Profile of a Crime
The Trayvon Martin case is the latest chapter in a difficult story of race, crime and justice in America, as John MacDonald, Associate Professor and Chair of Criminology, will tell you. MacDonald, whose research has included studies of how race and ethnicity impact the ways our criminal justice system responds to crime, shares some observations on the case and the public’s reaction to it. |
NewsPrestigious Prizes Garnered by Fourteen College Students, Recent Graduates Nancy Bonini Elected to the National Academy of Sciences Robert M. Seyfarth and George J. Mailath elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Dorothy Roberts Named PIK Professor Three SAS Professors Receive 2012 Guggenheim Fellowships College Announces 2012 Graduation Speakers Penn Bioethicist Jonathan Moreno Appointed to UNESCO International Bioethics Committee Kenneth Burdett Appointed the James Joo-Jin Kim Professor of Economics Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet Appointed the Robert I. Williams Term Professor of History EventsMay 14: University Commencement, Franklin Field, 33rd and South Streets, 10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. May 14: Graduate Division Graduation Ceremony, Hill Field, 33rd and Walnut Street, 1:00 p.m. Multimedia60-Second Lecture. Michael Weisberg discusses “Lying Your Way to the Truth” 60-Second Lecture. Ted Abel discusses “It’s Not a Dream, It’s a Memory: The Role of Sleep in Memory Storage” 60-Second Lecture. Brendan O’Leary discusses “Why Share Power?” 60-Second Slam. In this spin on our popular 60-Second Lectures series, 11 School of Arts & Sciences’ faculty and students prove that a world of knowledge can be condensed into just sixty seconds of time. Sustainable Solutions. In this panel discussion, SAS faculty discuss solutions to a number of problems facing our ever-evolving planet. 2011 College Graduation Ceremony. Watch video of speakers Ed Rendell, C’65, Hon’00, and Joseph Yellin, C’11. Penn Back Then. Listen to Quakers sharing their Penn memories at Alumni Weekend 2011. Courting Politics. In this audio Q&A, political scientist Rogers Smith parses some of the past year’s major Supreme Court decisions. More Multimedia |
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