A summer research experience at Penn’s Developing Minds Lab gave second-year Sage Sawhney a firsthand look at how behavioral and neural dynamics between parents and children may contribute to mathemat...

The second episode of Season 2 of the “Horizons” podcast series, “Beyond the Machine: AI in the World,” features Dean Mark Trodden and political scientist Michael Horowitz addressing AI and autonomous...

A Landmark Gift from Alumnus Gabriel Gilinski and Stephanie Gilinski Establishes an Endowed Scholarship and Professorships Supporting History, Political Science, and Economics

Helmed by Penn Arts & Sciences AI Lead Bhuvnesh Jain, new offerings—from a broad crash course to specialized department trainings—aim to help faculty become more comfortable with evolving…

Season 2 of the “Horizons” podcast series, “Beyond the Machine: AI in the World,” kicks off with Dean Mark Trodden and linguist Charles Yang discussing how humans and machines acquire and use…

The honor, which took effect July 1, recognizes teaching excellence in the four undergraduate schools at Penn.

In the three-year role, he will help operationalize and champion the new educational framework, which begins in earnest for the Class of 2031.

In late August, students packed Houston Hall to learn about Penn Arts & Sciences departments, waved hats in Annenberg Plaza, and heard from Deans Trodden and Struck as they welcomed the Class of 2030.

After decades of research and discovery, Michael Kahana, Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor of Psychology, and colleagues are closer than ever to an AI-guided device to treat memory loss.

At the National Constitution Center, Pelham Tennant, C’29, Nestor Fioretos, C’29, Carson Donnelly, C’29, and Margot Englander, C’29, spent 10 weeks equipping educators to teach the Constitution with…

Some 75 faculty members across many disciplines and several Penn schools attended a two-day program led by Bhuvnesh Jain, Co-Director of the Data Driven Discovery Initiative and Co-Chair of the Univer...

In July, a new adaptation of the famous poem hits the big screen. Three faculty discuss the enduring significance of Homer’s epic.

Recent books from Penn Arts & Sciences faculty.

From uncovering ancient ways of life to addressing the pressing threat of climate change, scholars at Penn Arts & Sciences are finding an upside to looking down.

Liu, Hepburn Professor of Physics, received the inaugural Marie Curie Medal in Physics awarded by the International Congress of Basic Science.

In February, Penn Arts & Sciences released “SAS Horizons: Pathways for a Changing World.” Through 11 objects, we highlight how this strategic vision will help the School navigate today’s challenging…

In this Omnia, we dive into SAS Horizons: Pathways for a Changing World, showcasing the School’s recently launched strategic vision through 11 objects. There’s also a feature about alums working in…

Graduate and undergraduate students in Alissa Jordan’s course partnered with community organizations to create five short films that touch on education, archiving, and grassroots organizing in…

The new book “Side Effects: The Social Ecology of Adverse Drug Reactions,” by sociologist Jason Schnittker and former Ph.D. student Duy Do, makes the case that side effects are a product of social,…

A year-long mural project celebrating the beauty of immigration has brought together Penn students, staff, faculty, and alums—along with community members across the Philadelphia area.

During this year’s Alumni Weekend, alums heard from Dean Mark Trodden and took selfies at VLEST, charted their Penn path on our string map, picked up major buttons at the Penn Arts & Sciences booth on...

This year more than 2,500 students earned degrees. They celebrated at three separate ceremonies for the Graduate Division on May 15 and for the College of Arts & Sciences and College of Liberal & Prof...

Mark G. Allen, Sara Cherry, Provost John L. Jackson, Jr., Michael E. Mann, and Duncan Watts are recognized for their contributions to the applied, biological, social, natural, physical, and…

Glynn Boltman, C’26, set out to explore why many young Americans intentionally disengage from politics. Her findings, which she turned into a podcast, challenge common assumptions about political…

In the third episode, Dean Mark Trodden and Professor Heather Andrea Williams discuss Williams’ journey from law into history, the importance of studying the humanities, and the value of cultivating…

The Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy is one of six researchers sharing the New Horizons Prize in honor of work around advances in cosmic microwave background and supernovae cosmology.

Four prize-winning teams will design and implement post-graduation projects that make a positive, lasting difference here in Philadelphia and beyond.

Sophia Rosenfeld, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History and Inaugural Director of the new SAS Commons initiative, discusses her vision for the theme of Democracy and Knowledge, which will kick off…

With ice balls, lasers, and cameras, Assistant Professor Hugo Ulloa recreated the process in his lab. The work revealed that icebergs don’t sit passively on the water’s surface but actually release…

In a challenging global landscape, Penn Arts & Sciences faculty and students are finding ways to preserve and continue international scholarship.

Participants gave talks on subjects from honeybees to “nano superheroes.” In the end, five winners took top billing.