
Penn’s eight 2023 Thouron Scholars named
Seven fourth-year students and one May graduate have each received a 2023 Thouron Award to pursue graduate studies in the United Kingdom.
Matthew Levendusky’s ‘Our Common Bonds’
Matthew Levendusky’s ‘Our Common Bonds’
A new book by Matthew Levendusky of the School of Arts & Sciences shows that, although there is no simple solution that will eradicate partisan animosity, there are concrete interventions that can reduce it.
Who, What, Why: Discovering Jewish identity through Yiddish studies
Who, What, Why: Discovering Jewish identity through Yiddish studies
Third-year Tyler Kliem has used his Yiddish and Ladino studies as a steppingstone to connect with his Jewish heritage.
ICA debuts dual exhibitions for spring 2023
ICA debuts dual exhibitions for spring 2023
Video and installation exhibit “Terence Nance: Swarm” and experimental experience “Long Take” are on view through July 9.
Weitzman’s first dual degree student in Fine Arts and Historic Preservation
Weitzman’s first dual degree student in Fine Arts and Historic Preservation
In a Q&A, Aislinn Pentecost-Farren discusses her road to the dual degree program and how the legacy of historic sites is foundational to the climate crisis.
Does more money correlate with greater happiness?
Does more money correlate with greater happiness?
Reconciling previously contradictory results, researchers from Penn and Princeton find a steady association between larger incomes and greater happiness for most people but a rise and plateau for an unhappy minority.
In the News
Irish News
Time of reckoning for Sinn Féin
In a letter to the editor, Brendan O’Leary of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the successful implementation of a referendum in favor of Irish reunification requires careful thought about how to reduce the numbers of those who would find losing “almost impossible to accept.”
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USA Today
How does the brain process memory during sleep? New study offers clues
Anna Schapiro of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the dominant theory of how the brain consolidates memories during sleep had been assumed but hadn’t been tested before.
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The Week
Why are so many seniors homeless in America?
Dennis Culhane of the School of Social Policy & Practice says that people older than 60 are the fastest rising group within the homeless population.
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The New York Times
The politics of delusion have taken hold
In his new book, “Our Common Bonds,” Matthew Levendusky of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses the distorted views and misperceptions driving partisan hostility.
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Associated Press
How and when to remove children from their homes? A federal lawsuit raises thorny questions
PIK Professor Dorothy Roberts explains why the child welfare system can be particularly risky for Black and Indigenous families.
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