School of Arts & Sciences

First-year research is hands-on from the start

With the Penn Freshmen Exposure to Research in Biological Science program, students from communities that are underrepresented in STEM can jump-start their scientific careers with mentoring and opportunities to pursue original research.

A red and yellow train approaches a platform as passengers wait on the right side, including one in a hijab.

The ‘hijab penalty’: Feminist backlash to Muslim immigrants in Germany

Research from political scientists Nicholas Sambanis, Danny Choi, and Mathias Poertner finds discrimination against Muslim women is eliminated when they show progressive gender attitudes.

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Hope and help for wrongfully incarcerated Pennsylvanians

With Project HOPE, President’s Engagement Prize winners Carson Eckhard, Natalia Rommen, and Sarah Simon will address the lack of support to wrongfully incarcerated people in Philadelphia and across the state.

Inaugural Presidential Ph.D. Fellows announced

Drawing from the most accomplished and diverse Ph.D. trainees, the 2021 Presidential Ph.D. Fellows come from across the nine schools at Penn that offer Ph.D. programs.

Karen Detlefsen on a back porch in the snow.

Karen Detlefsen named Penn vice provost for education

The professor of philosophy in the School of Arts & Sciences, with a secondary appointment in the Graduate School of Education, has been named vice provost for education at the University of Pennsylvania, effective July 1.

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Penn’s new Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies

The new center will stimulate and support research and teaching on the Latin American region and the Latinx populations of the U.S. and provide an integrated academic base for scholars, students, and programs that focus on these topics.

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Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw on the future of Cuban politics, economy, and art

On April 19, Raúl Castro stepped down from his role as the head of Cuba’s communist party. Penn Today talked with Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw of the School of Arts & Sciences about the future of Cuban politics, the economy, and art after the close of the Castro era.

Leah Voytovich and Martin Leet in front of college hall while wearing masks

Empowering refugee communities with access to clean water

With project Maji, seniors Martin Leet and Leah Voytovich will use their President’s Engagement Prize to install a solar-powered water tank and provide agricultural and first aid training for members of the Olua I community.

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Biden’s big plans through the lens of history

Historian Walter Licht shares his thoughts on the American Jobs Plan and how it compares to national projects of the past.

A composite of Michae Jones, left, and Jelani Williams right. Both are standing outside of the Palestra. Williams, wearing a red Penn hoodie, leans against a tree with his arms folded. Jones stands with her hands on her hips.

Student-athletes for an anti-racist society

Junior Jelani Williams of the men’s basketball team and senior Michae Jones of the women’s basketball team are leaders among Penn’s student-athlete community in the fight for social justice and racial equality.

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