Penn Today's Understand This... Podcast
1) Understanding migration and art
Joining for the conversation in this episode is Obed Arango, a lecturer of social work in the School of Social Policy and Practice and founder and executive director of the Centro De Cultura, Arte, Tr...Show More
2) Understanding Climate Stories
In this episode about climate stories and "climate grief," Jennifer Pinto-Martin of the School of Nursing and the Perelman School of Medicine, along with Bethany Wiggin of the School of Arts & Science...Show More
3) Understanding Civic Engagement
In this episode of Penn Today’s “Understand This …” podcast series, Herman Beavers of the School of Arts & Sciences and Glenn Bryan of the Office of Government and Community Affairs discuss the Year o...Show More
4) Understanding the Pandemic Classroom
Caroline Watts, a senior lecturer in the Graduate School of Education, and Philip Gressman, a professor of mathematics, join to talk about the fall 2021 return to the classroom. This episode is both a...Show More
5) Understanding Imperialism
In the latest episode of Penn Today's 'Understand This ...' podcast series, Assistant Professor of Political Science Dorothy Kronick and Assistant Professor of History Alex Chase-Levinson discuss the ...Show More
6) Understanding Cross-cultural Communication
In this episode, we explore the value of improving cross-cultural communication skills. Joining for the conversation is Mauro Guillén, professor of international management at the Wharton School and f...Show More
7) Understanding poverty and data
Regina Smalls Baker, assistant professor of sociology in the School of Arts & Sciences, and Amy Castro Baker, assistant professor in the School of Social Policy & Practice and director of the new Cent...Show More
8) Understanding...Death
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, death has never been more top-of-mind during our lifetimes than it is now. Here, experts from Psychology and Religious Studies join to talk about how to cope with th...Show More
9) Robert Inman of the Wharton School and John Landis of the Weitzman School discuss infrastructure of the future.
Robert Inman of the Wharton School and John Landis of the Weitzman School discuss infrastructure of the future.
10) Sigal Ben-Porath and Sophia Rosenfeld discuss shared facts in the age of "fake news" and social media
The inaugural episode of "Understand This ..." features Sigal Ben-Porath from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education and Sophia Rosenfeld from the University of Pennsylvania Schoo...Show More