Jill DiSanto

Penn’s Synchronized Swimmers Make a Splash

Penn’s Synchronized Swimmers Make a Splash

Dancing in water is much more challenging than people think, Eileen Wang says.  Wang, a senior at the University of Pennsylvania, is one of this season’s 13-member synchronized swimming club. Known as Penn Synchro, the club has a 70-year history. 

Penn Researcher Uncovers the Unexpected History of Separating Church and State

Penn Researcher Uncovers the Unexpected History of Separating Church and State

A forthcoming book from a professor at the University of Pennsylvania will showcase how the formal separation of church and state moved slavery to the political sphere, but defenders of slavery argued religious critiques of slavery violated that separation.  

Penn Fels Policy Research Initiative Announces Interdisciplinary Grants

Penn Fels Policy Research Initiative Announces Interdisciplinary Grants

The Fels Policy Research Initiative in the School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania has announced five inaugural collaborative grants for as much as $15,000 each, designed to further interdisciplinary partnerships. 

Penn Historian Selected for American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship

Penn Historian Selected for American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship

Vanessa Ogle, an assistant professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania, has been selected for a 2016-2017 Fellowship from The American Council of Learned Societies.  

Penn Welcomes CIA Director John Brennan for Distinguished Lecture Series

Penn Welcomes CIA Director John Brennan for Distinguished Lecture Series

WHO and WHAT:          The University of Pennsylvania and its Fels Institute of Government will host a moderated conversation with the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency John O. Brennan and former Representative Marjorie Margolies.

Penn’s Singh Center for Nanotechnology Visited by Cuban Delegation

Penn’s Singh Center for Nanotechnology Visited by Cuban Delegation

In an event that signals the global outreach of the University of Pennsylvania, five delegates from Cuba visited Penn’s Singh Center for Nanotechnology to meet with University leaders and explore the translation of research to the marketplace. 

Penn’s Matthew Fink: Still Playing Baseball After All These Years

Penn’s Matthew Fink: Still Playing Baseball After All These Years

Matthew Fink started playing baseball at age 6.   Sixteen years later, he is still out on the field, now as a catcher on the club baseball team at the University of Pennsylvania.  

Penn Lightbulb Café Presents: ‘Why Leaders Fight’

Penn Lightbulb Café Presents: ‘Why Leaders Fight’

WHO:             Michael Horowitz                       Associate Professor

Researcher at Penn Serves as a Thought Leader on Russian Foreign Policy

Researcher at Penn Serves as a Thought Leader on Russian Foreign Policy

Mitchell Orenstein walks along an interdisciplinary line between political science and Slavic studies at the University of Pennsylvania. 

Researcher at Penn Explores Why Voters Ignore Local Politics

Researcher at Penn Explores Why Voters Ignore Local Politics

Daniel Hopkins, a political scientist at the University of Pennsylvania, says that, while today’s voters are more engaged in federal elections, they’ve pretty much abandoned state and local politics.