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June 5, 2020
Politics, Pandemics, and ProtestsExactly how the coronavirus pandemic, the current unrest, and the nation’s economic woes will affect November’s presidential election is unclear, but voter turnout will be key, according to John Lapinski, the Robert A. Fox Leadership Professor of Political Science at Penn, a political expert.
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June 5, 2020
On Identity and Poetic Form: Ahmad Almallah’s ‘Bitter English’Ahmad Almallah says that “Bitter English,” his debut poetry collection, was five years in the making. But in many ways, the book is the result of a decades-long journey. Almallah, a lecturer in English and Arabic, came to the U.S. from Palestine in 2000 intending to study engineering as an undergraduate. His plans changed and he went in a more creative direction, studying communications and film, only to change course again and pursue a doctorate in Arabic literature.
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June 5, 2020
Sixteen Penn Students and Recent Graduates Awarded 2020-21 Fulbright ScholarshipsPenn has 16 Fulbright Scholars for 2020-21. Abby Cacho, Faith Cho, Serena Hajjar, Henry Hoffman. Natalia Lindsey, James Nassur, Ton Nguyen, Christine Olagun-Samuel. Mark Perfect, Stephanie Petrella, Aiden Reiter, Arryonna Santos. Adam Sax, Raka Sen, Adithya Sriram, Sam Tullman.
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June 5, 2020
Art For Philadelphia Community Bail FundPhiladelphia-based artists raising money in support of the Philadelphia Community Bail Fund. All profit goes directly to the Philadelphia Community Bail Fund. Edition of 20. Participating Artists: Jonathan Lyndon Chase, Alex Da Corte, David Hartt, Sharon Hayes, Marcus Maddox, Tiona Nekkia McClodden, and Becky Suss.
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May 18, 2020
Sarah J. Jackson and Duncan Watts Awarded 2020 Andrew Carnegie FellowshipsNow in its sixth year, the goal of the Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program is to support high-caliber scholarly research in the humanities and social sciences that addresses important and enduring issues confronting our society. The selected projects focus on a broad range of complex political, economic, technological, humanistic, and sociological matters.