Student Archive

Santiago Cunial, a doctoral candidate in political science, investigates the carrots and sticks that move green energy in Chile and Argentina.

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.

Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon, Ph.D. student in history, on the nation of Ukraine, how things got to this point, and what’s being overlooked in the discussion about the war.

Political science doctoral candidate Meghan Garrity is using her past as an aid worker to inform her research.

Through her study of philosophy, Emma Davies, C’22, combines her passion for immigrant and refugee rights with her intellectual curiosity.

College alumni discussed their education and experience in a virtual event for students.

With virtual and in-person programming through Cosmic Writers, Rowana Miller, C’22, wants to make writing education equitable—and fun.

Grace Choi, C’23, aims to redefine food insecurity on college campuses.

Sarah Kane, C’23, a physics and astronomy major, explains how computational research methods—and conversation—can help make the sciences more accessible to researchers with disabilities.

Samuel Strickberger, C’22, investigates Jewish Orthodox reactions to slavery in antebellum America.

Tiffany Tieu, C’22, worked on a psychological study that increased mask-wearing on campus.

Kira Wang, C’24, spent her summer unveiling how many naked ballots were invalidated in the 2020 General Election in Pennsylvania.

During a two-week, in-person bootcamp at the Penn Museum, 11 undergrads learned basic archaeological skills in subjects from ceramics and sample-taking to archaeobotany.

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.

Andy Eskenazi's journey through the VIPER program has included humanities classes that have given him a better understanding of his work as an engineer and the world at large.

Alexander Adames, a Ph.D. candidate in sociology, examines the predictors and consequences of social mobility for people from different racial and ethnic backgrounds.

MindCORE hosted two 10-week research programs for students eager to get back in the lab and connect with peers.

High school students explore complex issues through a variety of media at Penn Summer Academy.

Anna Lehr Mueser, a doctoral candidate in history and sociology of science, studies memory, loss, and technology in the New York City Watershed and the villages that were destroyed to construct it.

Stephanie Gibson, a doctoral candidate in the history of art, explores monuments of trauma in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Black Atlantic.