Current Issue
Fall/Winter 2023
In this Omnia, we showcase how immersion enhances a liberal arts education and the hope Penn Arts & Sciences faculty feel even in the face of overwhelming climate change realities. We profile classicist Emily Wilson, who recently published a new translation of The Iliad; get to know Biology’s self-described “plant group” and the new Cinema & Media Studies Department; and learn what life is like in China today, more than three years after COVID lockdowns began. Plus, we highlight a course that teaches students fieldwork in West Philadelphia, learn about laughter, and so much more.
Features
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Courses across Penn Arts & Sciences show how immersion enhances a liberal arts education.
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Faculty from Penn Arts & Sciences are confronting the climate crisis and contributing to solutions. They say there’s still time to act.
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The Classical Studies professor on the power and responsibility of translation, the allure of ancient worlds, and the value of the strange.
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Within the Department of Biology, the self-described “plant group” is employing cutting-edge techniques to explore everything from cancer and developmental biology to how agricultural crops might withstand a changing climate.
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Three experts on contemporary China discuss what it’s like there after several tumultuous years of zero-COVID policies and changing public opinion.
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Penn’s program in Cinema & Media Studies becomes an academic department.
