Faculty Archive

A new lecture series in Classical Studies aims to advance understanding of the many ways the past is put to use in building the present.

Michael Weisberg, Bess W. Heyman President's Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, students, and Ecuador's Ambassador to the United States reflect on the momentous expansion of the Galápagos Marine Reserve.

On February 27 at the Annenberg Center, the longtime professor of music and acclaimed composer will be memorialized with the performance, Celebration and Remembrance: The Music of James Primosch.

Sherelle Ferguson, GR’21, and Annette Lareau, Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Professor in the Social Sciences, find that “hostile ignorance” can come from surprising places.

The Robert S. Blank Presidential Associate Professor of Philosophy on his early love of biology, his turn into the philosophy of science, and his educational journey from Nashville to Cornell to Stanford.

Season 3 explores scientific ideas that cause big reactions. We’ll look at stories of science getting knocked around and standing back up again, in a world full of polarization, politics, misrepresentation, and simple misunderstanding.

Celebrating poetry and literature at Penn since 1985, Al Filreis, Kelly Family Professor of English, continues to create community at the home for writers he founded in a Locust Walk house a quarter-century ago.

Pedro Bernardinelli, then-doctoral candidate in physics and astronomy, and Gary Bernstein, Reese W. Flower Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, discover the largest comet on record.

The career of Tulia Falleti, Class of 1965 Endowed Term Professor of Political Science, grew from her activism as a student in a newly democratic Argentina.

Regina Baker, Assistant Professor of Sociology, challenges literature that touts marriage as a cure for poverty.

Three historians weigh in on how we can understand our past.

Eric Schelter, Professor of Chemistry, offers his thoughts on chemistry’s continuing promise, and its public relations problem.

Vijay Balasubramanian, Cathy and Marc Lasry Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, reflects on his recent appearance on the hit Netflix show, Explained.

Each one of your cells contains two copies of 23 chromosomes, one inherited from each of your parents.

André Dombrowski, Frances Shapiro-Weitzenhoffer Associate Professor of 19th-Century European Art, discusses modern art’s origins, influences, and impacts.

The start of the fall semester and the phrase “back to school” has always had a little magic to it, conjuring new beginnings and a sense of excitement and possibility.

Penn Arts & Sciences has awarded grants to 15 projects through the Making a Difference in Global Communities and Klein Family Social Justice initiatives.

Harun Küçük, Associate Professor of History and Sociology of Science, was appointed Director of the Middle East Center (MEC) in July 2021, taking over from Interim Director John Ghazvinian.

Shirley A. Steele has made a gift to create the Robert A. Rescorla Undergraduate Research Fellows Endowed Fund.

Faculty across Penn Arts & Sciences have continued to distinguish themselves through their research and teaching, and their work has been recognized with notable honors and awards.