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Graduating student veteran makes use of a Yellow Ribbon award
Alice Wu, a Yellow Ribbon award recipient graduating from SP2's Master of Social Work program

Alice Wu, a Yellow Ribbon award recipient graduating from SP2's Master of Social Work program.

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Graduating student veteran makes use of a Yellow Ribbon award

Alice Wu, a Navy veteran graduating from the School of Social Policy & Practice in May, used support from the Yellow Ribbon Program to make a principled, impact-driven career change.

4 min. read

Nate Silver on statistics: Playing it safe versus embracing risk
Al Filreis and Nate Silver in discussion on stage.

Nate Silver (right) and School of Arts & Sciences Kelly Family Professor of English Al Filreis in conversation at the Stephen A. Levin Family Dean’s Forum.

(Image: Lisa J. Godfrey)

Nate Silver on statistics: Playing it safe versus embracing risk

At the Stephen A. Levin Family Dean’s Forum, statistician Nate Silver spoke with Al Filreis, Kelly Family Professor of English, about his new book and risk-taking, with tangents into hobbies, poker, and baseball.

From Omnia

2 min. read

‘Media and Propaganda in an Age of Disinformation’

‘Media and Propaganda in an Age of Disinformation’

In a new book, Annenberg School for Communication professor Barbie Zelizer and other communication scholars explore media and propaganda across borders, topics, and timelines.

From Annenberg School for Communication

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An ‘archival discovery’ about a 17th-century Shakespeare Folio
a burned Shakespeare Folio in a glass box

A the remains of a burned Shakespeare Folio in a sealed glass case is part of the Penn Libraries collection. 

(Image: Courtesy of the Penn Libraries)

An ‘archival discovery’ about a 17th-century Shakespeare Folio

In the Penn Libraries is a sealed glass box containing the charred pages of a 17th-century Folio, a collection of plays by William Shakespeare. An archival discovery by Penn faculty proves that it is from the Third Folio, not the First as it was previously identified.

Louisa Shepard

3 min. read

Connecting with Philadelphia’s immigrant Asian communities through food
Rahim Ullah stands in front of a class of students speaking.

In conversation with Fariha Khan during the Asian American Food course, Rahim Ullah (standing) speaks about his food truck and experience immigrating to the United States. 

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Connecting with Philadelphia’s immigrant Asian communities through food

Through the Asian American Food course with Fariha Khan, students explore the many depths of the immigrant experience of different Asian ethnic groups to learn about history and culture.

6 min. read

News on climate change is more persuasive than expected

News on climate change is more persuasive than expected

In a new paper, Computational Social Science Lab postdoctoral researcher Amir Tohidi and colleagues find that exposure to articles about climate change significantly increases climate change concerns among skeptics.

From Annenberg School for Communication

2 min. read

Listening to the city
Aki Di Sandro standing on a sidewalk in downtown Philadelphia.

“I’ve always been fascinated by how different cities sound," says Aki Di Sandro, a student in the Weitzman School’s Master of Urban Spatial Analytics program.

(Image: Courtesy of Weitzman News)

Listening to the city

In a Spring 2025 City & Regional Planning course at Penn’s Weitzman School, students are exploring the connections between urban sounds and neighborhood identity.

From the Weitzman School of Design

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