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Russia and the West

In an undergraduate course in Russian and East European studies, students tackle the question of Russian identity.

Broken School Buildings

Alisa Ghura, C’23, researched safety hazards in school buildings in low-income school districts and barriers to change.

Translating a Holocaust Memoir

For his capstone, Andrew Cassel, LPS’20, revealed a new story in this dark history—and learned about his grandfather in the process.

Making Space for Urban Animals

Students in Richard Fadok’s Space/Power/Species course are designing speculative multispecies architecture projects to help share cities with non-human residents.

Ancient Medicine in Today’s World

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.

Students on Heritage

Fellows of the 2022-2023 Undergraduate Humanities Forum share their research on “The World We Inherit.”

Marshmallows and Brains and the Body Electric

The Kids Judge! Neuroscience Fair lets Philly schoolkids try out and judge science exhibits put together by Penn Arts & Sciences students.

Topping off the new home for energy science at Penn (VIDEO)

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.

2023 Penn Grad Talks

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

Inequality and Parental (Pandemic) Support

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

Black Voices on Confederate Monumentation

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

Making Music

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

Moments in Time

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

Threading the Needle

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

New Penn President Gets to Know Penn Arts & Sciences

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.