Brooke Sietinsons

Brooke Sietinsons is Associate Director of Digital Communications for Penn Arts & Sciences. 

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Creating a Classroom Democracy
Through a Stavros Niarchos Foundation Paideia course, Assistant Professor of History Sarah Gronningsater and her students resuscitate early American history.
Arun Das
Bridging Medicine and Business
Arun Das, C’10, W’10, took a winding path to end up at Cabaletta Bio, a biotechnology company that wants to revolutionize autoimmune disease treatment.
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Launch Event Celebrates Unique Collaboration with Philadelphia Police Department
The new Master of Applied Criminology and Police Leadership program will focus on building practical, real-world skills and knowledge among police leaders.
Classroom
Let’s Get Digital
An advanced economics course taught by Assistant Professor Juan Camilo Castillo encourages students to apply tools and theories to digital markets in the real world.
Nikola Moore
The New Mind
With a new Draw Down the Lightning grant, Nikola Moore, C’25, developed a workshop series focused on mitigating linguistic risk with large language models.
Yash Rajpal
Making Concrete Sweat
Combating urban “heat islands” may become a little easier thanks to work from VIPER student Yash Rajpal, C’26, ENG’26, on a composite that boosts water absorption in cement.
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60-Second Lectures at Quaker Days
Over three days, six faculty experts from criminology, English, biology, history and sociology of science, music, and German, spoke briefly on subjects from Airbnbs and crime to deep listening.
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Office Artifacts: Megan Kassabaum
Kassabaum, Associate Professor of Anthropology, describes five meaningful objects that surround her as she works.
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Winners of the Ninth Annual Penn Grad Talks (Video)
TED-style talks on crowdfunding in ancient Greece, gender gaps in political tolerance, shyness, opera singers and language, and how to know what you don’t know, took home the day’s top prizes.
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A Dialogue about the Past and Future of Democracy
Ben Talks NYC, which took place this year at the Times Center in front of a crowd of 270 people, featured Jeffrey Green and Michele Margolis of Political Science, Donovan Schaefer of Religious Studies, and Sophia Rosenfeld of History.
Portrait of Lynn Karyl
From Periodic Table to Libretto
Growing up the child of a famous scientist, Karyl Charna Lynn, CW’65, was expected to follow her father’s path. She pursued chemistry throughout her schooling, but when she started writing about opera, she knew she’d found her passion.
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Nurturing a Love for Math
A new book by Professor of Mathematics Robin Pemantle and longtime math teacher Henri Picciotto offers middle and high school educators actionable materials and invites reflection and connection across disciplines.