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Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Battling longer, more intense fire seasons
Battling longer, more intense fire seasons
In a Q&A, doctoral student Clare Super describes her research into wildland firefighting, the impact on firefighters, U.S. policy around wildfires, and parallels to what’s happening in Australia.
Angela Davis ‘refuses to give up’
Angela Davis ‘refuses to give up’
Angela Davis and Gina Dent joined Margo Natalie Crawford of the Center for Africana Studies for this year’s Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture in Social Justice.
Drug epidemic likely ‘killing more Americans than we think’
Drug epidemic likely ‘killing more Americans than we think’
Research from Penn and Georgetown shows that the estimated number of drug-associated deaths in the U.S. in 2016 was approximately double the number of deaths attributed to drugs.
First Ivy League Quechua Fulbright scholar elevates indigenous values
First Ivy League Quechua Fulbright scholar elevates indigenous values
Nico Suárez-Guerrero of the School of Arts and Sciences is the first Quechua Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant in the Ivy League, and the only one currently in the United States.
Bolivia: Coup or election fraud?
Bolivia: Coup or election fraud?
Quechua scholar Américo Mendoza-Mori and political scientist Tulia Falleti discuss the ousting of the country’s first indigenous president and the tumultuous state of Bolivian politics as the country prepares for elections in May.
Visualizing future cities with Zhongjie Lin
Visualizing future cities with Zhongjie Lin
A new three-year project called called “Spatial Visions Connecting China and the West: A Centennial Review and New Perspectives on Future Urban Environments” will address global issues like climate change and migration will begin at Penn and travel to Beijing.
A history of U.S.-Iran relations
A history of U.S.-Iran relations
John Ghazvinian, interim director of the Middle East Center and an expert on Iran/U.S. relations, talks about the countries’ historical relationship and what led to the current situation.
New intervention for ‘aging out’ youth from foster care
New intervention for ‘aging out’ youth from foster care
Caring Adults R Everywhere (C.A.R.E.), a social support program for young adults aging out of foster care, has released a new treatment manual designed to help practitioners build effective mentoring programs.
The religious battle over birth control and the unpleasant motivation that fueled it
The religious battle over birth control and the unpleasant motivation that fueled it
In a Q&A, sociologist Melissa Wilde discusses her new book, which probes the racism and elitism that spurred religious groups to fight for legalizing contraception.
A new link between fear, imitation, and antisocial behavior in children
A new link between fear, imitation, and antisocial behavior in children
In a pair of studies, researchers from Penn and Boston University offer insight into a set of traits often characterized by a lack of empathy and sensitivity to others’ emotions.
In the News
Popular Science
An environmental stimulus bill could help us bounce back from COVID-19
Billy Fleming of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design compared a new “green stimulus” proposal to the 2009 American Recover and Reinvestment Act, which he says was too small and which funded projects that didn’t excite the public.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Zoombombing: What it is, and how to stop it from ruining your coronavirus events
Jessa Lingel of the Annenberg School for Communication spoke about how online gatherings can be protected from disruptions by trolls. “Just like people should be updating their Facebook settings, just like people should be thinking about location data that they put on Twitter or Instagram, we should also be thinking about the settings of a platform like Zoom,” she said.
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KYW Newsradio (Philadelphia)
Can studying history tell us anything about life after COVID-19?
Brent Cebul of the School of Arts and Sciences was interviewed about significant times of disruption in U.S. history and the sociopolitical changes that accompanied them.
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Newsweek
As Europeans flag concerns over faulty Chinese coronavirus equipment, state media is leading Beijing’s fight back
Jacques deLisle of the Law School and School of Arts and Sciences said that the coronavirus pandemic has been on opportunity for China to demonstrate the strengths of its authoritarian government. “The U.S. failure of competence allows China to look very competent and to not take the heat it deserves,” he said.
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The New Yorker
Imagining a justice-based health system
Jennifer Prah Ruger of the School of Social Policy & Practice was interviewed about health inequity in the time of the coronavirus. “We need to recognize, now more than ever, given this latest pandemic, that [science] is a major area for investment going forward,” she said.
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