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Over the River, Through the Woods, and Down 34th Street (Video)

Thursday, November 9, 2017

By Lauren Rebecca Thacker 

Faculty

Our Odyssey

Monday, November 6, 2017

By Susan Ahlborn

Student

Penn In Kenya (Video)

Through an Arts and Sciences grant, undergrads produce documentary and virtual-reality films with residents of the Kakuma Refugee Camp.

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

By Louisa Shepard

Video by Alex Schein 

Faculty

OMNIA Q&A: Monument Lab's Research Program (Video)

Laurie Allen, Director for Digital Scholarship at Penn Libraries, and Penn's Price Lab for Digital Humanities are helping to immortalize the public art and history project.

Thursday, November 9, 2017

Interview by Blake Cole

Video by Alex Schein 

Alumni

Skimming to Success

Carly Zakin, C'08, is the co-creator of theSkimm -- an online newsletter used by Oprah, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Michelle Obama. She talks with OMNIA about her new company and how Penn has affected her life.

Monday, October 9, 2017

By Susan Ahlborn

Faculty

Water, Water Everywhere

Experts discuss the societal and environmental challenges to our most precious resource.

Thursday, October 5, 2017

By Michele Berger
Illustrations by The Brave Union

Faculty

OMNIA Q&A: Puerto Rico's Distinct Identity

Rogers M. Smith, Associate Dean for the Social Sciences and Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science, explains Puerto Rico’s political identity.

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Student

Africana Studies Students Q&A (Video)

Tshay Williams, C’17, and Madison Dawkins, C'19, discuss their experience at Penn and their future plans.

Thursday, September 21, 2017

Faculty

OMNIA Q&A: The Independence Referendum in Catalonia

Antonio Feros, Associate Professor of History, on why Catalans—the people who populate the northeastern region of Spain—feel so strongly about their regional identity.

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Alumni

Professional Women's Alliance (Video)

Penn Arts and Sciences alumnae create a network of women to support undergraduate students and recent College graduates.

Thursday, July 13, 2017

By Erinn Carey

Video by Alex Schein 

Faculty

Hunting for the Universe’s Missing Mass

Halloween is Dark Matter Day—but Don't Be Afraid of the Dark.

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

By Ali Sundermier

Student

60-Second Slam Lets Students and Faculty Show Their Work (Video)

During Alumni Weekend 2017, presenters provided quick, expert takes on topics ranging from 3-D models of galaxies to the history of animal nutrition science.

Monday, May 22, 2017

By Lauren R. Thacker

Alumni

Intelligent Design in the Classroom: Kitzmiller v. Dover, 10 Years Later (Audio)

In our first OMNIA podcast, we speak with professors Michael Weisberg and Paul Sniegowski about their experience with the case—and whether public attitudes on evolution have changed—as well as lead counsel and Penn Law graduate Eric Rothschild and presiding judge John E. Jones III.

Thursday, December 17, 2015

Interviews and Narration by Blake Cole

Recorded and Edited by Alex Schein 

Student

Modeling the Diffusion of Military Technology (Video)

Undergraduates in the College of Arts and Sciences reinforce the idea that students at any level can tackle complex issues with a fresh perspective.

Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Filmed by Alex Schein and Brooke Sietinsons
Edited by Brooke Sietinsons

Faculty

The FBI and Religion

Steven Weitzman, Abraham M. Ellis Professor of Hebrew and Semitic Languages and Literature, discusses faith and national security.

Thursday, March 23, 2017

By Blake Cole

Student

Liftoff (Video)

Physicist Mark Devlin and his team of students harness cutting-edge technology to comb through the evolutionary history of the universe.

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

By Blake Cole
Photos and video by Brooke Sietinsons

Faculty

Tweeting the Medieval

Emily Steiner, Professor of English, uses new technology to illuminate age-old manuscripts.

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

By Louisa Shepard
Photography by Alex Schein 

Mapping the Divine Comedy

A digital humanities study in Dante's geographical imagination.

Monday, November 21, 2016

A Project by Andrea Gazzoni
Compiled by Brooke Sietinsons

Year in Review: 2016's Top Stories

A look back at our top OMNIA stories from 2016

Saturday, December 31, 2016

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