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Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Who, What, Why: Tamir Williams on Black visibility in Chicago’s nightclubs
Who, What, Why: Tamir Williams on Black visibility in Chicago’s nightclubs
Williams discusses their exhibition showcasing the photographs of Wharton alumnus Michael Abramson, who captured scenes from Black nightclubs in Chicago in the 1970s.
Who, What, Why: Patrick Carland-Echavarria and queer Americans in post-war Japan
Who, What, Why: Patrick Carland-Echavarria and queer Americans in post-war Japan
Ph.D. candidate Patrick Carland-Echavarria’s research looks at postwar Japanese queer cultures, translation, art, and literature and at how American gay men found refuge there during the Cold War and beyond.
Global learning in Cairo
Global learning in Cairo
Cairo as Palimpsest is a Penn Global course that introduces students to the layers of Egyptian history.
Kimberly St. Julian Varnon on the short-lived insurrection in Russia
Kimberly St. Julian Varnon on the short-lived insurrection in Russia
The history Ph.D. candidate discusses the shocking weekend revolt and march on Moscow by Wagner Group militia members.
‘Ritual and Remembrance’
‘Ritual and Remembrance’
Work by four artists in the current Arthur Ross Gallery exhibition, “Songs for Ritual and Remembrance,” uplift histories that have been repressed and underrepresented, including those of enslaved people and oppressed laborers.
Urbanization and the influence of poor migrants on politics
Urbanization and the influence of poor migrants on politics
A new book from political science professor Tariq Thachil explores how the most vulnerable individuals in India are making a political impact.
When child care and domestic gig workers have problems, where do they turn?
When child care and domestic gig workers have problems, where do they turn?
A new study from professor Julia Ticona and doctoral candidate Ryan Tsapatsaris uncovers the online spaces where domestic workers and their clients talk about using Care.com.
Who, What, Why: History Ph.D. candidate Arielle Alterwaite looks at Haitian debt
Who, What, Why: History Ph.D. candidate Arielle Alterwaite looks at Haitian debt
Her work on Haiti’s sovereign debt in the aftermath of the Haitian Revolution holds lessons for what is currently happening there and more broadly for conversations around reparations.
Following I-95 collapse, attention turns to public transit alternatives
Following I-95 collapse, attention turns to public transit alternatives
In a Q&A, Jay Arzu, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of City & Regional Planning, discusses how investment in public transit would alleviate travel stress caused by incidents like the I-95 bridge collapse.
AI could transform social science research
AI could transform social science research
Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor Philip Tetlock and researchers from the University of Waterloo, University of Toronto, and Yale, discuss AI and its application to their work.
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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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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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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