Faculty Archive

  • Penn Arts & Sciences recently announced the launch of a center that will advance research and the development of theoretical tools on social norms, along with practical applications in the form of interventions intended to impact specific behaviors.

  • Recent recognitions for our faculty

  • Howard Neukrug, Professor of Practice in Earth and Environmental Science and Executive Director of The Water Center at Penn, on the importance of providing safe and plentiful water to all citizens.

  • Advancing knowledge always involves uncovering connections previously unimagined—between disciplines, ideas, and even atoms. In our physics and chemistry labs, we have a number of scientists whose work is opening the doors to the development of new materials with properties that were unimaginable 20 years ago.

  • Paul Sniegowski, Stephen A. Levin Family Dean of the College and Professor of Biology, discusses adapting during a challenging time.

  • Chemistry faculty adapt to working remotely as the coronavirus stifles lab activity.

  • Kok-Chor Tan, Professor of Philosophy, says the ways in which individuals are affected by the pandemic are a result of a complex tapestry of economic, social, and cultural factors.

  • Julia Alekseyeva, Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies, shares her list of the best works of global cinema to watch while you're at home.

  • On Super Tuesday, Julia Lynch, Associate Professor of Political Science, discusses her new book, which argues that the way politicians frame the problem of health inequality sets it up to be unsolvable.

  • Faculty from the Department of Political Science discuss the early results from the Democratic primaries and what they tell us about the electorate.

  • Yun Ding, Assistant Professor of Biology, studies the courtship behavior of fruit flies to learn how genes and brains evolve to change animal behaviors.

  • Hyunjoon Park, Korea Foundation Professor of Sociology, sheds light on why marriage rates are falling in South Korea, particularly among highly educated women and low-educated men.

  • The “El difícil arte de migrar” exhibit brings a new narrative about migration to academia.

  • Ahead of the series finale of NBC's The Good Place, Errol Lord, Associate Professor of Philosophy, weighs in on how to be a good person and how the show might end.

  • A new book by Amy Offner, Assistant Professor of History, traces the roots of neoliberalism to mid-century development in Latin America.

  • In the video "Quintessentially Science Fiction," Math’s Eugenio Calabi reflects on his life, his impact on math and physics, and how “learning is a digestive process.”

  • A small sampling of recent highlights.

  • Herman Beavers performs a balancing act of creative expression and educational innovation.

  • The long history of David Rittenhouse Lab

  • The Professor and Chair of Philosophy has made recent stops on every continent.

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