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Penn Arts & Sciences 2023 Graduation (Photos)

At three ceremonies, some 2,000 undergraduate and graduate students received their degrees in front of family and friends.

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

By Michele W. Berger and Brooke Sietinsons

Photos by Lisa J. Godfrey and Edward Savaria

60-Second Lectures | Spring 2023 Roundup (Video)

The most recent series took place in April.

Monday, May 22, 2023

Writer Clint Smith in Conversation with Penn Historian Mia Bay

At the annual Stephen A. Levin Family Dean’s Forum, Smith spoke about his poetry, his work as an educator, his opinions on how the past should and can shape the future, and more.

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

By Michele W. Berger
Photos by Lisa J. Godfrey

Origin Stories: Heather Love (Video)

Heather Love, Professor of English, on school as a stable place during a mobile childhood, her journey to academia via a furniture store, and her joy in discovering the many ways to study literature and work for justice.

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Video by Brooke Sietinsons
Text by Susan Ahlborn

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Ordinary Lives, Extraordinary Times

A fateful trip to Eastern Europe in 1989 inspired Kristen Ghodsee, Professor and Chair of Russian and East European Studies, to pursue a career studying the impact of the Cold War and its aftermath on the lives of ordinary people.

Tuesday, November 22, 2022

By Duyen Nguyen

Illustrations by Mariya Pilipenko

Mark Devlin and Colleagues Awarded NSF Grant to Upgrade Prominent Observatory

The Reese W. Flower Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics will oversee state-of-the-art improvements to the Simons Observatory.

Thursday, May 11, 2023

By Blake Cole

Bridging the Partisan Divide with Ordinary Conversation

In his new book, Matt Levendusky, Professor of Political Science, explores methods to reduce the animosity between political factions.

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

By Matt Gelb

Making Space for Urban Animals

Students in Richard Fadok’s Space/Power/Species course are designing speculative multispecies architecture projects to help share cities with non-human residents.

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

By Susan Ahlborn

Topping off the new home for energy science at Penn (VIDEO)

On February 3, 2023, P. Roy Vagelos, President Magill, and the Penn community celebrated the installation of the final beam of the Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology.

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Video by Alex Schein

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Beyond the Margins of Land and Water

Nikhil Anand, Associate Professor of Anthropology, leads two interdisciplinary research initiatives that provide insight on worldwide climate disasters and water crises.

Friday, December 2, 2022

By Duyen Nguyen

The Economics of Addiction

Professor of Economics Jeremy Greenwood’s research is uncovering information about the opioid crisis, its effects on the labor shortage, and the law of unintended consequences.

Tuesday, April 4, 2023

By Susan Ahlborn

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