Lauren Rebecca Thacker is a Providence-based higher ed writer who covers topics from poetry and politics to energy science and ocean engineering.
Lauren Rebecca Thacker
Things Remembered
Anna Lehr Mueser, a doctoral candidate in history and sociology of science, studies memory, loss, and technology in the New York City Watershed and the villages that were destroyed to construct it.
Summer School
MindCORE hosted two 10-week research programs for students eager to get back in the lab and connect with peers.
Write the Qasbah
Megan Robb of the Department of Religious Studies published a book on an early 20th-century newspaper that was influential in creating a shared Muslim identity in South Asia.
Oil, Oil Everywhere
Researchers in the Goldberg group, including Karen Goldberg, Vagelos Professor in Energy Research, and Drew Newman, doctoral candidate in chemistry, focus on alternative fuel sources for items that are part of everyday life.
Shifting the Conversation
Josephine Nock-Hee Park, Professor of English and Director of the Asian American Studies Program, on anti-Asian racism and community response.
Science, Politics, and Vaccine Acceptance
As the COVID-19 vaccine is being distributed across the country, new research out of the Department of Philosophy shows that knowledge about the nature of science can combat political biases.
Extreme Translation
Ahmad Almallah’s debut collection, Bitter English, is an exploration of identity and poetic form.
Penn Undergrads and Decision 2020
Students analyze data in the classroom and then bring their skills to NBC on election nights.
Excerpts from Ladysitting
Lorene Cary’s memoir reflects on the responsibility and privileges of caregiving.
Omnia 101: Listening to Music
Jairo Moreno, Associate Professor of Music, explains how listening is at once historical, social, personal, affective, and technical.
Omnia Podcast: You Can’t Hurt a Poem, and Other Lessons from Charles Bernstein (Audio)
The award-winning poet looks back on his career.
Charles Bernstein Retires
The award-winning poet has been a professor at Penn since 2003.