Faculty

Formula for Happiness

A sociologist and an economist weigh the roles of partners and children in the happy life.

Tawkin’ American

Linguist publishes first comprehensive guide to the varieties of speech patterns across the U.S. and Canada.

Mock Me Gently

Ralph Rosen's new book explores the dynamics of comic mockery and satire in Greek and Roman poetry

East Meets West

Cinema studies and English professor Peter Decherney traces the relationship between the film industry and the cultural elite to show how movies became American.

Useful and Ornamental

New book looks at cultivating gardens and the self

Celestial Fossils Found

Penn researchers discover of three of the faintest and smallest objects ever detected beyond Neptune.

Translating Worlds

Studies in early Chinese philosophy.

Continental Divide

Sociologist Jerry Jacobs shows how time itself is dividing working Americans in new ways.

Writing from Photographs

Images inspire essays in Paul Hendrickson’s creative writing course

The Evolution of Tragedy

School of Arts and Sciences Dean Rebecca Bushnell’s new book reinvigorates a classic genre for today’s readers.