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School of Arts & Sciences
Marketing music at a Philadelphia nonprofit
Marketing music at a Philadelphia nonprofit
Although an accomplished concert pianist, rising sophomore Teresa Xie of Chicago is not playing the ivories at the Settlement Music School during her RealArts@Penn summer internship. Instead, she is using her photography skills while learning about marketing music for the Philadelphia nonprofit.
Preventative measures against mass violence
Preventative measures against mass violence
Richard Berk, professor of criminology and statistics and chair of the Department of Criminology, taps into perpetrator patterns to forecast crime.
Remembering the past while looking forward
Remembering the past while looking forward
As the nation celebrates the Apollo 11 mission, a look at Penn’s connection to the historic event and how the Moon impacts science, politics, and culture.
Artificial cells can deliver molecules better than the real thing
Artificial cells can deliver molecules better than the real thing
With an onion-like structure, the artificial cells developed by researchers at Penn appear more stable and better equipped to carry cargo than their natural and commercial counterparts.
Connecting with a deaf community on the other side of the world
Connecting with a deaf community on the other side of the world
On a trip abroad to Italy that capped off the Penn Global Seminar taught by linguist Jami Fisher, students got a firsthand look at the diversity and variety of global deaf culture.
Advice-giving benefits the person sharing guidance
Advice-giving benefits the person sharing guidance
In a Q&A, Wharton postdoc Lauren Eskreis-Winkler discusses new findings that signal it may be time to shift how we think about motivation and achievement.
A conversation with Michael Horowitz
A conversation with Michael Horowitz
In the latest episode of Penn Today’s ‘Office Hours’ podcast series, a chat with Michael Horowitz, professor of political science and associate director of Perry World House.
Unique electrical properties in quantum materials can be controlled using light
Unique electrical properties in quantum materials can be controlled using light
New research on Weyl semimetals, a class of quantum materials, unlocks unique quantum properties that can be used to create light-controlled electronic devices in the future.
Timing is everything for the mutualistic relationship between ants and acacias
Timing is everything for the mutualistic relationship between ants and acacias
With a new insight into a long-described mutualistic relationship, plant biologists from the School of Arts and Sciences reveal the genetic factors and evolutionary forces that govern the development of the acacia’s ant-sustaining traits.
Small horned dinosaur from China, a Triceratops relative, walked on two feet
Small horned dinosaur from China, a Triceratops relative, walked on two feet
Auroraceratops, a bipedal dinosaur that lived roughly 115 million years ago, has been newly described by an international team of researchers led by Peter Dodson of the School of Arts and Sciences and School of Veterinary Medicine.
In the News
NPR
‘Can we change social norms?’
Cristina Bicchieri of the School of Arts and Sciences joins a philosophical discussion about the possibility of changing social norms.
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WBUR Radio (Boston)
Employers want to do more with less. Where does that leave expertise?
Angela Duckworth of the School of Arts and Sciences spoke about grit and other non-IQ competencies achieved through hard work over sustained periods of time.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Marjorie Margolies: ‘Diplomacy is really important and Trump sucks at it’
Marjorie Margolies of the School of Arts and Sciences wrote an opinion piece on U.S. diplomacy in North Korea. “If we can take this historic moment and translate it diplomatically into serious denuclearization of the situation, as well as the propaganda, then we all win.”
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Wired
In defense of mayonnaise
Paul Rozin of the School of Arts and Sciences spoke about why many people hate mayonnaise for its slimy texture, which some believe resembles bodily fluids. “Anything that reminds us that we are animals elicits disgust,” said Rozin.
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San Francisco Chronicle
School board faces mural dilemma: Free speech or racial justice
Mary Frances Berry of the School of Arts and Sciences weighed in on a debate over a Depression-era mural in a California public school. “I would use subjects like the mural to teach the students about slavery and the abuse of Native Americans and the white supremacist actions of Washington and other founding fathers,” she said.
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