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Q&A with Mary Frances Berry: 
“History Teaches Us to Resist: How Progressive Movements Have Succeeded in Challenging Times”
Mary Frances Berry

Mary Frances Berry, Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and a professor of history and Africana studies. (Image: Jim Abbott)

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    • Q&A with Mary Frances Berry: 
“History Teaches Us to Resist: How Progressive Movements Have Succeeded in Challenging Times”

    The civil rights activist, historian, and author discusses her new book “History Teaches Us to Resist: How Progressive Movements Have Succeeded in Challenging Times.”
    Stains Alive
    Penn Libraries Fellow Erin Connelly is part of the Stains Alive research project.

    Penn Libraries fellow Erin Connelly (left) and colleague Alberto Campagnolo, of the Library of Congress, prepare a medieval manuscript for multispectral imaging at Penn as part of a national research project to analyze stains. (Photo by Eric Sucar)

     

    Stains Alive

    For Libraries fellow Erin Connelly, stains are some of the most exciting discoveries in her study of medieval manuscripts. She is part of a national team analyzing stains in medieval texts using modern multispectral imaging. An exhibition at Van Pelt-Dietrich Library displays the researchers’ discoveries.
    Hack4Impact: a global coding force for good
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    Hack4Impact: a global coding force for good

    Students in Hack4Impact, a national student-led group that originated at Penn, spend volunteer hours developing web-based applications for social impact nonprofits around the country.

    Penn Today Staff

    Academic ‘boot camp’
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    From left to right: Jorge Pintado and Jahbril Jauregui participate in writing instruction during the Warrior-Scholar Project at Penn.

    Academic ‘boot camp’

    A group of 13 active-duty service members and veterans took part in the Warrior-Scholar Project, which introduces enlisted personnel toward an undergraduate program at a top-tier institution with a weeklong academic program.
    The Democracy Project: Reversing a crisis of confidence
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    The Democracy Project: Reversing a crisis of confidence

    The Penn Biden Center, Freedom House, and the George W. Bush Institute reveal the findings of a national survey about democracy at home and abroad, which cites a crisis of public confidence in the functioning of U.S. democracy.

    Carlyn Reichel

    See you later, sphinx
    The Sphinx of Rameses II centered at a showroom of Penn Museum with people walking around and looking at the displays.

    Visitors to the Penn Museum explore the Egypt Gallery and its centerpiece, the Sphinx of Rameses II, the sixth-largest granite sphinx in the world, and the largest in the Western Hemisphere. Photo by Lauren Hansen-Flaschen. 

    Penn Museum

    See you later, sphinx

    The Penn Museum's 3,000-year-old sphinx of Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II will be stored under wraps and out of public view for several years for gallery renovations, starting July 9th.
    Behind the Scenes
    Penn student Nicholas Seymour in the Kelly Writers House recording studio.

    Penn student Nicholas Seymour, Class of 2020, pictured in the Kelly Writers House recording studio where he has a work-study job. 

    Behind the Scenes

    Rising senior Nicholas Seymour is a summer intern at Philadelphia’s 1812 Productions, helping with all aspects of running a theater. The communications major has experience working on technical crews at Kelly Writers House and in student theater productions.
    Looking to the stars
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    As part of the annual Simons Observatory Collaboration conference, Penn held a Community Astronomy Night in David Rittenhouse laboratory that included a panel, a mixer with astronomers, and stargazing. Credit: Eric Sucar 

    Looking to the stars

    This year's Simons Observatory Collaboration conference included a community star party that consisted of a panel, a mixer with astronomers, and stargazing.

    Ali Sundermier