Student Archive

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

On February 3, 2023, P. Roy Vagelos, President Magill, and the Penn community celebrated the installation of the final beam of the Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology.

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

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

A concert with the theme Re-Imagining was the culmination of two music classes taught by Tyshawn Sorey, Presidential Assistant Professor of Music.

Students from Senior Lecturer in English Paul Hendrickson’s long-form nonfiction master class share powerful passages from their intensely personal projects.

The B.A.A.S. Senior Portfolio demonstrates LPS students’ transferrable skills to the workplace and beyond.

Kristen Brown, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Biology, collects coral samples from different locations on a reef to see how they fared in acidic conditions.

Elizabeth Magill, the new President of the University of Pennsylvania, met with Penn Arts & Sciences faculty, students, and staff to learn about highlights, priorities, and challenges across the School.

How Structured, Active, In-class Learning is changing the calculus on teaching.

Gabriel Raeburn, GR’22, Dean’s Teaching Fellow for Excellence in Religious Studies, highlights religion’s role in recent blockbuster rulings.

The Penn Arts & Sciences Pathways video series highlights the intellectual journeys of undergraduates.

Julia Youngman, C’24, and Eric Tao, C’25, had the opportunity to work in neuroethologist Marc Schmidt’s lab studying the neural basis of courtship behaviors in songbirds.

The event featured various presentations, workshops, and panels designed to prepare students for success in graduate school.

College alums in the region will welcome our newest members to the area to meet and make connections.

Students met with nine accomplished alumnae from across many industries to learn and build connections.

Students seeking careers impacting sustainability and the climate heard from alumni doing just that.

A sampling of some of our spookiest stories.

Ayan Bhattacharjee, C'23, intended to become a physician, but his Penn experience shifted his academic interests towards teaching and research.

Young scholars from Latin America discuss their experience at a three-week workshop on "Dispossessions in the Americas."