School of Arts & Sciences

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COVID-19 hackathon

Students tackle real-world, real-time data sets about the coronavirus at hackathon

Improv with an impact

With their President’s Engagement Prize, Wharton School seniors Philip Chen and Meera Menon plan to create The Unscripted Project, a nonprofit that will run 10-week improv courses in Philadelphia public schools, partnering with the Philly Improv Theater.

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Q&A

Pandemics and presidential elections

The coronavirus outbreak has already caused disruptions in the 2020 election cycle. What if the nation is in the midst of another shutdown come Election Day in November?

Q&A

Iran, sanctions, and coronavirus

The United States has faced pressure to ease sanctions to help Iran manage its coronavirus outbreak. Ciruce Movahedi-Lankarani, a doctoral candidate in the History Department, discusses how the sanctions have played into Iran’s energy development and complicated its management of the viral outbreak.

portraits of Eve M. Troutt Powell, Barbie Zelizer, Kathleen Stebe, and Guthrie Ramsey

Four Penn faculty elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Guthrie Ramsey, Kathleen Stebe, Eve M. Troutt Powell, and Barbie Zelizer join a group recognized for their world-class leadership and expertise.

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Continued CO2 emissions will impair cognition

Rising CO2 causes more than a climate crisis, according to a study from Penn and CU Boulder. It may directly harm our ability to think.

‘Disease knows no borders’

From the history of science to medical anthropology, governance, and economics, Penn experts look at the history of global health from different perspectives to see what the future may hold.

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Fixing leaky optical pipes with topological glue

Combining theoretical insights with experimental results, physicists demonstrate a new design for optoelectronic devices that could help make optical fiber communications more energy efficient.

The Arctic could have almost no summer sea ice by 2040, decades sooner than expected

Statistical analysis by economists from Penn and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco could supplement current climate models and help global climate prediction.

People march along Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia on April 22, 1970 during Earth Day.

A historical ‘Earth Day Project’

On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, historian Anne Berg and a team of students are launching an online exhibit looking at Penn’s connection to the Philadelphia celebration.

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