Tag: Philadelphia
Mid-Atlantic mushroom foragers collect 160 species for food, medicine, art and science
Amy Wrobleski, Penn State
Like many mushroom harvesters, I got interested in foraging for fungi during the COVID-19 pandemic.
How mobsters’ own words brought down Philly’s mafia − a veteran...
George Anastasia, Rowan University
The bloody mob war that is the focus of the new Netflix series “Mob War:...
How Dorothea Tanning’s ‘Birthday’ painting challenged male-dominated surrealism
Sally Jane Brown, West Virginia University
When American artist Dorothea Tanning painted “Birthday” in 1942, she announced her arrival...
New website tracks how Pennsylvania’s $2.2B in opioid settlement funds is...
Jonathan Larsen, Temple University; Amy Yeung, Penn State; Dennis Scanlon, Penn State, and Renee Cloutier, University of Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania...
Philly’s Puerto Rican Day Parade embodies strength of the mainland’s second-largest...
Héctor M. Varela Rios, Villanova University
Picture this: Puerto Rican flags, referred to as “la monoestrellada” – the “one-starred”...
You can be exposed to PFAS through food, water, even swimming...
Ruohao Zhang, Penn State; Jiameng Zheng, Louisiana State University ; Wendong Zhang, Cornell University, and Xibo Wan, University of Connecticut
Historian uncovers evidence of second mass grave of Irish immigrant railroaders...
William E. Watson, Immaculata University
When commuters on the R5 SEPTA train that connects suburban Chester County to Philadelphia...
How bachata rose from Dominican Republic’s brothels and shantytowns to become...
Wilfredo José Burgos Matos, Lehman College, CUNY
What began as songs about heartbreak in the brothels and barrios of...
EXPLORING NATURE
How pecans went from ignored trees to a holiday staple –...
Shelley Mitchell, Oklahoma State University
Pecans, America’s only native major nut, have a storied history in the United States....
