Faculty
A Virtual World for an Ancient Society
Clark Erickson, Professor of Anthropology, has made a career of studying humans’ effect on their physical landscapes—past and present.
Online Content
A small sampling of recent highlights.
Knowledge by the Slice: Sex and Superpower Rivalry (Video)
Kristen R. Ghodsee, Professor of Russian and East European Studies, explores the impacts of Cold War rhetoric on the progress of women's rights.
Finding Macro-Level Answers in Microorganisms
Mecky Pohlschröder, Professor and Undergraduate Chair of the Department of Biology, on gaining insights into the workings of microscopic ecosystems.
Prospecting Playbills
Michael Gamer, Professor of English, and Scott Enderle, Digital Humanities Specialist at Penn Libraries, are designing a database to classify historical playbills.
Over the River, Through the Woods, and Down 34th Street (Video)
Penn Arts and Sciences faculty bike varied terrain to get to campus.
Thirteen Ways of Looking at America
OMNIA visits a history course that covers challenging moments in American history.