Spring/Summer 2018
Spring/Summer 2018
In this issue of OMNIA, our cover story, “A Virtual World for an Ancient Society,” explores a digital world that recreates and populates pre-Columbian agricultural societies. In “Prospecting Playbills,” we follow researchers as they create an archive of centuries-old playbills, and in "Breaking the Bank," an economist discusses the hot topic of cryptocurrency. It's all part of how Penn Arts and Sciences is using technology as a means to advance knowledge.
Features
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Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde, Professor of Economics, discusses the potential—and pitfalls—of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin.
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Mecky Pohlschröder, Professor and Undergraduate Chair of the Department of Biology, on gaining insights into the workings of microscopic ecosystems.
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Angela Duckworth, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Psychology, explores why perseverance matters.
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Clark Erickson, Professor of Anthropology, has made a career of studying humans’ effect on their physical landscapes—past and present.
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Michael Gamer, Professor of English, and Scott Enderle, Digital Humanities Specialist at Penn Libraries, are designing a database to classify historical playbills.
