Penn Arts & Sciences Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Prof. Jared Farmer of @PennHistory is quoted in @sciam about the importance of protecting elderflora [old trees]. “I’m not sure numerical champions should matter so much. There are long-lived plants worthy of protection and care nearly everywhere.” https://t.co/OWAFsMKVZh @Penn

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Prof. Sophia Rosenfeld of @PennHistory writes in @thenation on law scholar Jedediah Purdy's new book, Two Cheers for Politics. "For Purdy, the more profound and deep-seated problem of our times is actually how little democracy we have long had." https://t.co/qWspCiQ87K @Penn

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Prof. Simone White of @PennEnglish is featured in @lithub for her recent work, "or, on being the other woman," and offers her to-read pile of books. "There are a few piles around the house but this one is good." https://t.co/GOShPT20qW @Penn

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Prof. Jonathan Katz discusses the painting, "Minutiae," as part of his recent Knowledge by the Slice special #ValentinesDay talk, "The Artful Love Affair Between Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg." Watch the full lecture: https://t.co/GzR3seYEuc @PennArtHistory @PennGSWS https://t.co/tMNLAeBrSb

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In an excerpt from "Prisons and Health in the Age of Mass Incarceration," Jason Schnittker and colleagues dissect the contradictory nature of these institutions, which are charged with both “denying freedom and providing care.” https://t.co/Y4IyM9HDjy @SociologyatPenn @Penn

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Mia Bay of @PennHistory and the author of "Travelling Black: A Story of Race and Resistance" talks to Penn Today about travel inequality and how the barriers of race and class can restrict travel. https://t.co/77A60xC9E4 @Penn @CollegeAtPenn @AfricanaUPenn @Pennalumni

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Prof. Donovan Schaefer of @upennrels writes in the @ConversationUS about understanding the emotions that make #conspiracytheories so appealing based on research for his latest book, "Wild Experiment: Feeling Science and Secularism after Darwin." https://t.co/d3jL8kIqx8 @Penn

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An adapted excerpt from Prof. Joan DeJean's new book, "Mutinous Women: How French Convicts Became Founding Mothers of the Gulf Coast," is featured in @TIME. https://t.co/07eTmqk5Oh @Penn @PennFREN @PennHistory

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Janet Chrzan, a nutritional anthropologist and co-author of Anxious Eaters: Why We Fall For Fad Diets, talked to @VICE about Ozempic. "One thing I hear is how frightened people are of food,” she says. https://t.co/7vNq8iNDhS @Penn

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Psychologist Melissa Hunt aims to offer affordable & scientifically proven help for those who suffer from irritable bowel syndrome with her new book, 'Reclaim Your Life From IBS'. @Penn https://t.co/6MKjdoi3Ur