Dorothy E. Roberts, George A. Weiss University Professor of Africana Studies, Law, and Sociology & Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights.
Dorothy E. Roberts, the George A. Weiss University Professor of Africana Studies, Law, and Sociology and the Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights at Penn Carey Law, has released a new memoir, “The Mixed Marriage Project: A Memoir of Love, Race, and Family.” Blending memoir, history, and social analysis, “The Mixed Marriage Project” arrives at a moment of renewed national debate over race, belonging, and the meaning of family in American life.
Alyssa Smith, MCEAS Consortium Fellow at the McNeil Center.
(Image: Courtesy of The McNeil Center for Early American Studies)
Alyssa Smith is a McNeil Center for Early American Studies consortium fellow at the McNeil Center and a Ph.D. candidate in English at the University of Iowa. Her dissertation, “America’s Requiem: Remembering the Renaissance Through the 18th-century Black Atlantic,” observes the presence of early modern literature, and the British Empire more broadly, in the 18th-century Black Atlantic World.
Penn’s Martin Luther King Jr. Social Justice Award recipient and award-winning filmmaker Spike Lee spoke with Heather A. Williams, the Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and Professor of Africana Studies at Penn, about the Civil Rights Movement, filmmaking, and more.
On the move: Water quality and antimicrobial resistance testing goes mobile
Penn researchers have developed a mobile field laboratory allowing them to test water quality and track antimicrobial resistance in and around San Cristóbal in the Galápagos.
Penn researchers Vanessa and Alexis North are studying one of the largest collections of Egyptian blue objects ever found in the ancient Near East, shedding new light on how the world’s first synthetic pigment may have traveled far beyond Egypt.
A new role for dental providers? Rethinking where vaccines are given
Vaccinations have traditionally been administered in primary care settings or pharmacies. However, for about a decade, some states have authorized dentists to administer vaccines, and many others did so during the COVID-19 pandemic. The effectiveness of this approach has led some countries and states to expand or consider expanding the role of dental providers in delivering routine vaccines, including those against COVID-19 and the human papillomavirus (HPV), and in providing vaccine education.
Penn student develops a way for computer chips to run more efficiently
Fluid Silicon, a platform from President’s Sustainability Prize winner Nhlanhla Mavuso, allows computer chips to continuously monitor their health and self-tune as their characteristics change. The technology has the potential to reduce energy usage in data centers and improve reliability in mission-critical applications.
