Student Archive
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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.
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Simon Richter, Professor of Germanic Studies, works with colleagues and students to create animated videos to explain the risks of climate change in the Netherlands and Jakarta.
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In a Q&A, fifth-year Ph.D. candidate VanJessica Gladney talks about what the day means and what broader conversation she hopes it will foster.
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Scholars are trying to understand—and change—how the world works for people with disabilities.
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A small sampling of recent highlights.
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At three ceremonies, some 2,000 undergraduate and graduate students received their degrees in front of family and friends.
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At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Shivani Nellore, C’23, W’23, took a job as a pharmacy tech, learning a great deal about medications and humans in the process.
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The College of Arts & Sciences Graduation Ceremony for the Class of 2023 was held on May 14 at Franklin Field.
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Brett Robert, Ph.D. candidate in history, uses a devastating hurricane to explore how race shapes life and death.
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Joseph Earl Thomas, a Ph.D. candidate in English, unpacks his difficult upbringing in an award-winning memoir.
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Awards support studies in the United Kingdom.
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In an undergraduate course in Russian and East European studies, students tackle the question of Russian identity.
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Alisa Ghura, C’23, researched safety hazards in school buildings in low-income school districts and barriers to change.
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For his capstone, Andrew Cassel, LPS’20, revealed a new story in this dark history—and learned about his grandfather in the process.
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Students in Richard Fadok’s Space/Power/Species course are designing speculative multispecies architecture projects to help share cities with non-human residents.
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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.
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Fellows of the 2022-2023 Undergraduate Humanities Forum share their research on “The World We Inherit.”
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The Kids Judge! Neuroscience Fair lets Philly schoolkids try out and judge science exhibits put together by Penn Arts & Sciences students.
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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.
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Penn Grad Talks features TED Talk-style presentations by Penn Arts & Sciences graduate students on a wide range of topics.