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Faculty Honors
Faculty across Penn Arts & Sciences have continued to distinguish themselves through their research and teaching, and their work has been recognized with notable honors and awards. Here are a few of the most recent.
Remote Learning and Social and Emotional Health
Angela Duckworth, Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor, and colleagues found that teenagers who attended school virtually fared worse than classmates who went in person.
Diving into the Unknown
Mind DivE In is intended to make graduate school in the sciences more accessible to minority students.
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.
60-Second Lectures: Fall 2021 Roundup (Video)
The 60-Second Lecture series returned to campus this fall and included 1.5 Minute Climate Lectures during Climate Week at Penn.
Summer School
MindCORE hosted two 10-week research programs for students eager to get back in the lab and connect with peers.
Three Questions: A Biologist's Photography
From beach grass to fallen leaves, Philip A. Rea, Professor of Biology, uses a camera to give a new view of the things around us.
The Story of Immigration Enforcement
In an award-winning paper, Aaron Chalfin, Assistant Professor of Criminology, examines the public safety implications of labor market-based immigration enforcement.
Community Builders
Daniel Morales-Armstrong, William Fontaine Fellow of Africana Studies and History, helms a course designed to lead students in a collaborative engagement with a local Philadelphian community.
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.
OMNIA Q&A: The Right to Leave
Marci Hamilton, Fels Institute of Government Professor of Practice, takes a stand against what she calls the Church of Scientology's "cruel" arbitration process.
CSI: Shakespeare
Zachary Lesser, Edward W. Kane Professor of English, used ghosts, holes, and scrapes to learn more about how Shakespeare’s work was seen in his own time.
Space Into Place
In his new book, Cheikh Anta Babou, Associate Professor of History, captures the vitality of the Senegalese Murid diaspora.