By: Penn Today A new collaborative study offers a better understanding of genes and variants responsible for skin color, providing insights into human evolution and local adaptation. Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have discovered key insights into the molecular basis of skin color variations among African populations. Their findings, published in Nature Genetics, broaden the…
By: Penn Today Through a Sachs Arts grant, Jo Tiongson-Perez of the Penn Museum co-authored a compilation of mostly Indigenous folktales from the Philippines. Jo Tiongson-Perez, chief marketing and communications officer at the Penn Museum, knew plenty of Greek myths and Hans Christian Andersen fairytales—the kinds she would recall to her daughter at bedtime. But why,…
By: Penn Today In a Q&A, political scientist Jane Esberg discusses democracy and organized crime in Latin America. On Jan. 8, Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa declared a national state of emergency as the country’s most notorious cartel boss, Adolfo Macías, escaped from prison. Within the country, criminal record checks increased and a curfew was imposed, as the…
By: Penn Today Filmmaker Sosena Solomon, who has been filming in Africa for a major Metropolitan Museum of Art redesign, taught Documentary Ethnography for Museums and Exhibitions to graduate students this fall. In the Charles Addams Fine Arts Gallery one December night, a six-minute video projected onto one wall showed people on the Tibetan pilgrimage journey from…
By: Penn Today Xander Uyttendaele, a 2023 graduate, is among 16 selected nationwide to receive the scholarship. A 2023 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, Xander Uyttendaele has been awarded a Churchill Scholarship for a year of graduate research study at the University of Cambridge in England. Uyttendaele, from Seattle, is…
By: Penn Today With support from the Penn Global Engagement Fund, Heather Huntington is investigating the impact of reforestation and sustainable agriculture interventions on livelihoods, biodiversity, and human health in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. Biodiversity, agriculture, and human health are inextricably linked, and all are threatened by climate change. Internationally, many groups are taking measures…
By: Penn Today A new installment in the ‘Art Matters’ series examines ‘Ava’ by photographer and filmmaker Shirin Neshat, on view at Perry World House. SHIRIN NESHAT (IRANIAN B. 1957) AVA, 2012 INK ON SILVER GELATIN PRINT GIFT OF RICHARD C. AND LISA PERRY UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ART COLLECTION LOCATION: PERRY WORLD HOUSE, SECOND FLOOR Photographer…
By: Penn Today Perry World House Fellows and Advisors Lolita Jackson, Stephen Hammer, and Wolfgang Blau offered their insights from the conference in a discussion last week, moderated by Perry World House Interim Director Michael Weisberg. More than two dozen delegates from Penn were in Dubai late last year to attend and share their expertise…
By: Jared Brey Bucha, a small city in Ukraine about 30 kilometers from Kyiv, was one of the first to be hit by the Russian invasion in the spring of 2022. Hundreds of people were killed, some with their hands tied behind their backs, their bodies left in the street. As Ukrainians continue to fight,…
By: Penn Today Penn’s Assembly of International Students is matching international undergrads and graduate students with a faculty or staff partner who invites them to a Thanksgiving meal. While many in the Penn community are gearing up for Thanksgiving break, whether it’s boarding trains, planes, and buses to celebrate with friends and family or preparing…
