Discovering the lives and work of 19th-century female landscape painters Waller has taken courses and completed an independent study with Michael Leja (right), history of art professor, and is also working with him as a researcher. nocred Discovering the lives and work of 19th-century female landscape painters Third-year Aili Waller applies her experience with family genealogy research to her studies in art history, specifically 19th-century women who were landscape painters.
Ever more corporations are global. What are they responsible for? A Toyota dealership in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 29, 2020. Toyota is headquartered in Toyota City in Japan but does business in 170 countries. (Image: iStock/Marina113) Ever more corporations are global. What are they responsible for? Faculty from the Wharton School explore what the responsibilities of multinational corporations are to their home countries as business continues to globalize—and as ESG principles gain traction.
Bringing Ukraine to Penn (Left to right) Olena Lysenko, a documentary filmmaker, and Dariya Orlova, a lecturer at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy; Serhii Shadrin and Hannah Kaluher, graduate students participating in a one-year program for displaced scholars in the Russian and East European Studies Department; and Maksym Potlov, a fourth-year from Odesa, a Penn World Scholar. nocred Bringing Ukraine to Penn On the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of the Ukraine, displaced and visiting scholars and students from Ukraine share their experience at Penn.
Black Puerto Rican history Africana Studies and History Ph.D. candidate Daniel Morales-Armstrong’s research looks at Black Puerto Rican history. nocred Black Puerto Rican history Ph.D. candidate Daniel Morales-Armstrong’s research considers whose voices and narratives prevail and whose are plagued by silences.
The storm of 1928 and the tempest’s legacies A statue depicts a family fleeing from a hurricane in Belle Glade, Florida. A hurricane in 1928 caused Lake Okeechobee to breach its dike, wiping out the town and killing thousands. (Image: Courtesy of Brett Robert) The storm of 1928 and the tempest’s legacies Brett Robert’s research looks at a hurricane that killed thousands across the Caribbean and into Florida. His work explores how racial relationships shape the way people live and die within their environments.
The search for meaning Traveling by boat along the River Kwai, where the students spent their New Year. (Image: Justin McDaniel) The search for meaning During the course Living Deliberately: Monks, Saints, and the Contemplative Life, taught by Justin McDaniel of the School of Arts & Sciences, students experiment with ascetic practices.
A look at the history of affirmative action with Mary Frances Berry On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson reaches to shake hands with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. after presenting the civil rights leader with one of the 72 pens used to sign the Civil Rights Act in Washington. Surrounding the president, from left: Rep. Roland Libonati, D-Ill., Rep. Peter Rodino, D-N.J., Rev. King, Emanuel Celler, D-N.Y., and behind Celler is Whitney Young, executive director of the National Urban League. (Image: AP Photo) Q&A A look at the history of affirmative action with Mary Frances Berry The Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and professor of history emerita shares the origins of the term, discusses the practice’s early champions and highlights the ensuing controversies.
New insights into the mechanisms of tumor growth Nocred New insights into the mechanisms of tumor growth A team of researchers led by the School of Arts & Science’s Wei Guo characterize the molecular pathways that play a major role in tumorigenesis, findings that could lead to better diagnostic tools for cancer and new targeted therapies.
Three Penn faculty named 2023 Sloan Research Fellows Nocred Three Penn faculty named 2023 Sloan Research Fellows Edgar Dobriban, Robyn E. Sanderson, and Ben Scholl are honored as early-career researchers and scholars for their accomplishments, creativity, and potential to become leaders in their fields.
Who, What, Why: Francisco Díaz on anthropology and the modern Maya (Image: Eric Sucar) Who, What, Why Who, What, Why: Francisco Díaz on anthropology and the modern Maya Francisco Díaz studies Maya contributions to archeology at a time when Indigenous people were viewed as little more than laborers. His research shows that Indigenous people were archaeologists in their own right, working season after season with specialized skills to excavate the past.