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Driven by Data
Programs focused on big data give students an opportunity to share their work and learn about tools available to them.
Penn Arts & Sciences Pathways: Alyssa Cavazos, C'22
A summer research opportunity allowed Alyssa Cavazos, C'22, to broaden her interest in chemistry.
Interdisciplinary Path to Medicine (Video)
For Rudmila Rashid, C'19, M'23, the Power of Penn Arts & Sciences is when the humanities and sciences come together.
Black Boys, Grief, and Guns in Urban Schools
Nora Gross, joint doctoral candidate in sociology and education, examines how students grieve and recover after gun violence kills peers.
Summer of Science
As early as the summer after their first year, students in the College of Arts & Sciences have the opportunity to work alongside faculty from across the University.
Penn Arts & Sciences Pathways: Hannah Erdogan, C'22 (Video)
A psychology major and a minor in Middle Eastern studies is preparing Hannah Erdogan, C'22, to be a doctor serving refugee communities.
Modern Dating as a Black Woman
Sarah Adeyinka-Skold, GR’20, on digital dating and its impact on gender and racial inequality.
Minorities in Majority Spaces
Ashleigh Cartwright, doctoral candidate in sociology, examines how non-white students are selected and prepared to integrate historically white schools.
Penn Arts & Sciences Pathways: Marvin Morgan, C'21 (Video)
Marvin Morgan, C'21, is analyzing astrophysics data in the lab and setting records on the track.
Inquiring Minds
The History Honors Thesis Program trains students to research, argue, write, and add something new to our knowledge.
What’s With all the Leather Jackets?
Dean’s Scholar Nicholas Berrettini, LPS’19, examines Italian crime dramas and wonders if binge-watching shows can change our opinions.
Student Scientists (Video)
Earth and environmental science seniors conduct year-long investigations on topics from fish fossils to wildfires.
Minding Other People’s Business
Penn LPS students win case competition at sixth annual Wharton People Analytics Conference.
Outdoor Research
Lara Jung, C’19, explores the history of nature as medicine.
Last Look
By developing the first theoretical physics-based framework for how pollen patterns form, researchers from the Department of Physics and Astronomy have enabled scientists to study a large class of biological materials, including the cell walls of plants and the scales of butterfly wings.