School of Arts & Sciences

Penn Sociologist Tackles Electronic Health Records, Cybersecurity and Passwords

More than 90 percent of acute care hospitals and more than 75 percent of office-based physicians use electronic health records, or digital versions of patient charts, typi

Checking In With 2016 Penn President’s Engagement and Innovation Prize Winners

Nearly two years out from the first awarding of the University of Pennsylvania President’s Engagement Prizes, communities in the United States and around the world are beginning to reap the benefits.

Empowered, Penn Undergraduate Is Working to Expand Access to Education

When Madison Dawkins, a sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania, was growing up, she learned to feel empowered as a woman. From kindergarten on, she attended an all-girls school in Bryn Mawr, Pa., near her hometown of Wynnewood.

Penn Researchers Expand Research on Simplifying Recycling of Rare-earth Metals

In a previous study, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania pioneered a process that could enable the efficient recycling of two rare-earth metals, neodymium and dysprosium, which are found in the small, powerful magnets in many high-tech

Fish Fossils Reveal How Tails Evolved, Penn Professor Finds

Despite their obvious physical differences, elephants, lizards and trout all have something in common. They possess elongated, flexible structures at the rear of their bodies that we call tails.

Penn Launches Online Course on Navigating College Admissions Process

Starting in February, the Admissions Office at the University of Pennsylvania, in a partnership with Steppingstone Scholars Inc., is launching a free online learning

Penn Prof Paul Saint-Amour Awarded 2016 Modernist Studies Association Book Prize

Paul Saint-Amour, professor of English in the School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Pen

Penn Prof’s Research on Mass Incarceration Informs Documentary, Museum Exhibit

After studying the origins and politics of mass incarceration,

Penn Chemists Uncover New Information About a Protein Linked to Alzheimer’s

Although the protein tau, which is associated with Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases, has been heavily studied for decades, its role in maintaining cell function is poorly understood.

Power Poses Don’t Help and Could Potentially Backfire, Penn Study Shows

The idea behind power poses, that if you stand in a “powerful” position, broad posture, hands on hips, shoulders high and pushed back, you will suddenly feel psychologically and physiologically stronger, is intuitively appealing, especially for people without much confidence.

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