Susan Ahlborn

Omnia Associate Editor Susan Ahlborn has worked as a communications professional in healthcare and academia, and loves learning cool things and writing about them.

The Amish and the Anthropocene
Nicole Welk-Joerger, a doctoral candidate in the Department of History and Sociology of Science, discusses what a technology adopted by the Amish can tell us about climate change and the future.
Math, String Theory, and Lincoln Center (Video)
In the video “Quintessentially Science Fiction,” Math’s Eugenio Calabi reflects on his life, his impact on math and physics, and how “learning is a digestive process.”
My VIPER Summer
Students and professors in the Vagelos Integrated Program in Energy Research spent the summer in the lab.
What’s With all the Leather Jackets?
Dean’s Scholar Nicholas Berrettini, LPS’19, examines Italian crime dramas and wonders if binge-watching shows can change our opinions.
Inquiring Minds
The History Honors Thesis Program trains students to research, argue, write, and add something new to our knowledge.
Looking at the Invisible Minority
In a new book, English Professor David L. Eng and psychotherapist Shinhee Han illuminate the lives and struggles of Asian American students over a 20-year period.
“What Can Be Done Today?”
Senior Aminata Sy founded a program for Philly kids and will soon head to Congress to begin her Rangel Graduate Fellowship.
A Classic Hat Trick
In one year, Sheila Murnaghan, Alfred Reginald Allen Memorial Professor of Greek, published a translation of Medea and books on the Beat generation and classics for children.
On the Water in Philadelphia (Video)
A summer research seminar by the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities (PPEH) allowed students to conduct research on Philadelphia's waterways and collaborate with community partners.
Omnia Podcast: Poetry and the Pulse of Life (Audio)
Taije Silverman, a lecturer in the Department of English, has had poems featured in the Best American Poetry collections for the last two years.
Live and Learn
Move-In Day for freshmen in the Integrated Studies Program was the beginning of a year of living and learning together.
The Death of a Princess
We asked English Professor David Wallace—and his mum—about the death of Princess Diana 20 years ago.