Faculty Archive
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In the first of a new series, we highlight recent findings from Penn Arts & Sciences faculty.
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The Eternal Soldier initiative uses the power of stories—ancient and modern, alike—to empower veterans.
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A new book by Philosophy’s Susan Sauvé Meyer gives tips from the philosopher’s “Nicomachean Ethics” on how to live well in any age.
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Discover the story behind several of the Hirschmann-Makineni Professor of Chemistry’s favorite office items.
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The Classical Studies professor on the power and responsibility of translation, the allure of ancient worlds, and the value of the strange.
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Three experts on contemporary China discuss what it’s like there after several tumultuous years of zero-COVID policies and changing public opinion.
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In the new book, Everyday Utopia: What 2,000 Years of Wild Experiments Can Teach Us About the Good Life, Kristen Ghodsee, Professor of Russian and East European Studies, explores utopian communities past and present.
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Ileana Pérez-Rodríguez and Reto Gieré from the Department of Earth and Environmental Science have shown that marine bacteria from extreme environments can reduce the mineral’s toxicity.
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Within the Department of Biology, the self-described “plant group” is employing cutting-edge techniques to explore everything from cancer and developmental biology to how agricultural crops might withstand a changing climate.
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For the Department of Sociology, 2024 marks a time for both celebration and reflection.
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Penn Arts & Sciences welcomed 18 new faculty members for the 2023–24 academic year.
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These members of our faculty were honored for their books.
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The evolution of the Asian American Studies program at Penn.
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Reflections on the strength of our community.
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A small sampling of recent highlights.
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A collaborative study shows that targeted electrical stimulation in the brains of epilepsy patients with TBI improved memory recall an average of 19 percent.
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For seven months in 2023, this image of Berry, Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought Emerita, hung in the National Portrait Gallery, part of an exhibit featuring works from photographer Brian Lanker’s book I Dream a World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America.
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Corine Labridy, Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies, writes and teaches about laughter, as well as its role in building identity and making sense of tough times.
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Penn’s program in Cinema & Media Studies becomes an academic department.
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Faculty from Penn Arts & Sciences are confronting the climate crisis and contributing to solutions. They say there’s still time to act.