School of Arts & Sciences

Penn’s María Paredes Fernández Awarded AATSP 2016 Teacher of the Year

The University of Pennsylvania’s María F. Paredes Fernández has been named 2016 Teacher of the Year at the University Level by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese.

Penn experts aid grade school teachers in confronting Islamophobia in the classroom

Blending interdisciplinary work with community engagement, two professors from the University of Pennsylvania are working with grade school teachers to address misconceptions and fears about Islam, as well as issues impacting students from Muslim communities.

Income and Wealth Inequality Make Recessions Worse, Penn Research Reveals

“The Great Recession is the biggest economic downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s. If you can’t make an argument that inequality matters for the severity of this downturn, then it’s unlikely to matter much for smaller recessions, or for normal times.”

‘Being and Learning in a Digital Age’ at Penn Examines Online Learning

As higher education institutions wrestle with the future of massive open online courses, or MOOCs, the University of Pennsylvania will host the third annual conference focused on online learning, Oct. 6-7.

Studying a Salt-loving Microbe, Penn Senior Evan Yang Imagines Life on Mars

By Niharika Gupta and Katherine Unger Baillie NASA's long search for life on Mars came to a thrilling turning point with the recent discovery of liquid water on the planet. One undergraduate researcher at Penn aims to understand how microbial life could thrive in such extreme, even extraterrestrial environments.

Penn Biologists Reveal How Sleep Deprivation Harms Memory

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and University of Groningen have discovered a piece in the puzzle of how sleep deprivation negatively affects memory.

Penn Rising Senior Sarah Eisler Explores Children’s Book Publishing and New York City

Through a University of Pennsylvania internship, rising senior Sarah Eisler honed her skills and learned more about the children’s book publishing industry. Eisler spent eight weeks as an intern at Downtown Bookworks in New York City.

Penn: Stigma of Record Stays with Individual, Regardless of Crime Type, Conviction

What collateral damage comes from having a criminal record?

Diplomacy and Policy Council Offers Fellowships for Students at Penn

Undergraduate students at the University of Pennsylvania are becoming diplomats-in-training who develop innovative policy through a non-partisan organization, the Penn Diplomacy and Policy Council.

People Prefer Explanations That Refer to a More Fundamental Science, Penn Study Says

By Patrick Ammerman Why do some science news stories catch our eye, even if they use exaggerated, irrelevant or inaccurate information?

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