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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 4h

In our third special edition of the Ampersand Podcast, Dean Mark Trodden speaks with psychologist Rebecca Waller about her research on child development and the ways in which scientific tools are transforming her field. https://bit.ly/46KP7eg @upenn.edu @pennmindcore.bsky.social

Descendants of Famed Penn Physicist Donate Earliest Known X-ray Images

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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 1d

In the 1890s, Penn physicist Arthur Goodspeed accidentally took what are now believed to be among the world’s earliest X-ray images, a precursor to modern day radiology. Goodspeed’s descendants recently donated the thin glass plates back to the University.

Images taken in 1896 by Arthur Goodspeed of coins inside a small purse were a precursor to medical X-rays and the birth of radiology in the U.S.

Women’s labor and political agency in Delhi | Penn Today

Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 1d

Rashi Sabherwal, a doctoral student in political science, explores how women engage politically in society in informal roles through her research in India. @upenn.edu

Rashi Sabherwal, a doctoral student in political science, explores how women engage politically in society in informal roles through her research in India.

Michael Weisberg on building community at Penn | Penn Today

Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 2d

Prof. Michael Weisberg of Philosophy has been appointed to lead the continued implementation of recommendations from the 2024 University Task Force on Antisemitism and the Presidential Commission on Countering Hate and Building Community.

Michael Weisberg, a distinguished professor of philosophy, has been appointed to lead the continued implementation of recommendations from the Task Force on Antisemitism and the Commission on Counteri...

Five insights into the history of government shutdowns | Penn Today

Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 4d

Brent Cebul, a specialist in 20th-century U.S. history, shares more about the evolution of federal shutdowns and what they reveal about today’s political climate.

Penn historian Brent Cebul traces the transformation of federal shutdowns from rare occurrences to strategic political tools.

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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 6d

The Water Environment Federation, Amazon, The Water Center at Penn, and The Leading Utilities of the World announced the new Water-AI Nexus Center of Excellence, which will develop sustainable water practices for AI infrastructure and use AI to solve global water challenges. buff.ly/qq2t57f

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Benjamin Nathans Honored with Two Awards from ASEEES

Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 7d

Accolades keep pouring in for Benjamin Nathans, Alan Charles Kors Term Associate Professor of History, and his 2024 book To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement.

In addition to winning the Pulitzer Prize, the Alan Charles Kors Term Associate Professor of History continues to receive praise for To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet…

60 Second Lectures Fall 2025 Roundup Video

Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 7d

This year’s Fall series touched heavily on the Constitution; but faculty also considered the power of language and the ways individuals and movements have used it to influence and affect change. @garicgymro.bsky.social @upenn.edu

This fall’s 60-Second Lectures included a special Constitution Day edition featuring faculty experts.

Does early-life cellular activity influence cancer and aging? | Penn Today

Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 8d

Does early-life cellular activity influence cancer and aging? In a Current Biology paper, Penn biologists Mia Levine and Michael Lampson present new evidence on how telomere length is inherited in early embryos. Their findings open new avenues for research on aging and cancers.

The work offers insight into how telomeres—protective chromosomal caps linked to aging and cancer in mammals—are inherited.

Health Hub | Penn Arts & Sciences

Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 8d

Across the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities, Penn Arts & Sciences faculty are building the knowledge base essential to a healthier future—and to Penn’s broad commitment to health and human well-being. Introducing our new online hub.

Highlighting the myriad lenses that faculty from across Penn Arts & Sciences are using to study health.

Navigating gender and power in South Korea | Penn Today

Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 9d

As the newest member of Penn’s political science faculty, Soosun You brings global experience—from her work as a former journalist in Seoul to conducting fieldwork in Africa—to research on women’s rights and politics in South Korea. @upenn.edu

As the newest member of Penn’s political science faculty, Soosun You brings global experience—from her work as a former journalist in Seoul to conducting fieldwork in Africa—to research on women’s rig...

Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 9d

A pair of gifts from Julie Beren Platt and Marc E. Platt will establish an endowed professorship and create a program fund for graduate support in the Jewish Studies Program that will advance scholarship, community engagement, and global impact. buff.ly/wcJ9TC5

Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 11d

Congratulations to Marcy Norton, Professor of History, on receiving the 2025 Bentley Book Prize for her book, "The Tame and the Wild: People and Animals After 1492." Read more: https://bit.ly/4nKQeQs @upenn.edu

Making math add up for seventh graders | Penn Today

Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 11d

Cole DuHaime, C'27, a math major in the College who is also in the Accelerated Bachelor’s to Master’s Degree Program at the Graduate School of Education, taught math to 7th graders over the summer in a service opportunity made possible by Generation Teach and the Ben Franklin Scholars Program.

