Angela Duckworth, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Psychology, explores why perseverance matters.
Friday, March 30, 2018
By Sacha Adorno
Photography by Kyle Kielinski
The Program on Race, Science, and Society hosted an international symposium that brought together scholars to discuss how the categorizing of racial difference has significant implications for individuals across the globe.
Friday, June 8, 2018
Video by Alex Schein
We sat down with Michael Hanchard, Professor and incoming Chair in the Department of Africana Studies and Director of the Marginalized Populations Project, to discuss his new book, "The Spectre of Race: How Discrimination Haunts Western Democracy."
Friday, June 8, 2018
Daniel Gillion, Julie Beren Platt and Marc E. Platt Presidential Associate Professor of Political Science, discusses youth activism in the wake of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
By Jane Carroll
Mecky Pohlschröder, Professor and Undergraduate Chair of the Department of Biology, on gaining insights into the workings of microscopic ecosystems.
Friday, March 30, 2018
By Katherine Unger Baillie
Illustration by Jun Cen
Nikhil Anand, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, discusses the looming water crisis in Cape Town, his research on water scarcity in Mumbai, India, and the future of water shortages globally.
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
By Katelyn Silva
We spoke with Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr., Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor of Music, about his role in the authorship of the book, The Transformation of Black Music: The rhythms, the songs, and the ships of the African Diaspora.
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
By Katelyn Silva
Joan DeJean, Trustee Professor of French, discusses her forthcoming book, The Queen’s Embroiderer: Lovers, Swindlers, Paris, and the First Stock Market Crisis.
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
By Jane Carroll
Kristen Ghodsee, Professor of Russian and East European Studies, encourages more nuanced conversations about communism.
Thursday, January 25, 2018
By Karen Brooks
Michael Gamer, Professor of English, and Scott Enderle, Digital Humanities Specialist at Penn Libraries, are designing a database to classify historical playbills.
Friday, March 30, 2018
By Louisa Shepard
Photography by Shira Yudkoff
Hans-Peter Kohler, Frederick J. Warren Professor of Demography, helms groundbreaking longitudinal study on demographic change, health, and defying adversity in poor rural communities.
Thursday, January 11, 2018
By Blake Cole
