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Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
What beliefs shape our minds?
What beliefs shape our minds?
Jer Clifton of the Positive Psychology Center developed a framework to study primal world beliefs, our most fundamental sentiments about the world as a whole. Now, he’s ready for everyone to discover what their primal world beliefs are.
Second Penn affiliate named a 2022 Gates Cambridge Scholar
Second Penn affiliate named a 2022 Gates Cambridge Scholar
Sara Merican, a 2020 graduate, has been awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship to pursue a master’s degree in film and screen studies at the University of Cambridge in England.
ICA, WXPN awarded Pew Center for Arts & Heritage project grants
ICA, WXPN awarded Pew Center for Arts & Heritage project grants
The Institute of Contemporary Art and WXPN have been awarded 2022 project grants from The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. Stuart Weitzman School of Design alumni James Maurelle, now on the faculty, and James Allister Sprang are among 12 Pew Fellows in the Arts named this year.
Unpacking Latino conservatism
Unpacking Latino conservatism
The Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies hosted Geraldo Cadava, author of “The Hispanic Republican,” and Penn political scientist Michael Jones-Correa to help situate recent Latino trends within the longer historical perspective.
The future of globalization in a fracturing world
The future of globalization in a fracturing world
Perry World House’s 2022 Global Order Colloquium hosted experts from government, the media, and across the University to tackle the topic of the state of globalization
Annenberg film and annual civics survey highlights freedom of speech
Annenberg film and annual civics survey highlights freedom of speech
For Constitution Day on Sept. 17, Annenberg Classroom has released a new film on the First Amendment and the Annenberg Public Policy Center published their annual survey on Americans’ civics knowledge.
Pandemic bike-share boom crossed socioeconomic lines
Pandemic bike-share boom crossed socioeconomic lines
A new Weitzman study reports an increase in trip duration for all bike-share users across Philadelphia, challenging the assumption that low-income populations are less likely to use such services.
How media coverage comparing politics to sports shapes political attitudes
How media coverage comparing politics to sports shapes political attitudes
Alex Tolkin, a joint doctoral student in political science and communication, studies how political reporting takes programming cues from sports networks.
Exploring what it means to be curious
Exploring what it means to be curious
In a new book “Curious Minds: The Power of Connection,” Penn’s Dani S. Bassett and twin sibling Perry Zurn weave together history, linguistics, network science, neuroscience, and philosophy to unpack the concept of curiosity.
New Stuart Weitzman Theatre to be constructed for Penn Live Arts at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
New Stuart Weitzman Theatre to be constructed for Penn Live Arts at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
The multipurpose space will adjoin the existing building in the heart of the University of Pennsylvania campus.
In the News
Associated Press
Far fewer young Americans now want to study in China. Both countries are trying to fix that
Amy Gadsden of Penn Global says that American interest in studying in China is declining due to foreign businesses closing their offices there and Beijing’s draconian governing style.
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The Wall Street Journal
‘Slouch’ review: The panic over posture
In her new book, “Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America,” Beth Linker of the School of Arts & Sciences traces society’s posture obsession to Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution.
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Associated Press
In death, three decades after his trial verdict, O.J. Simpson still reflects America’s racial divides
Camille Charles of the School of Arts & Sciences says that Black Americans have grown less likely to believe in a famous defendant’s innocence as a show of race solidarity.
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Time
Why Indigenous artifacts should be returned to Indigenous communities
The Penn Museum is noted for creating its “Native American Voices: The People—Here and Now” exhibit with the help of tribal representatives.
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The New Yorker
The truth behind the slouching epidemic
Beth Linker of the School of Arts & Sciences traces the history of a poor-posture epidemic in the U.S. which began at the onset of the 20th century.
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