Faculty Archive
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A new Penn Arts and Sciences initiative is awarding grants to faculty to encourage the collective investigation of global topics across the humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. Dean Steven J. Fluharty recently announced the first round of projects to be funded through this program, called the Dean’s Integrative Global Inquiries Fund.
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Writing course offers creative study of the iconic songwriter and Nobel Prize laureate Bob Dylan.
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Political Science faculty assess U.S. foreign policy during the first 100 days.
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Professor Christopher Atwood and librarian Brian Vivier build Penn’s Mongolian collection from scratch.
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Nikhil Anand, assistant professor of anthropology, discusses how water quality impacts society.
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Researchers in the Department of Psychology found that people who have imaginations with more vivid details are less likely to delay gratification.
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Steven Weitzman, Abraham M. Ellis Professor of Hebrew and Semitic Languages and Literature, discusses faith and national security.
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School program launches with a day of TED Talk-style presentations from Arts and Sciences graduate students.
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Daniel Aldana Cohen, assistant professor of sociology, discusses how issues such as social inequality inform climate change policy.
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Students in the new class “Writing in Dark Times” examine German literature from the 1930s.
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New initiative provides funding for teams of faculty and students to address issues of diversity and inequality.
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Professor of Religious Studies Justin McDaniel’s new book explores growing Buddhist leisure culture across Asia.
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Faculty experts weigh in on critical global issues.
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Physics professors Mark Trodden and Bhuvnesh Jain discuss recent astronomical measurements that have opened a window into fundamental physics.
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Members of the Cinema and Media Studies faculty discuss the nominated movies, directors, and stars.
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Members of Penn’s Native American and Indigenous Studies community reflect on the historic gathering of tribal nations and grassroots movement known as #NODAPL.
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Guobin Yang, associate professor of sociology and associate professor of communication at the Annenberg School, examines the role of Chinese youth in the Cultural Revolution.
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Penn conference brought together scholars to discuss issues raised by the election, the transition of power, and the new presidential administration.
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Grads join students in reading "Between the World and Me" for the 2017 Winter Reading Project
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Ralph Rosen, Vartan Gregorian Professor of the Humanities, on satire, from ancient Greece to "Saturday Night Live."