Tuesday, September 26, 2023
By Laura Dattaro
Images by Brooke Sietinsons
This fall’s 60-Second Lectures included a special Constitution Day edition and 1.5 Minute Climate Lectures during Climate Week at Penn.
Tuesday, September 26, 2023
As a kid, Brent Cebul was a sports fan in suburban Cleveland, captivated by the city’s construction of the first major sports stadium in almost 60 years. He even assembled his own model of Jacobs Field, the home of Cleveland’s baseball team beginning in 1994.
Friday, September 22, 2023
By Matt Gelb
Anaya came to Penn with an interest in studying medicine, but his experiences in the College brought out a passion for English and cinema studies.
Friday, September 22, 2023
Video by Ta'Liyah Thomas
College students from the Class of 2027 moved in and got to know Penn Arts & Sciences through the Exploration Expo, where departments, majors, and programs were on display.
Tuesday, September 5, 2023
By Michele W. Berger
Photos by Brooke Sietinsons and Ta’Liyah Thomas
Climate scientist Michael Mann talks with OMNIA about this summer's unprecedented weather events and why there's still time to take action.
Wednesday, September 6, 2023
Produced and edited by Alex Schein
Amy Lutz, a senior lecturer in History and Sociology of Science, discusses her new book about autism, intellectual disability, and her beliefs about the need to provide services for the most severely impaired.
Tuesday, September 5, 2023
By Michele W. Berger
Some corals survive hotter temperatures better than others. In the lab of biologist Katie Barott, sophomores Alex Piven and Angela Ye have spent the summer trying to understand why.
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
By Matt Gelb
Photos by Brooke Sietinsons
Lecturer in Critical Writing Amy Paeth’s new book uses the history of the U.S. Poet Laureate as a window into how the arts, government, industry, and private donors interact and shape culture.
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
By Susan Ahlborn
Students in classes taught by Heather Sharkey, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations professor, fill in gaps in the online encyclopedia, learning about their subjects and the nuts and bolts of research, writing, and copyright.
Wednesday, August 9, 2023
By Susan Ahlborn
Through her summer internship, Mia McElhatton, C’26, explores how efforts to save the planet may disproportionately burden women.
Monday, August 7, 2023
By Katelyn Silva
Images by Ta’Liyah Thomas
The Global Learners Program, taught by LPS English Language Programs instructors, offered more than 300 people in Ukraine English skills useful on the job hunt—and provided some normalcy and hope.
Wednesday, August 9, 2023
By Michele W. Berger
Faryn Pearl, C’14, discusses co-directing the DreamWorks Animation film Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken, and how internships she obtained through Penn Arts & Sciences shaped her career path.
Monday, July 24, 2023
By Karen Brooks
The College of Liberal & Professional Studies and a Bread Upon the Waters scholarship jump-started Dean’s Scholar Gabrielle Solair’s goal of helping others.
Monday, July 24, 2023
By Susan Ahlborn
Four takeaways from Penn Arts & Sciences researchers in the aftermath of the 2022 Supreme Court decision.
Monday, July 17, 2023
By Michele W. Berger
Five Penn Arts & Sciences researchers explain why connections are critical not just to human happiness but also to our survival.
Monday, May 22, 2023
By Loraine Terrell
Illustrations by Kingsley Nebechi
Julia Ongchoco, C’23, is studying the difference a word can make—and making films to share her excitement.
Wednesday, July 5, 2023
By Susan Ahlborn
A Center for Experimental Ethnography course lets students engage with artists via in-depth audio interviews, to examine questions of empire and exclusion.
Wednesday, July 5, 2023
By Jane Carroll
