School of Arts & Sciences

Kleinman Center Supports On-the-ground Learning for Seven Penn Students

Beth Murray’s not your typical intern.

Terrill Warrenburg Expanded Art and Career Interests Through Her Penn Education

Terrill Warrenburg, a multi-media artist and May University of Pennsylvania graduate, describes her interest in art as “a lifelong passion.”

Animals ‘Inherit’ Their Social Network From Their Mothers, Penn Study Shows

Dolphins, lizards and hyenas may not be on Facebook or Twitter, but, as social species, their social networks influence every pivotal aspect of their lives: finding a mate, reproducing, becoming ill or surviving.

Penn Study Links Recession Recovery, Increase in Commercial Truck Fatalities

By Patrick Ammerman What could be the downside to unemployment rates plummeting in recent years? One place to look is the road. Research has shown that when the economy improves, motor vehicle fatalities also increase.

Penn Chemists Establish Fundamentals of Ferroelectric Materials

Ferromagnetic materials, like compass needles, are useful because their magnetic polarization makes them rotate to align with magnetic fields. Ferroelectric materials behave in a similar way but with electric, rather than magnetic, fields.

Penn Study Finds Sorority Rush Process Negative, Membership Positive

College-age women who participate in sorority rush largely describe the process as negative but report a sense of belonging and support once they’re in the group, according to research from University of Pennsylvania psychologist Melissa Hunt and Penn alumna Colleen Kase.

Cooperation Emerges When Groups Are Small and Memories Are Long, Penn Study Finds

The tragedy of the commons, a concept described by ecologist Garrett Hardin, paints a grim view of human nature. The theory goes that, if a resource is shared, individuals will act in their own self-interest, but against the interest of the group, by depleting that resource.

Through New Open Labs Program, Penn Grad Students Share Experiences, Science

Boyang Qin, a third-year Ph.D. student, stands on stage in the Benjamin Franklin Room of the University of Pennsylvania’s Houston Hall in front of 50 high school students and parents.

Alisha Chowdhury Is Among ‘Girls Who Invest’ at Penn

With the hopes that their children would receive a better education, the parents of University of Pennsylvania student Alisha Chowdhury left Bangladesh the year before she was born and settled in New Orleans.

Film and Media Internships Offer Penn Students a Chance to Learn and Network

Through the generosity of alumni and others in the entertainment industry, seven University of Pennsylvania students in the Cinema and Media Studies program have the opportunity this summer to intern at film, television and digital media companies.

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