Faculty Archive
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The Crusades have been understood almost entirely from the Western perspective: at first, a triumphant tale of a holy quest, and more recently as an embarrassing episode of intolerance. Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Paul M. Cobb believes it’s time for a different angle.
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How would you decide if damming up the San Francisco Bay would solve the area’s water problems? In the 1950s, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built a one-acre model to answer this question, simulating the flow of water in the real Bay using concrete and copper strips. Their answer was no; the water just stagnated and didn’t make the freshwater lakes some had hoped for.
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Faculty, students, and alumni provide quick expert takes on topics ranging from urban development in ancient Rome to movie franchise reboots.
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The soil expert uses biogeochemistry to better understand the delicate balance of the carbon cycle.
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A faculty panel discusses events in Ukraine and some possible futures.
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Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Science Irina Marinov provides insight on 2014's U.N. panel on climate change.
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The worldwide hub of advanced Judaic studies looks back—and forward.
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Associate Professor of Sociology Melissa Wilde discusses the Pontiff's impact one year after his election.
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Penn’s Medical Physics Graduate Program creates physicists who heal.
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By using Lyme disease bacteria to research evolution, Assistant Professor of Biology Dustin Brisson is advancing both science and medicine.
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Michael Katz argues the program won more victories than we realize.
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Students organize the biggest-ever Winter Reading Project.
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Rudra Sil and Kevin Platt provide insight on the political climate in Russia ahead of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games.
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Psychology researchers develop a tool that can weigh multiple variables in making treatment decisions.
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Baird Term Assistant Professor of Psychology Joseph Kable studies how we make decisions (or sometimes don’t).
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Professor of German Simon Richter identifies a film genre where women claim their right to pleasure.
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Professor of Music Carol Muller describes life under apartheid and reflects on the passing of Nelson Mandela.
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Emilio Parrado answers questions on immigration reform.
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Daniel Mindiola is finding new ways to harness greenhouse gases.
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Sociologist Tukufu Zuberi Invites Audiences Along on Scholarly Adventures