History Ph.D. candidate Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon’s work looks at how the African American experience in the Soviet Union shaped Black identity and how the presence of people of color shaped Soviet understandings of race.

Leniqueca Welcome, a Ph.D. candidate in cultural anthropology with specialties in urban studies and experimental ethnography, is a member of the Collective for Advancing Multimodal Research Arts (CAMRA).

The discovery of the comet estimated to 100-200 kilometers across was made by Penn researchers following a comprehensive search of data from the Dark Energy Survey. Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein is the most distant comet ever discovered and possibly the largest seen in modern times.

Hajer Al-Faham, Ph.D. candidate in political science, finds that disproportionate surveillance of American Muslims stifles academic research.

Andrew Gunn, PhD Candidate in Earth and Environmental Science, studies the geomorphology of desert sands to highlight the way ice, water, and air mold and transform Earth’s landscapes.

Doctoral candidates Mike Gadomski and Dylan Manson examine whether it’s morally acceptable for the government to prioritize its own people’s interests and needs during a global pandemic.