Faculty
OMNIA Q&A: The Future of COVID-19
David S. Roos, E. Otis Kendall Professor of Biology, on COVID-19, variants, and vaccines.
Humans in the Loop
Benjamin Shestakofsky, Assistant Professor of Sociology, finds interconnections between humans and machines in the future of work.
Amateur Music-Making in the Early Republic
In a new book, Glenda Goodman, Assistant Professor of Music, probes how hand-copying musical compositions and amateur performance shaped identity and ideas in the post-Revolutionary War period.
Al Filreis and the Power of Poetry
After Amanda Gorman’s inaugural poem captured attention, the director of Kelly Writer’s House reflects on what poetry can do.
OMNIA Q&A: Polarization and Policymaking
Matthew Levendusky, Professor of Political Science and Penny and Robert A. Fox Director of the Fels Institute of Government, on how hyperpartisanship interferes with democracy.
Bringing History to the Surface
Mantha Zarmakoupi, Morris Russell and Josephine Chidsey Williams Assistant Professor in Roman Architecture, conducts underwater surveys to map ancient travel and political intrigue.
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.
Café Conversations (Video)
In the virtual edition of the Penn Café series, faculty pairs discussed the timely topics of vaccine ethics and the light and dark sides of loving land.
Life in the Screen
In two classes, Rahul Mukherjee, Dick Wolf Associate Professor of Television and New Media Studies, is looking at the big picture of our digital life.
OMNIA Q&A: Is Demography Destiny?
Michael Jones-Correa, President’s Distinguished Professor of Political Science, discusses Latino voters’ complex role in the U.S. electorate.
Omnia Podcast: In These Times (Audio)
A six-episode podcast series that explores the forces that have shaped events in 2020.
Dialogue, Revisited
OMNIA looks back on books from three faculty whose contributions to the conversation on race and social justice have stood the test of time.
Agent of Change
Madeleine Joullié makes molecules and waves, leaving her mark in her specialty, her institution, and the lives of her students.
Plato Was Right. Earth Is Made, on Average, of Cubes.
Earth and Environmental Science’s Douglas Jerolmack and colleagues have found that the ancient Greek philosopher was onto something.