Mining metals for electric car batteries can be wasteful and destructive. Andrew Ahn, C’26, ENG’26, spent the summer fine-tuning a chemical reaction that could make the process greener.
Tuesday, September 26, 2023
By Laura Dattaro
Images by Brooke Sietinsons
Anaya came to Penn with an interest in studying medicine, but his experiences in the College brought out a passion for English and cinema studies.
Friday, September 22, 2023
Video by Ta'Liyah Thomas
Some corals survive hotter temperatures better than others. In the lab of biologist Katie Barott, sophomores Alex Piven and Angela Ye have spent the summer trying to understand why.
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
By Matt Gelb
Photos by Brooke Sietinsons
Students in classes taught by Heather Sharkey, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations professor, fill in gaps in the online encyclopedia, learning about their subjects and the nuts and bolts of research, writing, and copyright.
Wednesday, August 9, 2023
By Susan Ahlborn
College students from the Class of 2027 moved in and got to know Penn Arts & Sciences through the Exploration Expo, where departments, majors, and programs were on display.
Tuesday, September 5, 2023
By Michele W. Berger
Photos by Brooke Sietinsons and Ta’Liyah Thomas
Through her summer internship, Mia McElhatton, C’26, explores how efforts to save the planet may disproportionately burden women.
Monday, August 7, 2023
By Katelyn Silva
Images by Ta’Liyah Thomas
A Center for Experimental Ethnography course lets students engage with artists via in-depth audio interviews, to examine questions of empire and exclusion.
Wednesday, July 5, 2023
By Jane Carroll
The College of Liberal & Professional Studies and a Bread Upon the Waters scholarship jump-started Dean’s Scholar Gabrielle Solair’s goal of helping others.
Monday, July 24, 2023
By Susan Ahlborn
Julia Ongchoco, C’23, is studying the difference a word can make—and making films to share her excitement.
Wednesday, July 5, 2023
By Susan Ahlborn
Hansson intended to study earth science, but experiences at Penn allowed her instead to follow a passion for Medieval and Renaissance studies and pursue a law career.
Monday, June 5, 2023
By Ta'Liyah Thomas and Alex Schein
Students in a course taught by Professor of English Heather Love and Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing Brooke O’Harra bring queer archival materials to life.
Friday, June 16, 2023
By Karen Brooks
