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Penn and the Science History Institute to serve as new hosts of History of Science Society
Conference meeting with dozens of people seated and looking at a presentation in a church-like setting

With its relocation to Philadelphia, the History of Science Society will have a home base at Penn and the Science History Institute from which to receive support, host events, and interact with the city’s robust scholarly community. (Image: Courtesy of HSS)

Penn and the Science History Institute to serve as new hosts of History of Science Society

The arrangement highlights Philadelphia as a hub for history of science scholarship and will provide mentoring opportunities for Penn students.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Frontline voices from the pandemic’s early days
Guobin Yang and the cover of the book called "The Wuhan Lockdown by Guobin Yang." The image shows a person fully covered in what appears like a hazmat suit next to a person in a hospital bed. They are outside.

Frontline voices from the pandemic’s early days

In his new book, “The Wuhan Lockdown,” Guobin Yang uses personal diaries from that city’s residents to recreate how it felt at the epicenter of what was then a scary and unknown new virus.

Michele W. Berger

Following the trail of Elizabeth Thomas, fossil hunter
Person standing in a large green field.

(Homepage photo) Locals advised Sabel and Pentecost-Farren (seen here) to look in this field between Hampnett and Northleach, where the pair found several fossilized sea urchins.

Following the trail of Elizabeth Thomas, fossil hunter

Claire Conklin Sabel, a doctoral student in Penn’s History and Sociology of Science department, uncovers the findings of 18th-century amateur naturalist Elizabeth Thomas, along with illustrator Alix Pentecost-Farren, who brings Thomas’ work to life.

Kristina García

Incarceration associated with negative mental health risks for Black men
The door of a prison cell open, with closed cells behind it.

Incarceration associated with negative mental health risks for Black men

A review of literature from the past decade found that for this group in the U.S. such a detention was linked to higher levels of psychological distress, more severe symptoms of PTSD and depression, and more.

Michele W. Berger , Ed Federico

The Lauder Institute’s Chad Payne on Web 3.0 in Africa
Chad Payne beside podium and microphone with 'Penn Grad Talks' backdrop

Chad Payne pictured in March delivering his Penn Grad Talks presentation. (Image: Penn Arts & Sciences)

The Lauder Institute’s Chad Payne on Web 3.0 in Africa

Chad Payne, a second-year student in the Lauder Institute’s Africa Program, talks about his winning speech for this year’s Penn Grad Talks and the potential of Web 3.0 in Africa.
Mural expresses culture and belonging in South Philadelphia
mural with many illustrations in bright colors on a long wall with a sidewalk and cars

Mural artist Shira Walinsky of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design and fourth-grade teacher Lisa Yau, a fellow in the Penn-based Teachers Institute of Philadelphia, worked together with students to transform a blank wall across the street from the Francis Scott Key School entrance on 8th Street in South Philadelphia. (Image: Steve Weinik, courtesy of Mural Arts Philadelphia)

Mural expresses culture and belonging in South Philadelphia

Shira Walinsky of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design and fourth-grade teacher Lisa Yuk Kuen Yau, a fellow in the Penn-based Teachers Institute of Philadelphia, worked with students to create a mural across from Francis Scott Key School in South Philadelphia.
Baseball history, American history
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Baseball history, American history

Sarah Gronningsater’s popular course links the two in a study of the sport from the Civil War to Jackie Robinson to the current day.

Kristen de Groot

COVID mortality age patterns changed significantly during pandemic
An empty hospital bed in a hospital room.

COVID mortality age patterns changed significantly during pandemic

Between March 2020 and October 2021, death rates from the virus decreased for those 80 and older and increased for those 25 to 54, results that held across racial and ethnic groups.

Michele W. Berger