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Meet the ‘original typical Penn student’
Founding fathers meeting to sign the Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence signing, by John Trumbull. (Image: Architect of the Capital)

Meet the ‘original typical Penn student’

“Rush: Revolution, Madness, and the Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father,” by creative writing lecturer Stephen Fried, explores the life of Benjamin Rush, who had many ties to the University and is an oft-overlooked figurehead of the American Revolution.
Rogers Smith on birthright citizenship
Rogers Smith stands, smiling, by bookshelves in his office.

Rogers Smith, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science. (Image: Scott Spitzer)

Rogers Smith on birthright citizenship

Penn Today discussed the intricacies surrounding the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment with Rogers Smith, a constitutional law scholar and president of the American Political Science Association.
Making campuses more inclusive of Native ideology
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From left to right: Maggie McKinley, an assistant professor in Penn’s School of Law; Ben Ototivo, a staff clinician at Penn’s Counseling and Psychological Services; anthropologist Tiffany Cain, a doctoral student in the Department of Anthropology and in the Latin American and Latino
Studies Program; Margaret Bruchac, an assistant professor of Anthropology and the coordinator of Native American and Indigenous Studies at Penn; and graduate student Li San Goh. 
 

Making campuses more inclusive of Native ideology

A recent panel considered how to transform the worldview on university campuses to be more inclusive of Native ideology and more intentional about indigenization.
Invisible partners: Recovering relationships in early anthropological research
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Margaret Bruchac, an assistant professor of anthropology at Penn, at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, NM. (Photo credit: Jason Ordaz, with permission from SAR.)

Invisible partners: Recovering relationships in early anthropological research

Margaret Bruchac, an assistant professor of anthropology, examines the social relationships between early 20th-century anthropological collectors and Indigenous collaborators.

Penn Today Staff

Annenberg brings premiere performances to Philadelphia in new season
Circa Circa dancers perform as part of “Human,” the first show of the 2018-19 Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts series.

Annenberg brings premiere performances to Philadelphia in new season

The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts kicks off its 2018-19 season with contemporary new work and artists, focusing on themes of the human experience, migration and history.
Learn from the experts with the Penn Science and Lightbulb Cafes
Katie Barott

Katie Barott, an assistant professor of biology in the School of Arts and Sciences, will present "Promoting Coral Survival in the Face of Climate Change," the first of the four lectures. (Photo courtesy of Barott)

Learn from the experts with the Penn Science and Lightbulb Cafes

The lecture series, hosted by the School of Arts and Sciences, offers a casual setting in which researchers can present their work and engage with the attendees during a Q&A period, giving a glimpse into the research at Penn.

Jacob Williamson-Rea

Philadelphia and Meiji Japan symposium marks 150 years of deep ties
Centennial Japanese House Image of the Japanese Dwelling from the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition.

Philadelphia and Meiji Japan symposium marks 150 years of deep ties

Scholars from the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia, and the Meiji Jingu Intercultural Research Institute celebrate the 150th anniversary of Japan’s Meiji Restoration, and the surprising links between Philadelphia and Japan during a political period that set the island nation on a fast track to modernization.
Q&A with Tulia Falleti
Tulia Falleti

Tulia Falleti, director of Penn’s Latin American and Latino Studies program, the Class of 1965 Term Associate Professor of Political Science in the School of Arts and Sciences, and a Senior Fellow of the Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics. (Photo: Eric Sucar)

Q&A with Tulia Falleti

The political science professor explains the events of the “other” 9/11, the coup of 1973 that displaced the democratically-elected president of Chile and instated a military dictator.
Floating art installation brings Schuylkill River history to life
Floating Archives

On three Saturday evenings in September, Jacob Rivkin, an artist-in-residence with the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities, will be floating on the Schuylkill River, displaying hand-drawn animations on a screen suspended between two canoes. His work reflects past and present narratives about the waterway. (Photo: Aidan Un)

Floating art installation brings Schuylkill River history to life

Jacob Rivkin, an artist-in-residence for the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities and an instructor in the School of Design, will present a public art installation on the Schuylkill River called “Floating Archives,” starting this weekend. (Video)

Katherine Unger Baillie