Classicist Emily Wilson says translation can reshape how readers see the world, in a new book that connects the ancient world to modern examples and explores the promise and perils of translation.
"Translation can reorient readers' sense of the strange and the familiar and create new awareness of human possibilities," said Wilson, of the University of Pennsylvania. "Even in antiquity, people were people, and reading ancient literature should remind us of this essential fact."
As anxiety, depression, and crisis-level needs rise among young people, school counselors trained by Penn's Graduate School of Education are equipped to provide early intervention, emotional support, and essential care inside and beyond the classroom, the university said.
"School counselors are the heart of any school," said Diana Wildermuth, director of school counseling for two programs at Penn.
Relying too much on AI will hurt both individuals and organizations in the long run, according to Wharton's Cornelia Walther. "A tool that first helps us think can begin to think around us, then for us, then without us noticing what has been weakened," she wrote.
A new Annenberg Public Policy Center study found that state policies making healthcare easier to obtain and protecting LGBTQ+ people from discrimination are associated with greater use of HIV prevention measures among white adults, but those benefits may not extend equally to Black and Latino populations.
Separately, Michael Miller of the Perelman School of Medicine said laughter may benefit heart health. "Tears of joy are really the magic medicine when it comes to laughter and heart disease," he said. "When you get a good belly laugh, the release of endorphins will activate a chemical in the inner lining of blood vessels, nitric oxide, which has a whole host of really important effects."