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Barbie Zelizer: A career built on asking the right question
Barbie Zelizer

Barbie Zelizer, the Annenberg School for Communication’s Raymond Williams Professor of Communication, is retiring after three decades as a pioneering scholar of journalism studies at Penn.

(Image: Courtesy of Annenberg School for Communication)

Barbie Zelizer: A career built on asking the right question

As the Raymond Williams Professor of Communication retires after three decades, the Annenberg School for Communication and the field itself bear the unmistakable imprint of her work.

From Annenberg School for Communication

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Awards for Penn faculty
Fisher Fine Arts library in summer.

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Awards for Penn faculty

The latest awards roundup for faculty in Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences, Penn Carey Law, and the Perelman School of Medicine.

Penn Today Staff

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How artists have depicted—and shaped—society’s relationship with the sea
Wave painting by Gustave Courbet.

Courbet, Gustave, “Waves.” 1870, oil on canvas.

(Image: Philadelphia Museum of Art: The Louis E. Stern Collection, 1963-181-21. https://www.philamuseum.org/objects/59527)

How artists have depicted—and shaped—society’s relationship with the sea

In recognition of the summer season and beach vacations, Penn Today spoke with history of art professor Ann Kuttner about ancient Roman portrayals of the sea and Ph.D. student Benjy Jude about 19th-century French seascapes.

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The enduring significance of ‘The Odyssey’
Illustration depicting Homer’s “The Odyssey”

Image: Vanessa Lovegrove, Penn Arts & Sciences

The enduring significance of ‘The Odyssey’

In July, a new adaptation of the famous poem hits the big screen. Three Arts & Sciences faculty members discuss Homer’s epic.

From Omnia

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Documenting architecture and memories of a changing neighborhood
"On Exactitude in Science (Watts)" showing on screen at the Barnes.

Image: Erica Moser

Documenting architecture and memories of a changing neighborhood

A film by Penn fine arts professor David Hartt about Watts, a historically Black neighborhood in Los Angeles, is one of five videos included in “Freedom Dreams,” an exhibition at the Barnes in Philadelphia that centers the “memories, dreams, and histories of Black Americans.”

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How social networks reshaped society and politics
Jordi Pérez Colomé and Sandra González-Bailón seated at a bookstore with copies of their book.

Jordi Pérez Colomé and Sandra González-Bailón at the Madrid Book Fair.

(Image: Courtesy of Annenberg School for Communication)

How social networks reshaped society and politics

In a new Spanish-language book, Annenberg School for Communication professor Sandra González-Bailón and a veteran El País journalist examine how social platforms amplify voices, distort realities, and redefine our democracies.

From Annenberg School for Communication

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How mortgage lock-in is quietly pushing up house prices
A person putting a Home for Sale sign in front of a home.

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How mortgage lock-in is quietly pushing up house prices

A new paper co-authored by Wharton’s Lu Liu argues that homeowners stuck with low fixed mortgage rates aren’t just frozen in place—they’re propping up the housing market.

From Knowledge at Wharton

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How mismanagement of gout could have impacted the American Revolution
Sketch of two colonial-era men at table, one with an injured foot.

 Coloured etching by T.L. Busby, 1826.

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How mismanagement of gout could have impacted the American Revolution

Penn biology professor Philip A. Rea has written a provocative piece examining how gout sidelined two influential 18th-century British leaders and why England eschewed an effective gout treatment.

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The math of fitting in
Silhouettes of people with dialogue boxes.

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The math of fitting in

In new research, professor of linguistics Charles Yang and colleagues find that a formula originally developed to explain language acquisition in children can also explain how we absorb social norms.

From Omnia

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The impact of microplastics—and how to limit exposure
Derek Ho in the lab pointing to a beaker of water in front of two lab techs.

To better visualize microplastics, researchers in the McBride Lab at Penn Engineering use fluorescent dyes like Nile Red, which attach to plastics and make them glow under specific light. Environmental researcher Derek Ho developed a system used in their lab called the Fluorescent Imaging Microplastic Analysis Platform, or FIMAP. It uses machine learning to detect and identify plastic particles larger than about 20 microns in complex water samples.

(Image: Sylvia Zhang)

The impact of microplastics—and how to limit exposure

Microplastics researchers Samantha McBride and Derek Ho of Penn Engineering and Vijay Bhatia of the Philadelphia Water Department discuss how microplastics get into ecosystems and human bodies, offering practical ways to minimize exposure.

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