School of Arts & Sciences

Two years ago, the vision of Shadrack Frimpong, then a senior at the University of Pennsylvania, was to to open a girls’ school and health clinic in his home village of Tarkwa Breman, Ghana.

Katherine Unger Baillie ・February 24, 2017

The cadence of her poem is almost lyrical as Fatemeh Shams, speaking in her native Persian, reads aloud to the audience at Kelly Writers House. But the tone is forceful as she nearly spits out the word repeated in each phrase: تبعيد, "exile."  

Louisa Shepard ・February 24, 2017

Seventeen-year-old Sadie Tanner Mossell arrived at Penn in the fall of 1915 filled with strong-willed ambition, a determination to succeed, and the utmost confidence, in a world that told her she was ugly, ignorant, and inferior. She grew up surrounded by excellence, flowing across generations, and knew that prevalent notions of black inferiority were false and uncivilized.

Greg Johnson ・February 23, 2017

Scientists have gotten better at predicting where earthquakes will occur, but they’re still in the dark about when they will strike and how devastating they will be.

Evan Lerner, Ali Sundermier ・February 22, 2017

Five University of Pennsylvania seniors and one alumna have received 2017 Thouron Awards to pursue graduate studies in the United Kingdom.

Jacquie Posey February 21, 2017

Last year, headlines in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Scient

Katherine Unger Baillie ・February 20, 2017

Since the 2016 election, scores of women across the nation have enlisted in political campaign training programs like Emerge America and Ready to Run.

Jill DiSanto ・February 17, 2017

A team is using commercially available nanotechnology to develop a low-cost, handheld diagnostic device that can monitor HIV. This device would increase access to high-quality treatment of HIV in developing countries and lower the cost of health care in the U.S.

Evan Lerner, Ali Sundermier ・February 17, 2017

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Jill DiSanto ・February 17, 2017