Faculty Archive

  • When Penn students studied classics 100, or even 50, years ago, they focused on learning the ancient languages Latin and Greek, often building on their high school Latin. The texts they read in those languages were seen as giving access to a unique historical high point, a time of unrivalled achievement when the political systems, philosophical ideas, and literary and artistic forms that shaped modern America were first invented.

  • Masao Sako, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy, and Mark Trodden, Fay R. and Eugene L. Langberg Professor of Physics, explain how dark matter and dark energy shape their work.

  • Hanming Fang, Class of 1965 Term Professor of Economics, and his collaborators have created VoxChina.org, a space for discussing China’s economy.

  • Hundreds of books looted by the Nazis during World War II provide a window into history and individuals we may otherwise have never known.

  • Ian Fleishman, Assistant Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures, looks at wounding to study narrative.

  • Arts & Sciences researchers see collaboration as key to recharging the planet’s battery.

  • Sophia Rosenfeld, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History, digs up the roots of the relationship between democracy and truth.

  • Research led Doris Wagner, Robert I. Williams Term Professor of Biology, identified a gene that, when stifled, generates blooms.

  • Charles Kane and Eugene Mele, both Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professors of Physics, have been recognized with two awards for their work on topology and symmetry in physics.

  • Penn Arts & Sciences faculty were recognized with University-wide teaching awards in 2019.

  • Two Penn Arts & Sciences faculty were recognized for their ground-breaking work by the Penn Center for Innovation (PCI), the University’s hub for innovation, venture creation, and commercialization.

  • A new Penn Arts & Sciences mentoring initiative, called the First Two Years Program: Getting Launched, is bringing together junior and senior faculty for knowledge-sharing and networking.

  • In her Language and the Brain course, Kathryn Schuler, Assistant Professor of Linguistics, asked 30 undergrads to think big about big problems—and their solutions didn’t disappoint.

  • Discover the stories behind the Professor of Biology's favorite office items.

  • Bhuvnesh Jain, Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Natural Sciences, and Michael Weisberg, Professor and Chair of Philosophy, discuss the mystery of dark matter and the use of some of the world’s largest telescopes to search for it.

  • A new book by Jeremy Greenwood, Professor of Economics, takes a macroeconomics view of changes in family life.

  • Quayshawn Spencer, Robert S. Blank Presidential Associate Professor of Philosophy, explores the question, "What kind of thing is race?" in his classes and research.

  • Earth and Environmental Science Department Chair Reto Gieré explains how 40 years after the worst nuclear accident in the U.S., a global energy dilemma endures.

  • Physics professors Mark Trodden and Masao Sako explain how dark matter and dark energy shape their work.

  • Students and faculty study the future of urban waters in Philadelphia and Mumbai.

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