Faculty
Virtual Events Recap
Penn Arts & Sciences events continued to showcase student and faculty work in virtual settings during the spring semester.
Lessons Learned
After a year of teaching online, Penn Arts & Sciences faculty reflect on how they’ve made it work.
Omnia 101: Linguistics
Nicole R. Holliday, Assistant Professor of Linguistics, on the science of what we say and how we say it.
Bringing History to the Surface
Mantha Zarmakoupi, Morris Russell and Josephine Chidsey Williams Assistant Professor in Roman Architecture, conducts underwater surveys to map ancient travel and political intrigue.
Humans in the Loop
Benjamin Shestakofsky, Assistant Professor of Sociology, finds interconnections between humans and machines in the future of work.
2021 College of Arts & Sciences Graduation Speakers
The College of Arts & Sciences’ virtual graduation celebration took place May 17.
Life in the Screen
Rahul Mukherjee, Dick Wolf Associate Professor of Television and New Media Studies, looks at the big picture of our digital life.
Research Partnership with Ashoka University
The Critical Writing Program, led by Valerie Ross, Director of the Marks Family Center for Excellence in Writing, has begun a new research collaboration with Ashoka University in India.
A Time of Transition
A Message from Dean Steven J. Fluharty, Dean and Thomas S. Gates, Jr. Professor of Psychology, Pharmacology, and Neuroscience.
Faculty Honors
More than 40 Penn Arts & Sciences faculty members have recently received notable honors. Here are just a few.
Annual Awards Recognize Outstanding Teaching
The following faculty and graduate students were honored for their exceptional teaching in a year that demanded new approaches and technology along with tried-and-true pedagogic methods.
OMNIA Q&A: The Winners and Losers in Post-Socialist Europe
Kristen Ghodsee and Mitchell Orenstein, professors of Russian and East European Studies, discuss their new book, Taking Stock of Shock.
OMNIA Q&A: The Future of COVID-19
David S. Roos, E. Otis Kendall Professor of Biology, on COVID-19, variants, and vaccines.
Humans in the Loop
Benjamin Shestakofsky, Assistant Professor of Sociology, finds interconnections between humans and machines in the future of work.
Amateur Music-Making in the Early Republic
In a new book, Glenda Goodman, Assistant Professor of Music, probes how hand-copying musical compositions and amateur performance shaped identity and ideas in the post-Revolutionary War period.