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Mark Trodden named Dean of Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences
A distinguished physicist and accomplished academic leader, Trodden will assume the role on June 1.
In Conversation with Statistician Nate Silver
At the Stephen A. Levin Family Dean’s Forum, Silver spoke with Al Filreis, Kelly Family Professor of English, about many topics, chief among them the difference between playing it safe and embracing risk.
Penn ATLAS Shares 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
The team, which includes Joseph Kroll, Evelyn Thomson, Elliot Lipeles, Dylan Rankin, and Brig Williams from the Department of Physics and Astronomy, is part of an expansive collaboration studying high-energy collisions from the Large Hadron Collider.
2025 College of Arts & Sciences Graduation Speakers
Michael Platt, James S. Riepe University Professor, will speak at this year’s College of Arts & Sciences graduation ceremony, along with student speaker Anthony Wong, C’25, Sunday, May 18, at 6:30 p.m. on Franklin Field.
Letters from a Titanic Survivor
Sophie Michi, a master’s student studying English, transcribed correspondence from the noted maritime disaster while learning to work with archival material.
Knowledge by the Slice: Whither South Korean Democracy? (Video)
During this recent lunchtime conversation, a panel of faculty experts discussed democratic backsliding, executive power, and constitutional governing in the wake of recent political turmoil in South Korea.
Behind the Scenes of Rule Breakers
Amber Afzali, C’23, stars in a new movie about the Afghan Dreamers, Afghanistan’s first female robotics team.
The Price of Parenthood
Research from Pilar Gonalons-Pons, Alber-Klingelhofer Presidential Associate Professor of Sociology, and Ioana Marinescu of Penn’s School of Social Policy and Practice, reveals how high childcare costs create family income inequality in the United States.
Office Artifacts: Megan Kassabaum
Kassabaum, Associate Professor of Anthropology, describes five meaningful objects that surround her as she works.
Penn Arts & Sciences Pathways: Daniel Shevchenko, C’25 (Video)
A study abroad experience in Spain and a course on language policy deepened Shevchenko's interest in linguistics and political science.
Centering Black History
Ahead of the upcoming 250th anniversary of the United States, the McNeil Center for Early American Studies, the Library Company, and 1838 Black Metropolis collaborated on a conference about Black Philadelphia in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Sustainable Packaging Through Chemistry
Through her startup, AekoVera, fourth-year PhD candidate Kritika Jha helps bridge the gap for businesses struggling to adopt more eco-friendly packaging.
A Semester of Mentoring
Alums representing media and technology, film production, investment banking, and more offer advice to undergrads at mentoring meals, roundtables, and coffee breaks.
Among the Elephants
Sixth-year Anthropology PhD student Rebecca Winkler has spent more than a decade documenting the lives of elephants and Indigenous people who co-exist in the forests of Thailand.
Perspectives on Heritage
Chrislyn Laurie Laurore, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Anthropology, is studying the public memory and history of slavery, particularly its curation in museums, monuments, memorials, and archaeological sites.