Tag: Philadelphia
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...
2 ways cities can beat the heat: Which is best, urban...
Ian Smith, Boston University and Lucy Hutyra, Boston University
When summer turns up the heat, cities can start to...
From Seattle to Atlanta, new social housing programs seek to make...
Susanne Schindler, Harvard Kennedy School
Seattle astounded housing advocates around the country in February 2025, when roughly two-thirds of...
EXPLORING NATURE
Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had...
Celeste Kidd, University of California, Berkeley
I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s...
