Katelyn Silva is a freelance writer based in Providence who covers a wide range of topics for colleges and universities including Penn Arts & Sciences, Northwestern, Johnson and Wales University, and the University of Chicago.
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Broken School Buildings
Alisa Ghura, C’23, researched safety hazards in school buildings in low-income school districts and barriers to change.
A Model for Refugee Hosting
Guy Grossman, Professor of Political Science, investigates the effects of Uganda’s refugee-hosting reforms on preventing public backlash.
OMNIA Q&A: Beyond the Bodies
David Young Kim, Associate Professor of History of Art, encourages art historians and enthusiasts to look beyond the figures in Renaissance art to notice the richness of the groundwork.
Inequality and Parental (Pandemic) Support
Elena van Stee, a doctoral student in sociology, has examined how social class backgrounds differentially impacted parental support during the pandemic.
Black Voices on Confederate Monumentation
Olivia Haynie, C’24, and Justin Seward, C’25, spent the summer researching historical Black perspectives on Confederate monuments.
OMNIA Q&A: 2,800 Years of Ideas
Sophia Rosenfeld, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History, and Peter Struck, Professor of Classical Studies, discuss their new book series, A Cultural History of Ideas.
Threading the Needle
The B.A.A.S. Senior Portfolio demonstrates LPS students’ transferrable skills to the workplace and beyond.
Representation in Technology
Victor Scotti, Jr., C’13, works toward a future where diversity, equity, and inclusion are the norm.
Beneath the Surface
Nakul Deshpande, doctoral student in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science, demonstrates how soil “creeps” unbeknownst to the naked eye.
Summer Reading Selections: Mia Bay
What the Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor of American History is looking forward to reading this summer.
Cognition Feels
In his new book, Donovan Schaefer, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, argues that there is no thinking without feeling.
Dorm To Table
Amanda Shulman, C’15, went from hosting dinner parties in her dorm room to opening her own Philadelphia restaurant.