Faculty

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.

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.

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: 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.

Scholarship, Now Streaming

Penn Arts and Sciences professors are guests on a new podcast featuring academics in conversation.

Surviving an Epidemic: Charting Trends and Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa

Hans-Peter Kohler, Frederick J. Warren Professor of Demography, helms groundbreaking longitudinal study on demographic change, health, and defying adversity in poor rural communities.

Origin Stories: Karen Redrobe (Video)

Karen Redrobe, Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe Endowed Professor in Film Studies, discusses her journey as a film scholar.

OMNIA Q&A: The Life and Work of Music Legend Lou Reed

Distinguished Lecturer Anthony DeCurtis reflects on what his friend Lou Reed deserves in a biography.

Omnia Podcast: Poetry and the Pulse of Life (Audio)

Taije Silverman, a lecturer in the Department of English, has had poems featured in the Best American Poetry collections for the last two years.

Year in Review

We look back on our favorite arts and sciences stories of 2017.