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Penn students promote linguistic and cultural diversity

    • Penn students promote linguistic and cultural diversity

    Ariel Koren, a junior in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, fell in love with the Spanish language and Latin American culture when she was in high school in Jacksonville, Fla. But for her sister, who has learning disabilities, lessons about another language and culture weren’t quite as accessible.

    Maria Zankey

    Penn Researcher Co-Authors Report on Gun Violence and Mass Shootings

    • Penn Researcher Co-Authors Report on Gun Violence and Mass Shootings

    In trying to predict mass shootings, there is no reliable psychological profile or set of warning signs that can help to identify shooters, according to “Gun Violence: Prediction, Prevention and Policy,” a comprehensive report issued today by the American Psychological Associ
    Penn Researcher Traces the History of the American Urban Squirrel

    • Penn Researcher Traces the History of the American Urban Squirrel

    Until recently, Etienne Benson, an assistant professor in the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of History and Sociology of Science, has trained his academic eye on the history of conservation of large, charismatic wildlife, such as tigers, grizzly bears and orc

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    Fels Institute at Penn Publishes New Book by Pa. State Rep. Dwight Evans

    • Fels Institute at Penn Publishes New Book by Pa. State Rep. Dwight Evans

    The Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania has published a new book by Pennsylvania State Rep. Dwight Evans “Making Ideas Matter: My Life as a Policy Entrepreneur” is described as “a primer for students of policy, political junkies, lovers of history and those who think that public service is a noble calling.”

    Jacquie Posey

    Penn remembers and reflects on the life of Nelson Mandela

    • Penn remembers and reflects on the life of Nelson Mandela

    Nelson Mandela, the former president of South Africa who was recognized worldwide as crusader for peace and justice, died Thursday, Dec. 5 at the age of 95.

    Penn Current Staff

    Penn researchers devise new concept for solar panels

    • Penn researchers devise new concept for solar panels

    Current solar panels need two materials to work: one that absorbs light and excites electrons, and another that gets those electrons to flow in one direction, producing electrical current.

    Evan Lerner

    The changing Chinatowns in Philadelphia, New York, and Boston

    • The changing Chinatowns in Philadelphia, New York, and Boston

    Chinatowns were created in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries because of the forced segregation and zoning laws partly related to the Chinese Exclusion Act. This law restricted immigration of low-wage Chinese laborers who arrived in the United States during the Gold Rush and helped to build the nation’s first transcontinental railroad.

    Jeanne Leong