Faculty
What History Can Be
Assistant Professor Hardeep Dhillon’s first-year seminar explores the history of children in America while equipping students with foundational skills.
The Other Emissions Coming from Cars
Tiny tire particles discharge into the environment every time a vehicle brakes, accelerates, or rounds a curve. In a UN brief, geochemist Reto Gieré and colleagues aim to educate the world about this lesser-known environmental obstacle.
From the Microscope to the Big Picture
Steven J. Fluharty reminisces about his time on campus as an undergraduate and the path that got him where he is today.
Penn Arts & Sciences: Then and Now
As Steven J. Fluharty steps down as Dean, we look back at how the School has evolved during his tenure.
Memory Lane
Scholars across Penn Arts & Sciences are exploring memory. What they’re learning may change how we understand our minds, bodies, and histories.
Dorothy Roberts Named MacArthur Fellow
Roberts, George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology, was honored for “exposing racial inequities embedded in social service systems and uplifting the experiences of people caught up in them.”
Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw Named Inaugural Arthur Ross Gallery Faculty Director
Shaw, a renowned scholar and teacher of American art who has been at Penn for almost 20 years, assumed the new role effective June 1.
Tumor Forcefields
A collaboration between Biology Professor Wei Guo and colleagues in Penn Engineering and Penn Medicine discovered how solid tumors may block therapeutics from getting through.
Message from the Dean’s Office
As Steven J. Fluharty steps down as Dean, the associate and vice deans on his team reflect on the extraordinary successes and close collaborations of the past 12 years.
Three Questions: On Enlightenment
In a new exhibit, Liliane Weissberg, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor in Arts and Sciences, reflects on the contradictions inherent in the Enlightenment—and that are our legacy still today.
Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Department Renamed Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures
The new name better represents the scope of research and teaching by the department.
Good Cop, Bad Cop
Associate Professor of Criminology Aaron Chalfin reevaluates a 2017 research study on proactive policing and finds it not credible.
Omnia Podcast: Democracy and Decision 2024 Episode Five (Audio)
PORES Executive Director Stephanie Perry and John Lapinski, Robert A. Fox Leadership Professor of Political Science, PORES Director, and Director of Elections at NBC News, discuss election night results from their vantage point at the Decision Desk.
Two New Vice Provosts Announced
Michael Mann, Presidential Distinguished Professor of Earth and Environmental Science, was named Vice Provost for Climate Science, Policy, and Action. Timothy Rommen, Martin Meyerson Endowed Professor in Interdisciplinary Studies, was named Vice Provost for the Arts.
Through the Fog
On a break from taking photographs for a research project, Peter Decherney, Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Endowed Term Professor in the Humanities, encountered these cabbage farmers in eastern Uganda.