Third-year Cole DuHaime taught math to seventh graders over the summer in a service opportunity made possible by Generation Teach and the Ben Franklin Scholars Program.

Three things to know: Postdoc Shana Scogin on Nepal’s youth uprising | Penn Today

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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 12d

In the aftermath of the deadly anti-government youth uprising in Nepal that led to the fall of the country’s government, Shana Scogin, a political scientist and Perry World House fellow, weighs in on the roots of unrest, the interim government, and what to expect next.  @perryworldhouse.bsky.social

In the aftermath of the deadly anti-government uprising that led to the fall of the country’s government, Penn Today spoke with the Perry World House fellow for insights.

Hope for a Healthier World

Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 13d

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed a reality to the world what Professor of Political Science Julia Lynch had known for decades: Health problems do not affect everyone equally. With a new book, she offer legislators a roadmap for reducing health inequality.

With a new book, Professor of Political Science Julia Lynch and colleagues offer legislators a roadmap for reducing health inequality.

Insomnia Cookies’ CEO runs a sweets empire worth $350 million—but as a college junior he delivered cookies across campus at 2 a.m. | Fortune

Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 14d

Insomnia Cookies founder and CEO Seth Berkowitz started his business as a junior in college, delivering 89-cent cookies across campus at 2 a.m. Two decades later, Insomnia has taken over the U.S. with 350 stores serving up late-night sweet treats.

Insomnia Cookies CEO Seth Berkowitz started his cookie-delivery business and got angel investors on board before even graduating college.

Patrick McGovern, the ‘Indiana Jones of Ancient Alcohol,’ Dies at 80

Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 14d

Our second special edition of the Ampersand Podcast features Dean Mark Trodden in conversation with historian Sophia Rosenfeld. Listen to full episode, "Humanities, Democracy, and the Future of Knowledge," in Omnia: https://bit.ly/4mB5izg @upenn.edu @pennsasdean.bsky.social

Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 17d

In The New York Times, a look back at the life of Patrick McGovern, a Penn archaeologist who studied and recreated “ancient alcohol.”

An archaeologist, he discovered and analyzed the residue of beverages imbibed by long-vanished civilizations and then figured out how to recreate them.

The significance of Mars rover's latest discovery

Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 17d

Recently, NASA announced that samples from an ancient dry riverbed on Mars may contain potential biosignatures, possible evidence of ancient microbial life. On CBS News, @dougjerolmack.bsky.social of the Department of Earth and Environmental Science discussed the exciting news.

This week, NASA said scientists took the biggest step yet toward discovering whether there was ever life on Mars when a rock sample collected by the Mars rover Perseverance contained potential…

TELL ME MORE WITH KELLY CORRIGAN: Making Change for One and All

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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 17d

Prof. Angela Duckworth of Psychology is featured on KPBS's Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan and discusses the factors that affect human behavior and the challenges associated with them. @angeladuckworth.bsky.social @kpbssandiego.bsky.social

Stream now with KPBS+ / Watch Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025 at 5 p.m. on KPBS 2. Kelly sits down with University of Pennsylvania Professor Angela Duckworth, Fulbright Scholar JerDrema Virginia Flynt and Ha...

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Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 18d

Prof. Emily Wilson's 2017 translation of "The Odyssey" is featured as NPR's Book of the Day. In this segment, Wilson talks with about how she approached aspects of her translation, including social hierarchies and Homeric epithets. @npr.org @upenn.edu @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social

In her translation of ‘The Odyssey,’ Emily Wilson aimed for ‘a crystalline clarity’ : NPR's Book of the Day

In 2017, Emily Wilson became the first woman to translate Homer’s The Odyssey into English – more than three millennia after the epic’s inception. In the second installment of our Back to School serie...

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Omnia 101 The Rise of Tariffs

Penn Arts & Sciences @sas.upenn.edu · 19d

Enrique Mendoza, Professor of Economics, explains the rise of the U.S. tariff rate and their potential short- and long-term effects in our latest Omnia 101. @upenn.edu

Enrique Mendoza, Professor of Economics, unpacks what they are and their potential short- and long-term effects.

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