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Weitzman externships in retrospect: Harisa Martinos
“What surprised me was how natural the transition from school to practice felt,” says Weitzman MLA candidate Harisa Martinos.
(Image: Courtesy of Weitzman News)
Weitzman externships in retrospect: Harisa Martinos
The master of landscape architecture candidate spent her externship at a New York City firm, absorbing its culture and learning its design process.
2 min. read
Voting is linked to living longer
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Voting is linked to living longer
A new study co-authored by SP2’s Femida Handy shows that voting is associated with reduced mortality risk in older adults.
2 min. read
Cultivating health through public space
Cultivating health through public space
Catherine Seavitt examines the connections between public space and public health through the lens of ecology, policy, and plant science.
Damon Centola named 2026 Guggenheim Fellow
As director of the Network Dynamics Group and a senior fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, Centola’s research centers on social networks and behavior change.
(Image: Courtesy of Annenberg School for Communication)
Damon Centola named 2026 Guggenheim Fellow
The Elihu Katz Professor of Communication, Sociology and Engineering, he is among the 223 people chosen for the Guggenheim’s 101st class of Fellows.
1 min. read
Penn’s inaugural SAS Commons explores democracy and knowledge
Penn’s inaugural SAS Commons explores democracy and knowledge
History professor Sophia Rosenfeld discusses Democracy and Knowledge, the inaugural theme for the School of Arts & Sciences new two-year program SAS Horizons.
Former Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter launches public service and policy initiative
Former Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter launches public service and policy initiative
The Weitzman School of Design and the Penn Institute for Urban Research have partnered with the former mayor to increase economic and social mobility expands its scope to cultivate former and future civic leaders.
Exploring the history of North American pastels
Megan Baker is a Barra Foundation Fellow in Art and Material Culture at Penn’s McNeil Center.
(Image: Courtesy of McNeil Center for Early American Studies)
Exploring the history of North American pastels
McNeil Center Fellow Megan Baker’s dissertation research explores how the fine art medium tells a larger story of material transit across the Atlantic during a time of mounting political discord.
2 min. read
New faculty explore how individual minds influence group behavior
Linguist Marlyse Baptista, neuroscientist Nacho Sanguinetti, and humanities scholar Fritz Breithaupt were all hired through MindCORE under the theme of “interconnected minds,” focusing on how individual minds influence group behavior and vice versa.
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New faculty explore how individual minds influence group behavior
Linguist Marlyse Baptista, neuroscientist Nacho Sanguinetti, and humanities scholar Fritz Breithaupt are part of MindCORE’s Interconnected Minds cluster hire.
3 min. read
Blending empathy and analytics
Nature Hu is MSSP+DA student at Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice.
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Blending empathy and analytics
SP2 Class of 2026 student Nature Hu explains how qualitative insight coupled with strong data analysis can effectively shape policy and resource allocations.
Researching 17th century Caribbean freedom and empire
Clifton E. Sorrell III is a McNeil Center for Early American Studies Advisory Council Fellow.
(Image: Courtesy of McNeil Center for Early American History)
Researching 17th century Caribbean freedom and empire
McNeil Center for Early American Studies Advisory Council Fellow Clifton E. Sorrell III pieces together the world that shaped how people of African descent experienced slavery and freedom in the early Caribbean.
2 min. read
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Weitzman externships in retrospect: Harisa Martinos
“What surprised me was how natural the transition from school to practice felt,” says Weitzman MLA candidate Harisa Martinos.
(Image: Courtesy of Weitzman News)
Weitzman externships in retrospect: Harisa Martinos
The master of landscape architecture candidate spent her externship at a New York City firm, absorbing its culture and learning its design process.
2 min. read
Voting is linked to living longer
nocred
Voting is linked to living longer
A new study co-authored by SP2’s Femida Handy shows that voting is associated with reduced mortality risk in older adults.
2 min. read
Cultivating health through public space
Cultivating health through public space
Catherine Seavitt examines the connections between public space and public health through the lens of ecology, policy, and plant science.
Damon Centola named 2026 Guggenheim Fellow
As director of the Network Dynamics Group and a senior fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, Centola’s research centers on social networks and behavior change.
(Image: Courtesy of Annenberg School for Communication)
Damon Centola named 2026 Guggenheim Fellow
The Elihu Katz Professor of Communication, Sociology and Engineering, he is among the 223 people chosen for the Guggenheim’s 101st class of Fellows.
1 min. read
Penn’s inaugural SAS Commons explores democracy and knowledge
Penn’s inaugural SAS Commons explores democracy and knowledge
History professor Sophia Rosenfeld discusses Democracy and Knowledge, the inaugural theme for the School of Arts & Sciences new two-year program SAS Horizons.
Former Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter launches public service and policy initiative
Former Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter launches public service and policy initiative
The Weitzman School of Design and the Penn Institute for Urban Research have partnered with the former mayor to increase economic and social mobility expands its scope to cultivate former and future civic leaders.
Exploring the history of North American pastels
Megan Baker is a Barra Foundation Fellow in Art and Material Culture at Penn’s McNeil Center.
(Image: Courtesy of McNeil Center for Early American Studies)
Exploring the history of North American pastels
McNeil Center Fellow Megan Baker’s dissertation research explores how the fine art medium tells a larger story of material transit across the Atlantic during a time of mounting political discord.
2 min. read
New faculty explore how individual minds influence group behavior
Linguist Marlyse Baptista, neuroscientist Nacho Sanguinetti, and humanities scholar Fritz Breithaupt were all hired through MindCORE under the theme of “interconnected minds,” focusing on how individual minds influence group behavior and vice versa.
nocred
New faculty explore how individual minds influence group behavior
Linguist Marlyse Baptista, neuroscientist Nacho Sanguinetti, and humanities scholar Fritz Breithaupt are part of MindCORE’s Interconnected Minds cluster hire.
3 min. read
Blending empathy and analytics
Nature Hu is MSSP+DA student at Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice.
(Image: Courtesy of Penn Engineering)
News
Blending empathy and analytics
SP2 Class of 2026 student Nature Hu explains how qualitative insight coupled with strong data analysis can effectively shape policy and resource allocations.
Researching 17th century Caribbean freedom and empire
Clifton E. Sorrell III is a McNeil Center for Early American Studies Advisory Council Fellow.
(Image: Courtesy of McNeil Center for Early American History)
Researching 17th century Caribbean freedom and empire
McNeil Center for Early American Studies Advisory Council Fellow Clifton E. Sorrell III pieces together the world that shaped how people of African descent experienced slavery and freedom in the early Caribbean.
2 min. read
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