CAMS Highlights Different Paths to Finance Careers

College alumni discussed their education and experience in a virtual event for students.

Penn in Love

For Valentine's Day, we asked some College couples how they met.

Origin Stories: Quayshawn Spencer (Video)

The Robert S. Blank Presidential Associate Professor of Philosophy on his early love of biology, his turn into the philosophy of science, and his educational journey from Nashville to Cornell to Stanford.

Feeding an Open Mind

Grace Choi, C’23, aims to redefine food insecurity on college campuses.

Creative Writing for All

With virtual and in-person programming through Cosmic Writers, Rowana Miller, C’22, wants to make writing education equitable—and fun.

Let the People Go?

Samuel Strickberger, C’22, investigates Jewish Orthodox reactions to slavery in antebellum America.

Disability Advocacy and the Sciences

Sarah Kane, C’23, a physics and astronomy major, explains how computational research methods—and conversation—can help make the sciences more accessible to researchers with disabilities.

2021 Year in Review

We look back on our favorite arts and sciences stories of 2021.

Mask-Wearing and Moral Values

Tiffany Tieu, C’22, worked on a psychological study that increased mask-wearing on campus.

Season Three of the Omnia Podcast: In These Times

A podcast series that explores scientific ideas that cause big reactions.

Dwelling in Possibility

Celebrating poetry and literature at Penn since 1985, Al Filreis, Kelly Family Professor of English, continues to create community at the home for writers he founded in a Locust Walk house a quarter-century ago.

When Democracy Arrives Undressed

Kira Wang, C’24, spent her summer unveiling how many naked ballots were invalidated in the 2020 General Election in Pennsylvania.

Política, Activismo, y Academia

The career of Tulia Falleti, Class of 1965 Endowed Term Professor of Political Science, grew from her activism as a student in a newly democratic Argentina.

Fieldwork Experience, No Travel Required

During a two-week, in-person bootcamp at the Penn Museum, 11 undergrads learned basic archaeological skills in subjects from ceramics and sample-taking to archaeobotany.

Inspiring Impact

At the close of the Power of Penn Arts & Sciences Campaign, we are bolder and bigger, with a more diverse, dynamic faculty and a student body engaged in research and knowledge-building across the social sciences, natural sciences, and humanities.