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Early modern literature in the Black Atlantic world
Alyssa Smith

Alyssa Smith, MCEAS Consortium Fellow at the McNeil Center.

(Image: Courtesy of The McNeil Center for Early American Studies)

Early modern literature in the Black Atlantic world

How Alyssa Smith, a McNeil Center for Early American Studies Consortium Fellow is turning to Penn for her research.

From The McNeil Center for Early American Studies

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Penn GSE partners to launch $26M AI grants program advancing K–12 education

Penn GSE partners to launch $26M AI grants program advancing K–12 education

This new program will fund the development of openly shared datasets, models, and other digital resources so developers, school districts, and educators can build safe, effective, and equitable AI tools for K–12 teaching and learning.

New model could help police departments reduce excessive force incidents

New model could help police departments reduce excessive force incidents

Criminology professor Greg Ridgeway has developed a model that estimates an officer’s likelihood of using a higher level of force than peers in similar situations—an improvement on existing early-intervention systems that don’t account for differences in time and location.

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A design fall studio brings interdisciplinary thinking to Philly’s historic and commercial core
Philadelphia’s Market Street east of City Hall in 1889.

Philadelphia’s Market Street east of City Hall in 1889.

(Image: John Gibb, Courtesy of the Free Library of Philadelphia, Print and Picture Collection)

A design fall studio brings interdisciplinary thinking to Philly’s historic and commercial core

Studio Plus design students at Weitzman focused on working through the future of Philadelphia’s Market East neighborhood, and explored issues of historic preservation, urban planning, and housing.

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Preserving the past
Brian Whetstone.

Assistant professor of historic preservation Brian Whetstone.

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Preserving the past

Brian Whetstone, assistant professor of historic preservation at the Weitzman School, explores the intersections between housing and labor equity at museums, historic sites, and preservation organizations.

From the Weitzman School of Design

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Planning ahead in an age of longevity
An elderly person holding a baby while blowing out candles on a birthday cake.

Image: Daniel Balakov via Getty Images

Planning ahead in an age of longevity

Tamara J. Cadet of the School of Social Policy & Practice discusses strategies for preparing—financially and physically— for an extended lifespan.

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Most would recommend RSV immunizations for infants, older adults, and during pregnancy

Most would recommend RSV immunizations for infants, older adults, and during pregnancy

In a nationally representative panel survey, Penn’s Annenberg Public Policy Center found an increase in awareness of immunizations that are available for RSV; about 6 in 10 respondents would recommend the vaccine or antibody injections to the groups recommended by the CDC, an increase from past years.

Examining the forces shaping world heritage 

Examining the forces shaping world heritage 

Lynn Meskell looks at the politics of archaeology and world heritage to understand why we conserve certain places and who benefits from the work.

Iran at a crossroads
Four women walk through Tehran underneath a billboard.

Iran is functioning under an Internet communications blackout, which has strained economic and family ties, says Penn’s Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet.

(Image: Vahid Salemi via AP Images)

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    • Iran at a crossroads

    In a Q&A, Penn historian Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, an expert on Iran and the modern Middle East, speaks about the Iranian opposition movement, current protests, the Islamic Republic’s crackdown, and daily life in the country.

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