Spring/Summer 2017
Spring/Summer 2017
In this issue of OMNIA, our cover story, “Perception is Reality—and Virtual Reality,” focuses in on a visual technology that promises to have a significant impact on research and everyday life. In “The Past, Present, and Future of Human Migration" our experts tackle questions about immigration and global inequality. And our alum piece, “A Summer Like No Other,” features prior interns from the RealArts @ Penn program, who give us an idea of the kind of impact the program had on their lives and careers.
Features
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Virtual reality is here. In fact, it’s everywhere. Beyond video games, it is helping therapists to treat PTSD, allowing medical students to do virtual operations, and letting engineers test vehicle safety before the car is built.
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If you want to know the secrets of human ancestry and evolution, look no further than genetics, says Theodore Schurr.
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Almost all of the polling data reported ahead of the November 8 presidential election, including several state polls in critical battlegrounds, had shown Hilary Clinton leading rival Donald Trump. What went wrong?
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Paleobiologist Lauren Sallan questions, and in some cases overturns, closely held tenets of paleontology.
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To better understand the mass movement of populations across the globe, Penn social science faculty are interpreting data, analyzing the effect of immigration on sending and receiving countries, and untangling the many complexities of immigration today.
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Past RealArts@Penn interns share their experiences as the program celebrates its 10th year.
