Barbara Savage sees ‘bright spots’ in her research, even in a pandemic Barbara Savage, Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought. (Image: Penn Arts & Sciences) Barbara Savage sees ‘bright spots’ in her research, even in a pandemic Before the world went into lockdown, the Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought in the Department of Africana Studies at Penn had been traveling around the globe to conduct research for her latest project.
The striking shift in climate politics in a post-Sandy New York City Daniel Aldana Cohen directs the Socio-Spatial Climate Collaborative and is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology in the School of Arts & Sciences. The striking shift in climate politics in a post-Sandy New York City Analysis of conversations with 75 disaster responders, social activists, and others revealed that immediately following the superstorm, the city moved away from cutting greenhouse gas emissions and toward adaptation.
‘India front and center’ Thachil visits a municipal office in India to collect data on annual city budgets. (Image: Adam Auerbach) Q&A ‘India front and center’ Tariq Thachil talks with Penn Today about his current work on migration and urbanization in south Asia, the balance between research and teaching, and his new role as the director of the Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI).
Pizza, a nascent dairy industry, and infant health in the Peruvian highlands Morgan Hoke is an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology and an Axilrod Faculty Fellow in the Population Studies Center in the School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania. She has worked at a field site in rural Nuñoa, Peru, since 2012. Pizza, a nascent dairy industry, and infant health in the Peruvian highlands Research from anthropologist Morgan Hoke shows that in homes that produce their own foods, children exhibit better growth rates and mothers report more autonomy and economic control.
The Quattrone Center: Less argument, more truth-seeking Image: Melinda Beck/The Pennsylvania Gazette The Quattrone Center: Less argument, more truth-seeking The Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice is pioneering a systemic, data-driven approach to criminal justice reform. Its executive director, John Hollway, started with the idea that the law should function more like science.
Penn announces COVID-19 childcare grant Penn announces COVID-19 childcare grant The Penn COVID-19 Childcare Grant helps faculty, staff, and postdoctoral trainees at the University who incur childcare expenses for care during the academic year.
Price Lab for Digital Humanities launches eight-episode podcast series The Price Lab for Digital Humanities created an eight-episode podcast series featuring interviews by director Stewart Varner (right) with digital experts. Clay Colmon (left) of Online Learning spoke about Afrofuturism in an episode edited by May graduate and intern Kelcey Gibbons (center). Price Lab for Digital Humanities launches eight-episode podcast series The Price Lab for Digital Humanities created an eight-episode podcast series featuring interviews by managing director Stewart Varner and digital experts. Four paid student interns worked as editors on episodes, making it possible to complete the series in time for a summer release.
Introducing Wharton dean Erika James Introducing Wharton dean Erika James On July 1, James began a new chapter in her career as the first woman and first person of color to be appointed dean of the Wharton School in the institution’s 139-year history.
James Primosch continues to compose during COVID Professor of music James Primosch. (Image: Omnia) James Primosch continues to compose during COVID The professor of music, who won an award and released two new albums during the pandemic, discusses composition, text as music, and embracing electronic music in the absence of concert halls.
Jay Kirk on writing, teaching, and his new nonfiction book, ‘Avoid the Day’ Jay Kirk, a lecturer in Penn's Creative Writing Program, just had a new book published, "Avoid the Day: A New Nonfiction in Two Movements." (Image: Julie Diana) Jay Kirk on writing, teaching, and his new nonfiction book, ‘Avoid the Day’ Penn and Philadelphia are woven throughout a new book by Jay Kirk as he pursues the mystery of a missing music manuscript by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, traveling from Vermont to Europe to the Arctic Circle. Penn Today spoke the lecturer in nonfiction creative writing about “Avoid the Day: A New Nonfiction in Two Movements.”