Fall/Winter 2021
Fall/Winter 2021
In this issue of OMNIA, we speak with historians to get their nuanced take on how we can understand our past through the lens of the present. We also detail the exciting process of the discovery the largest comet on record, and retrace the careers of two scholars: a teacher and writer who has brought the gift of poetry and literature to the community, and a professor whose career in political science grew from activism. In addition, we learn why we need to put our faith in chemistry now, maybe more than ever.
Features
-
Three historians weigh in on how we can understand our past.
-
Pedro Bernardinelli, then-doctoral candidate in physics and astronomy, and Gary Bernstein, Reese W. Flower Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, discover the largest comet on record.
-
The career of Tulia Falleti, Class of 1965 Endowed Term Professor of Political Science, grew from her activism as a student in a newly democratic Argentina.
-
Eric Schelter, Professor of Chemistry, offers his thoughts on chemistry’s continuing promise, and its public relations problem.
-
First- and second-year College students talk campus living and saying goodbye to virtual classes.
-
Celebrating poetry and literature at Penn since 1985, Al Filreis, Kelly Family Professor of English, continues to create community at the home for writers he founded in a Locust Walk house a quarter-century ago.
