Faculty Archive
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Cultural anthropologist Philippe Bourgois has journeyed far afield to conduct studies documenting the lives of Americans living in poverty, but for his most recent investigation he traveled just 15 minutes by subway from his office.
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Etienne Benson, assistant professor of history and sociology of science, on the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service.
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Matthew Levendusky, associate professor of political science, discusses the standout moments of the Republican and Democratic National Conventions.
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History of Art Professor Robert Ousterhout, currently overseas, answers our questions.
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Our physicists are leaders in three new projects to study outer space.
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Professors of Philosophy Gary Hatfield, Scott Weinstein, and Daniel Singer discuss the influential scholar’s legacy in their field and his unique connection with Penn as scholar and alumnus.
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Animals use specialized neurons in their brain known as grid cells to keep track of their physical location.
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Peter Decherney recalls the moment when he truly understood the power of media.
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When was the last time you read some Shakespeare on the train, or even saw one of his plays performed?
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To get to the tiny Mexican village of Santa Maria del Mar in Oaxaca—population 800 or 1,500, depending on whom you ask—requires a 45-minute boat ride through always-choppy waters huddled under a tarp in near darkness with two dozen companions.
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“I didn’t want to write a book that anyone else would write,” says Associate Professor of English Paul K. Saint-Amour. Scholarship and personal history coalesce in his latest project, Future Tense: Modernism, Total War, and Encyclopedic Form.
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Discover the stories behind the Vartan Gregorian Professor in the Humanities' favorite office items.
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NABI held its annual summit on Penn’s campus in April.
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PPEH and the Schuylkill
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Two student researchers team with their professor to create a program that could help diagnose cognitive impairment.
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Penn’s PORES Program Takes Undergraduates to NBC
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A mother’s distress at the sound of her young being threatened—what could be more natural?
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Jamal J. Elias, Walter H. Annenberg Professor in the Humanities and professor of religious studies, participates in a Q&A.
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Why do some people succeed and others fail? Is it raw talent or intelligence? Or something more?
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Faculty from an array of disciplines offer summer reading suggestions.