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Arts and Sciences in Action
New grant initiatives have Penn Arts and Sciences faculty and students engaging with each other and the rest of the world.
Water, Water Everywhere
Arts and Sciences faculty study how this key resource is changing—from warmer oceans to once-thriving waterways now inhospitable to life—and what that means for the world.
Inner Explorer
Investigating the brain's innate ability to map our surroundings.
Answering the Call
Paul Sniegowski, the newly appointed Stephen A. Levin Family Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, riffs on research, teaching, and the liberal arts.
A Summer Like No Other
Past RealArts@Penn interns share their experiences as the program celebrates its 10th year.
Has Polling Lost Its Reputation?
A Q&A with PORES Director John Lapinski
Liftoff (Video)
Physicist Mark Devlin and his team of students harness cutting-edge technology to comb through the evolutionary history of the universe.
Researchers Shatter Our Idea of Glass
Over three millennia ago, perhaps inspired by the aftermath of volcanic eruptions, humans first began to liquefy sand in an inferno, sculpt it into a vessel, and cool it into glass. All these years later, glass remains somewhat mysterious. Hovering between states, glass may appear to be solid, but the science behind glass reveals it is anything but.
The Data Oracle
Richard Berk uses big data to foresee the future.
Mapping the Divine Comedy
A digital humanities study in Dante's geographical imagination.
When Should We Expect the Robot Army?
Arts and Sciences faculty on the fact, fiction, and future of artificial intelligence.