School of Arts & Sciences

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Studying plants from 400 miles up

Using remote sensing data, senior Paul Lin looked for signals of climate change in the grasslands of the Great Plains.

In the doorway of a court at the Penn Squash Center, Andrew Douglas of the men's squash team holds a racquet and wears a blue Penn shirt.

The ‘It’ Factor: Andrew Douglas of men’s squash

The first three-time First-Team All-American in program history has helped to turn the Quakers into one of the top collegiate squash programs in the country.

Beer with no buzz: 2021 Y-Prize awards dealcoholization project

LiberTech, the award-winning team, pitched their plan to filter alcohol from beer using a nanostructured membrane, which preserves the flavor of beer.

Uchechi Nwogwugwu, wearing a red and blue Penn jacket, leans against a brick wall at Franklin Field, next to the track.

Catch her if you can: Uchechi Nwogwugwu

The senior sprinter holds the Penn record in the indoor and outdoor 400-meter dash, and was a part of a number of record-breaking relay teams.

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Undergraduate fellows in new Office of Social Equity & Community make a positive impact

The inaugural class of eight undergraduate fellows in Penn’s new Office of Social Equity & Community are already making progress, working with those who are homeless and food insecure and using their leadership and research to address inequities in Philadelphia neighborhoods.

After the pandemic, how will society remember more than 3 million lives lost to COVID-19?

To date, more than 3 million people worldwide have lost their lives to COVID-19.

Rows of houses with corrugated metal roofs are interspersed with trees. A mountain range is in the background

India’s COVID crisis

Political scientist Tariq Thachil of the School of Arts & Sciences and economist and public health expert Harsha Thirumurthy of the Perelman School of Medicine take a look at what’s happening in India with the pandemic's second wave and what can be done to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

The Sachs Program announces 2021 arts grants

The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation will support 25 new Penn arts projects, totaling $177,000 in funding.

Hajer Al-Faham finds American Muslims are under watch, even in research

The doctoral candidate in political science, finds that disproportionate surveillance of American Muslims stifles academic research.

Different religious leaders support racial justice movement

Integrating tough questions about the intersection of race, religion, and politics

Through student discussions and outside lectures, one SNF Paideia Program course examined the Jewish experience, the history of prejudice, and intersectionality in Jewish identity, among other topics.

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