Faculty
Over the River, Through the Woods, and Down 34th Street (Video)
Penn Arts and Sciences faculty bike varied terrain to get to campus.
Passion, Persistence, and Payoff
Angela Duckworth, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Psychology, explores why perseverance matters.
OMNIA Q&A: The Power of Protest
Daniel Gillion, Julie Beren Platt and Marc E. Platt Presidential Associate Professor of Political Science, discusses youth activism in the wake of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
OMNIA Q&A: Water Scarcity in Cape Town, South Africa, and Its Implications for the World
Nikhil Anand, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, discusses the looming water crisis in Cape Town, his research on water scarcity in Mumbai, India, and the future of water shortages globally.
For Love or Money: Untangling the Story of a Family’s Rise and Fall
Joan DeJean, Trustee Professor of French, discusses her forthcoming book, The Queen’s Embroiderer: Lovers, Swindlers, Paris, and the First Stock Market Crisis.
OMNIA Q&A: China, Cloning, and Gene Editing
Jonathan D. Moreno, David and Lyn Silfen University Professor of Ethics, discusses recent biotechnology advancements in China and beyond.
Knowledge by the Slice: The “State of the Union” Entering President Trump’s Second Year (Video)
A Penn Arts and Sciences faculty panel examines a range of domestic and foreign policy issues facing the Trump Administration.
OMNIA Q&A: One Thousand Years of Black Music
We spoke with Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr., Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor of Music, about his role in the authorship of the book, The Transformation of Black Music: The rhythms, the songs, and the ships of the African Diaspora.
OMNIA Q&A: Immigration Impasse
Michael Jones-Correa, President's Distinguished Professor of Political Science, discusses the congressional immigration debate.
OMNIA Q&A: Love Is an Inborn Illness
Ada Maria Kuskowski, Assistant Professor of History, on love in the Middle Ages.
Seeing Shades of Gray in the Red
Kristen Ghodsee, Professor of Russian and East European Studies, encourages more nuanced conversations about communism.