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Penn Arts & Sciences 2023 Graduation (Photos)

At three ceremonies, some 2,000 undergraduate and graduate students received their degrees in front of family and friends.

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

By Michele W. Berger and Brooke Sietinsons

Photos by Lisa J. Godfrey and Edward Savaria

Broken School Buildings

Alisa Ghura, C’23, researched safety hazards in school buildings in low-income school districts and barriers to change.

Friday, May 12, 2023

By Katelyn Silva

Translating a Holocaust Memoir

For his capstone, Andrew Cassel, LPS’20, revealed a new story in this dark history—and learned about his grandfather in the process.

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

By Jane Carroll
Photos courtesy of Andrew Cassel

Ancient Medicine in Today’s World

Taylor Dysart, a doctoral candidate in the Department of History and Sociology of Science, probes modern science’s enthrallment with the powerful Amazonian intoxicant ayahuasca.

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

By Karen Brooks

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The Many Sources of the Nile

In a recent artistic collaboration, Alexis Rider, GR’22, unsettles long-standing narratives about the Nile River and its exploration.

Thursday, May 26, 2022

By Duyen Nguyen

2023 Penn Grad Talks

Penn Grad Talks features TED Talk-style presentations by Penn Arts & Sciences graduate students on a wide range of topics.

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Students on Heritage

Fellows of the 2022-2023 Undergraduate Humanities Forum share their research on “The World We Inherit.”

Monday, April 3, 2023

By Karen Brooks
Photos by Brooke Sietinsons

Marshmallows and Brains and the Body Electric

The Kids Judge! Neuroscience Fair lets Philly schoolkids try out and judge science exhibits put together by Penn Arts & Sciences students.

Sunday, April 2, 2023

Text by Susan Ahlborn
Photos by Brooke Sietinsons

 

Inequality and Parental (Pandemic) Support

Elena van Stee, a doctoral student in sociology, has examined how social class backgrounds differentially impacted parental support during the pandemic.

Friday, February 3, 2023

By Katelyn C. Silva

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Learning in the Time of COVID

Undergraduates reflect on their educational—and personal—experiences during the pandemic.

Tuesday, May 25, 2021

By Blake Cole and Loraine Terrell

Photography by Brooke Sietinsons

Black Voices on Confederate Monumentation

Olivia Haynie, C’24, and Justin Seward, C’25, spent the summer researching historical Black perspectives on Confederate monuments.

Tuesday, January 10, 2023

By Katelyn Silva

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