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University of Pennsylvania Library’s LJS 226 – Certain astrological… (Video Orientation) – YouTube

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Video Orientation to the University of Pennsylvania Library’s LJS 226 – Certain astrological and astronomical figures: cut out of a manuscript book dated 1410. England and Spain, ca. 1410. Summary: In Latin. Collection of astrological and astronomical diagrams gathered from 3 earlier manuscripts. After a later parchment bifolium (f. 1-2, with inscription dated 1861 and 18th- or 19th-century English title) come 3 leaves from an early 15th-century English manuscript, perhaps the manuscript book dated 1410 referred to in the title on the later bifolium. These present diagrams that are a template for a horoscope (f. 3v), a circular zodiac calendar with no indication of year (f. 4r), and 2 diagrams related to Cabala as it was understood in Europe at the time (f. 4v-5r). See more at Penn in Hand:

Behavior Change for Good unveils effective strategies to boost vaccination rates | Penn Today

The Behavior Change for Good Initiative (BCFG) at the Wharton School and the School of Arts & Sciences of the University of Pennsylvania, in collaboration with the Penn Medicine Nudge Unit, today released findings from two of the largest-ever research studies aimed at increasing vaccine adoption. Conducted with Walmart and two regional health systems—Penn Medicine and Geisinger—these studies reveal that simple communications that reminded individuals...

Meet Chloe Gong, One of the Year’s Youngest Best-Selling Authors – The New York Times

Gong, a Shanghai native who grew up in Auckland, New Zealand, is a senior at the University of Pennsylvania, where she is double-majoring in English and international relations. She says she was in her “tiny college apartment” in Philadelphia, working on “something that was due very soon,” when she heard the “surreal but amazing” news: “My editor called me, and...