The Mother of Coronaviruses
When SARS-CoV-2 struck, Susan Weiss was ready. The decades of work that she and a small cohort of fellow researchers have devoted to coronaviruses, despite limited funding and little respect, have been invaluable in speeding the search for treatments and vaccines. It’s been a rare stroke of good fortune in the current crisis—and a lesson in the importance of supporting basic science in anticipation of future ones.
The Future Is Coming—Fast!
In a new book, Wharton professor and “globalization guy” Mauro Guillén breaks down the key factors that will combine to radically transform the world over the next decade (and SARS-CoV-2 is only speeding things up).
Text Message
Composer James Primosch G’80 gets vocal.
Cloak, Dagger, and Card Catalogues
Kathy Peiss on WWII’s librarian-spies. Information Hunters.
Navigating Uncertainty
All-star Wharton online course focuses on pandemic ramifications.
Erika H. James Named Wharton Dean
Emory’s Erika H. James named Wharton School dean.
Mind Traveler
Renée Fox on her past—and the present.
Inequality Economics
Tax the rich! And the poor. But not the way we do it now, nor necessarily for the usual reasons. As an economist pushing his field to grapple with inequality, Wharton’s Benjamin Lockwood may change the way you think about the government’s broadest power.
Rewriting Wright
Paul Hendrickson on Frank Lloyd Wright. Plagued by Fire.
A World Without Prisons
MLK Day symposium features Angela Davis and Gina Dent.
Power to the Protest
Daniel Gillion on why protests matter.
Augmenting Reality
Will augmented reality change everything we see? A growing number of Penn alumni, staff, and faculty think so. And even as they bump up against its challenges and limitations, they’re still committed
to pulling AR further into our lives.
Göttingen, 1987
Ending the Cold War wasn’t about US (maybe).
Classics Professor, Law Alumna Receive “Genius” Grants
MacArthur Fellows Emily Wilson and sujatha baliga L’99.
Emergency Measures
1.5 Minute Lecture series highlights climate emergency.
London Summer and Shadows
Penn students abroad—and their teacher—work toward telling the stories they need to.