Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
From the archives, a class on different communities of Jews in China
Kathryn Hellerstein created an opportunity for her first-year seminar students to study archival material from a collection donated to the Penn Libraries by her mentor, Israeli scholar Irene Eber.
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A novel theory on how conspiracy theories take shape
Justin McDaniel on life, death, religion, and his latest book
From the archives, a class on different communities of Jews in China
Mask-wearing and moral values
Climate change and the problem with time
Kazakhstan unrest, explained
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Ten from Penn elected 2021 AAAS Fellows
Mentor support for the first-generation college experience
Landmark gift endows Penn Integrates Knowledge Professorship in honor of Amy Gutmann
Pre-arrival and gateway testing for the start of the spring semester
M. Elizabeth Magill nominated to become President of the University of Pennsylvania
Penn receives pivotal gift to expand support for first-generation to college and modest-income undergraduates
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In Wordle, a case for ‘pure’ play
Briana Nichols focuses her work not on migrants, but on the people who stay
Who’s at greatest risk to encounter the criminal legal system in the U.S.?
Gratitude is the attitude at Wharton
Law experts unpack SCOTUS decision that blocks OSHA vaccine mandate
How to close the Guantánamo Bay detention facility
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The origins of the opioid epidemic
First-in-human trial with CAR macrophages shows promise targeting solid tumors
Penn Dental Medicine serves Afghani refugees with pop-up clinic
Racial disparity in follow-up appointments disappears with telemedicine
Busting myths about the Asian American ‘model minority’
Environment key to injury recovery for Black men
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Want to reduce political polarization? Start by looking beyond politics
Revealing the mysterious biology of a fundamental process: reproduction
Protein controlled by both light and temperature can inform cell signal pathways
Refining data into knowledge, turning knowledge into action
New atomically-thin material could improve efficiency of light-based tech
Four things to know about COVID-19 vaccine boosters
Science & Technology
Refining data into knowledge, turning knowledge into action
Penn Engineering researchers are using data science to answer fundamental questions that challenge the globe—from genetics to materials design.
FULL STORYUpcoming Events
Talks
The Chinese Question
Mae M. Ngai, a professor of Asian American studies and history at Columbia, discusses Chinese exclusion and the laws that prevented immigration and citizenship in the anglophone world.
Exhibits
Building in China
The Weitzman School of Design, in association with Southeast University and Tongji University, presents a two-part exhibition of China’s shifting design practices over a century in which many of its leading practitioners and scholars were educated at Penn.
Ends April 22, 2022
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Building in China Lecture
Yung Ho Chang, FAIA, founding partner and principal architect at Atelier Feichang Jianzhu, talks about his studio’s featured exhibition at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design, “Building in China: A Century of Dialogues on Modern Architecture.”
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