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Knowledge by the Slice: Election Roundtable (Video)

During this lunch-time conversation, which took place a little more than a week after the 2024 presidential election, faculty from the Department of Political Science examined the results, the general state of U.S. elections, and what comes next.

History of the Book

Whitney Trettien, associate professor of English and faculty director of the Price Lab for Digital Humanities, talks about the how books came to be and their continuing evolution.

From the Microscope to the Big Picture

Steven J. Fluharty reminisces about his time on campus as an undergraduate and the path that got him where he is today.

Penn Arts & Sciences: Then and Now

As Steven J. Fluharty steps down as Dean, we look back at how the School has evolved during his tenure.

Memory Lane

Scholars across Penn Arts & Sciences are exploring memory. What they’re learning may change how we understand our minds, bodies, and histories.

Message from the Dean’s Office

As Steven J. Fluharty steps down as Dean, the associate and vice deans on his team reflect on the extraordinary successes and close collaborations of the past 12 years.

Omnia Podcast: Democracy and Decision 2024 Episode Five (Audio)

PORES Executive Director Stephanie Perry and John Lapinski, Robert A. Fox Leadership Professor of Political Science, PORES Director, and Director of Elections at NBC News, discuss election night results from their vantage point at the Decision Desk.

Through the Fog

On a break from taking photographs for a research project, Peter Decherney, Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Endowed Term Professor in the Humanities, encountered these cabbage farmers in eastern Uganda.

Three Questions: On Enlightenment

In a new exhibit, Liliane Weissberg, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor in Arts and Sciences, reflects on the contradictions inherent in the Enlightenment—and that are our legacy still today.

Dorothy Roberts Named MacArthur Fellow

Roberts, George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology, was honored for “exposing racial inequities embedded in social service systems and uplifting the experiences of people caught up in them.”

Fox Leadership Program Turns 25

The program, founded in 1999 through a gift from Robert A. Fox, C’52, and Penny Fox, ED’53, aims to equip and empower Penn students and alums for present and future roles as ethical and effective leaders.

Tumor Forcefields

A collaboration between Biology Professor Wei Guo and colleagues in Penn Engineering and Penn Medicine discovered how solid tumors may block therapeutics from getting through.

Two New Vice Provosts Announced

Michael Mann, Presidential Distinguished Professor of Earth and Environmental Science, was named Vice Provost for Climate Science, Policy, and Action. Timothy Rommen, Martin Meyerson Endowed Professor in Interdisciplinary Studies, was named Vice Provost for the Arts.

Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Department Renamed Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

The new name better represents the scope of research and teaching by the department.

Good Cop, Bad Cop

Associate Professor of Criminology Aaron Chalfin reevaluates a 2017 research study on proactive policing and finds it not credible.