Angela Duckworth, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Psychology, explores why perseverance matters.
Friday, March 30, 2018
By Sacha Adorno
Photography by Kyle Kielinski
Camille Zubrinsky Charles, Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Social Sciences; Professor of Sociology, Africana Studies, and Education; and Director of the Center for Africana Studies, talks about residential segregation and the promises and failures of the Fair Housing Act in light of the legislation’s 50th anniversary.
Thursday, August 9, 2018
By Jessica Martucci
Jamal J. Elias, Walter H. Annenberg Professor in the Humanities, studies the emotional space occupied by children in modern Islamic societies in a first-of-its-kind new book.
Thursday, August 9, 2018
By Lauren Rebecca Thacker
In her new book, Emily Steinlight, Stephen M. Gorn Family Assistant Professor of English, focuses on overpopulation as a central theme of 19th-century British novels.
Friday, July 20, 2018
By Dan Hanson
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
In her new book, Heather J. Sharkey, Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, explores Muslim, Christian, and Jewish relations in the period before World War I.
Monday, June 25, 2018
By Dan Hanson
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
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 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
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
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
