Penn’s Language Laboratory allowed students to work on improving their foreign language skills by listening to recordings and also recording their own pronunciations. Created in 1959, the Lab in Logan Hall was equipped with 40 booths that contained apparatus that provided students with audio of expert pronunciation of l

Charlotte Matthai found inspiration for her University of Pennsylvania senior thesis project during a research venture that took her to museums in three states.

 Karl Greenwood Miller was a progressive leader who played a significant role in shaping Penn’s College of Liberal Arts for Women. Founded in 1933, the College was led by Merle Odgers for its first thr

Penn offers opportunities to feed your brain through an assortment of fascinating lecture series this fall. “The Public Classroom @ Penn Museum,” a series of five free evening classes, brings together internationally renowned experts to discuss race, science, and justice in “

 The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts’ partnerships with Penn’s Cinema and Media Studies Program and the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) are creating synergies that offer unique program

The English Language Programs at the University of Pennsylvania often teaches in traditional classrooms, but, in a unique situation instructing international professional athletes, the language laboratory is sometimes on a soccer field. 

The University of Pennsylvania will host Maria Bamford, Nathaniel Mackey and Lydia Davis as Kelly Writers House fellows during the spring 2017 semester. 

At Convocation, Penn President Amy Gutmann challenged the newest members of the Penn community—the Class of 2020 and transfer students—to learn and grow by taking risks.

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.