Fall/Winter 2016

Volume 3

In this issue, Richard Berk uses big data to foresee the future, Arts and Sciences faculty discuss the fact, fiction, and future of artificial intelligence, and physicist Mark Devlin and his team of students harness cutting-edge technology to comb through the evolutionary history of the universe.

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Features

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Following in Darwin's Footsteps to Teach the Public About Evolution

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When Should We Expect the Robot Army?

Arts and Sciences faculty on the fact, fiction, and future of artificial intelligence.

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Liftoff (Video)

Physicist Mark Devlin and his team of students harness cutting-edge technology to comb through the evolutionary history of the universe.

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Mapping the Divine Comedy

A digital humanities study in Dante's geographical imagination.

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Researchers Shatter Our Idea of Glass

Over three millennia ago, perhaps inspired by the aftermath of volcanic eruptions, humans first began to liquefy sand in an inferno, sculpt it into a vessel, and cool it into glass. All these years later, glass remains somewhat mysterious. Hovering between states, glass may appear to be solid, but the science behind glass reveals it is anything but.

Movers & Quakers

Chronicling a King's Farewell

Globetrotter: Penn Alum Finds Sports Journalism and Runs With It

In the Classroom

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Voter Motivations

Political Psychology course encourages students to challenge easy explanations.

Insomnia

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Office Artifacts: Deborah A. Thomas

Discover the stories behind the professor of anthropology's favorite office items.

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Three Questions: The Haunting Hour

Justin McDaniel, professor and chair of religious studies and the coordinator of the Penn Ghost Project, weighs in on the cultural importance of ghosts.

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Dean's Message

Editor's Note

School News

Findings

Student Spotlight

Last Look

Past Issues