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Office Artifacts: Joshua B. Plotkin

Discover the stories behind the Professor of Biology's favorite office items.

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  • Home Office Artifacts: Emily Steiner

    Discover the stories behind the Professor of English’s home office items—in her own words.

    Tuesday, May 5, 2020

    Photos by Peter DeCherney

  • Origin Stories: Anthropologist Deborah Thomas (Video)

    Deborah A. Thomas, R. Jean Brownlee Professor of Anthropology, discusses her journey from professional dancer to academic, embracing her many roles as an author, activist, educator, and artist.

    Thursday, October 11, 2018

    Recorded and edited by Alex Schein
    Photos by Shira Yudkoff

  • Sneakers and Social Change (Video)

    Fernando Rojo, C’18, aims to empower artisans across Latin America through his company, PATOS.

    Wednesday, October 10, 2018

    Filmed and Edited by Annemarie Branco

    Additional filming by Ricardo Echegaray E. and Fernando Villavicencio

     

Office Artifacts

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    Monday, October 9, 2017

    Office Artifacts: Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw

    Discover the stories behind the Associate Professor of History of Art's favorite office items.

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    Tuesday, May 23, 2017

    Office Artifacts: Diana Mutz

    Discover the stories behind the Samuel A. Stouffer Professor of Political Science and Communication's favorite office items.

Three Questions

  • Friday, March 30, 2018

    Three Questions: Carmen Maria Machado

    Carmen Maria Machado, Writer-in-Residence at Kelly Writers House, combines science fiction, horror, folk tales, and pop culture references in stories that are utterly modern and unabashedly focused on female experience. Her debut collection, Her Body and Other Parties, was a finalist for the 2017 National Book Award.

  • Wednesday, October 25, 2017

    Three Questions: Witchcraft

    Featuring Robert St. George

  • Thursday, July 13, 2017

    Three Questions: Judging the National Book Award

    James English, John Welsh Centennial Professor of English and Director of the Penn Humanities Forum, chaired the committee that selected the National Book Award winner in fiction last November.

Origin Stories

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    Thursday, October 11, 2018

    Origin Stories: Anthropologist Deborah Thomas (Video)

    Deborah A. Thomas, R. Jean Brownlee Professor of Anthropology, discusses her journey from professional dancer to academic, embracing her many roles as an author, activist, educator, and artist.

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    Thursday, January 11, 2018

    Origin Stories: Karen Redrobe (Video)

    Karen Redrobe, Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe Endowed Professor in Film Studies, discusses her journey as a film scholar.

Top Stories

  • Over the River, Through the Woods, and Down 34th Street (Video)

    Friday, March 30, 2018

  • Three Questions: Islam in the Modern World

    Wednesday, June 1, 2016

  • Three Questions: Witchcraft

    Wednesday, October 25, 2017

  • Homer Simpson’s Odyssey

    Thursday, May 11, 2017

  • Scholarship, Now Streaming

    Wednesday, January 24, 2018

  • Three Questions: Judging the National Book Award

    Thursday, July 13, 2017

  • Origin Stories: Karen Redrobe (Video)

    Thursday, January 11, 2018

  • Sneakers and Social Change (Video)

    Wednesday, October 10, 2018

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