Student Archive

Religious Studies graduate student Jonathan Seif looks at changing ideas of charity in medieval Europe.

College junior Kaiwen Zhu investigates the intricacies of schizophrenia.

Emily Davis, an undergraduate in the Biological Basis of Behavior Program, investigates sleep deprivation and its effects on memory.

Doctoral student Mara-Cecilia Ostfeld investigates Latino voter identity.

Senior Kirby Dixon interns with the animation team at Nickelodeon.

Doctoral candidate Gretchen Stanton improves efficiency in reactions.

Graduate student Arielle Kuperberg explores the impact of motherhood on graduate education for women.

Senior Autumn Patterson Travels the Globe in Preparation for a Career in Foreign Service.

Penn physics students share their stories of being on-hand for the discovery of the Higgs boson.

History of Art graduate student Alex Kauffman weighs in on the controversial Barnes museum.

Graduate student Brad Dober works to map out the night sky.

Graduating senior Arielle Spellun sheds light on some of nature’s most accomplished artists.

Doctoral student Beth Blum examines a new take on the self-help genre.

Samy Belfer uses worms to help understand gender-specific sleep tendencies.

Undergraduate student James Sadler investigates successful area high schools.

Smaller portions may explain the “French paradox" of rich foods and a svelte population.

Images inspire essays in Paul Hendrickson’s creative writing course

Boris Zinshteyn, C'09, was a science fair champ in high school, but his many awards didn't prepare him for the remarkable accomplishment he would achieve after just one year at Penn. During his sophomore year, Zinshteyn, a student in the Vagelos Scholars Program in the Molecular Life Sciences, co-authored a paper published in Science, one of the world's most prestigious scientific journals.

"It's very nice to know that your research is important," says Zinshteyn with modesty that belies the significance of the paper's findings on the subject of RNA editing.

Grad student combines chemistry and classics.

Graduate student Whitney Laemmli discusses the evolution of pointe shoes.