Student Archive

Some 1,500 people—900 in Irvine Auditorium, 600 online—listened to the author’s discussion with Professor Emily Wilson during the annual Stephen A. Levin Family Dean’s Forum.

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.

James “Jim” Johnson, C’74, L’77, LPS ’21, 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.

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.

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.

PWA career roundtables bring alumnae and students together.

By using linguistics models to analyze game play, Sydney Sun, C’24, is listening in on the ways environment shapes interaction.

From honing research interests and building relationships to Penn Electric Racing and SpaceX, graduating seniors in the Vagelos Integrated Program in Energy Research (VIPER) reflect on their experience in the dual-degree program.

Kedeme came to Penn curious about the brain and deepened his interest in neuroscience through lab internships and coursework.

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

In an undergraduate anthropology course, students learn archaeological fieldwork skills and unearth the story of a historic Black neighborhood in West Philadelphia.

A three-day symposium will honor the past and present achievements of the Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies program; the Center for Research in Feminist, Queer, and Transgender Studies; and the Penn Women’s Center.

Brittany Tilghman, C’10, on her own “twisty path” and connecting with undergrads.

Sociology Ph.D. candidate Olivia Hu is studying how people choose romantic partners across race lines, and how those relationships affect their understandings of social difference.

Through study of the fur and wampum trade between the Lenape and Dutch in the 1600s, fourth-year history Ph.D. candidate Molly Leech is aiming to recenter Indigenous contributions to global trade.

Students share their plans and wishes for winter break.

We look back on some of our favorite Arts & Sciences stories of 2023.

As part of the Music in the Stacks collaboration between Penn’s Albrecht Music Library and the Department of Music, the musicians performed a concert that included “Silent Night” and other holiday songs.

History often overlooks 19th-century female artists. Aili Waller, C’24, spent three years solving the mystery of one from the Hudson River School.

Across Penn Arts & Sciences, students and professors are devising imaginative ways to bring their work to the public.