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Terrestrial Forensics with a Maritime Twist

Chelsea Cohen, a doctoral student in the Department of Anthropology, uses environmental archaeology to investigate the past.

Katie Barott, Douglas Jerolmack, and Mark Trodden seated on a stage with a crowd in front of them. In the center of the stage is a television with the text "BEN TALKS NEW YORK CITY: The Fragile Earth" along with the words "Sea, Land, and Sky" on top of accompanying imagery. Jerolmack speaks into a hand-held microphone, and Trodden holds papers.
From Connecting to Coaching

An array of opportunities for alums, faculty, and students to gather.

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A College of Their Own

The first class of 11 students graduated from the College of Liberal Arts for Women in 1934. A look back at what life was like for these pioneers and the hundreds who followed.

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Colorful Language

Biology and psychology researchers reveal that the way colors have been described historically constrains how they might be described in the future.

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Penn Arts & Sciences at Work: Sharon Kim, C’05

Penn Arts & Sciences at Work is a photoblog series that highlights College alums in their workplaces as they reflect on how and why their careers took shape.

Emily Schapira standing in front of Philadelphia City Hall, smiling
On the Grid

Emily Schapira, C’02, WG’09, CEO of the Philadelphia Energy Authority, is fighting climate change and creating thousands of local jobs along the way.

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What Can Polls Tell Us in 2024?

John Lapinski, Robert A. Fox Leadership Professor of Political Science and director of the Robert A. Fox Leadership Program and the Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies, talks polling in this Presidential election year.

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60-Second Lectures: Living the Hard Promise (Video)

This spring, Penn Arts & Sciences’ long-running 60-Second Lectures and its new Living the Hard Promise series came together for a series of special lectures.

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Pushing the Boundaries of Human Brain Imaging

A next-generation fMRI machine, the centerpiece of the new MindCORE Neuroimaging Facility, gives researchers across campus a novel tool to study the mind-brain connection.

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Penn Arts & Sciences 2024 Graduation (Photos)

More than 2,200 students earned degrees from the College, the Graduate Division, and the College of Liberal & Professional Studies.

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The Spine, Politicized

A new book from History and Sociology of Science Professor Beth Linker investigates how and why a panic around posture emerged in America in the 20th century.

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Can More Art Equal Less Crime?

Maya Moritz, a first-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Criminology, is building the case, studying the effect of Philadelphia murals on the city’s crime rate.

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2024 College of Arts and Sciences Graduation Speakers

James “Jim” Johnson, C’74, L’77, a School of Arts and Sciences Board of Advisors member, and student speaker Katie Volpert, C’24, will address the Class of 2024 Sunday May 19 on Franklin Field.

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Gearing Up for Research on Aging

GEAR UP, an initiative offered by the Population Aging Research Center and the Leonard Davis Institute, gives students from underrepresented and disadvantaged backgrounds hands-on experience and mentoring to address a global challenge.

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Penn Undergrads and Decision 2024 (Video)

From helping with exit polling to vote count data collection, students in the PORES program bring their skills to the NBC Decision Desk on election nights.

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