Faculty Archive

Rogers Smith, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science, is searching for the heart and soul of America.

How COVID-19 is bringing health inequality to the fore.

This year has been a powerful reminder of an enduring truth: some of the most important events and circumstances in life are beyond our control.

As remote work and education continue for many, Penn Arts & Sciences has shifted some of its popular, long-running programs to a virtual format and created some new ones.

Junhyong Kim, Chair and Patricia M. Williams Professor of Biology, and Kate O’Neill, Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Perelman School of Medicine, have been awarded a four-year, $4.5 million Human BioMolecular Atlas Program (HuBMAP) grant.

The Wolf Humanities Center, a central hub for interdisciplinary humanities research and public programming, explores “Choice” as its topic for the 2020–2021 academic year.

Faculty Opinion: Nikhil Anand, Associate Professor of Anthropology

Coren Apicella, Associate Professor of Psychology, discusses how individual and social behavior evolves.

Daniel Hopkins on whether the responses to COVID-19 will bring attention back to local government.

Cristina Bicchieri, Sascha Jane Patterson Harvie Professor of Social Thought and Comparative Ethics, found that for people to modify behavior, it’s first necessary to change their expectations about how others that matter to them act and think.

Michael Jones-Correa, President’s Distinguished Professor of Political Science, discusses his book, Holding Fast: Resilience and Civic Engagement Among Latino Immigrants.

The Lauder Professor of Political Science on his journey from Ireland to Nigeria to Northern Ireland to England to the U.S., and what he learned along the way.

Professors and leaders from across the University unite in a series of virtual lectures to sound the alarm about the climate emergency.

Conducted online for the first time, the Center for Africana Studies Summer Institute for Pre-Freshmen continues to cultivate human connection.

Discover the stories behind the Professor of Biology’s office items—in his own words.

Tariq Thachil, the new Director of the Center for the Advanced Study of India, discusses his plans for the Center and coping with the pandemic.

James Primosch, Professor of Music, won an award and released two new albums.

A virtual lecture series features short talks on life’s bigger questions from Penn Arts & Sciences faculty.

Henry Towsner, Associate Professor of Mathematics, and Scott Weinstein, Professor of Philosophy, discuss the complex intersection of theory and proof.

Penn Arts & Sciences faculty address the current movement.