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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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.
Lost Caregivers
Dan Treglia, Associate Professor of Practice, identifies the number of children who have lost parents and caregivers to COVID-19 and how to support them.
Hostility Among Friends
Sherelle Ferguson, GR’21, and Annette Lareau, Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Professor in the Social Sciences, find that “hostile ignorance” can come from surprising places.
When Democracy Arrives Undressed
Kira Wang, C’24, spent her summer unveiling how many naked ballots were invalidated in the 2020 General Election in Pennsylvania.
Coming Full Circle
Ami Shah Brown, C’96, works on a DNA-based COVID vaccine, a technology she first witnessed as an undergraduate researcher.
OMNIA Q&A: Shots Fired: The Controversy Surrounding Vaccinations, Then and Now
Robert Aronowitz, Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Social Sciences, reflects on vaccine hesitancy today compared to the past, and the politicization of public health.
OMNIA Q&A: Religious Freedom as a Tool for American Occupation
Jolyon Thomas, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, discusses his award-winning book, Faking Liberties: Religious Freedom in American-Occupied Japan.
Unconscious Memory
Damian Pang, Penn LPS Online Certificate in Neuroscience graduate, may have discovered a new type of memory.
OMNIA Q&A: The Winners and Losers in Post-Socialist Europe
Kristen Ghodsee and Mitchell Orenstein, professors of Russian and East European Studies, discuss their new book, Taking Stock of Shock.