School of Arts & Sciences

Penn Research Reveals Brain Region Crucial for Using Boundaries to Navigate

Imagine a room or a landscape or a city street.

Penn Astronomer Helping Build Next-generation Planet Finder

University of Pennsylvania astronomer Cullen Blake is part of a team selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Astrophysics Division to build a $10 million, cutting-edge

Penn's Arthur Ross Gallery Presents: Expanding the Audience for Art in the Nineteenth Century at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Expanding the Audience for Art in the Nineteenth Century at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Artsat University of Pennsylvania’s Arthur Ross Gallery

Penn Researchers Move One Step Closer to Sustainable Hydrogen Production

Splitting water into its hydrogen and oxygen parts may sound like science fiction, but it’s the end goal of chemists and chemical engineers like Christopher Murray of the University of Pennsylvania and

Penn’s Matthew Fink: Still Playing Baseball After All These Years

Matthew Fink started playing baseball at age 6. Sixteen years later, he is still out on the field, now as a catcher on the club baseball team at the University of Pennsylvania.

Penn’s Singh Center for Nanotechnology Visited by Cuban Delegation

In an event that signals the global outreach of the University of Pennsylvania, five delegates from Cuba visited Penn’s Singh Center for Nanotechnology to meet with University leaders and explore the translation of research to the marketplace.

Penn Lightbulb Café Presents: ‘Why Leaders Fight’

WHO: Michael Horowitz Associate Professor

Penn Chemists Lay Groundwork for Countless New, Cleaner Uses of Methane

Methane is the world’s most abundant hydrocarbon. It’s the major component of natural gas and shale gas and, when burned, is an effective fuel. But it’s also a major contributor to climate change, with 24 times greater potency as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.

2016 President’s Engagement Prize Winners Announced at Penn

Seniors Vaishak Kumar, Melanie Mariano and Kriya Patel have been named recipients of the 2016 President’s Engagement Prizes at the University of Pennsylvania. The announcement was made today by Penn President Amy Gutmann.

Penn Program in the Environmental Humanities Is Shaping a New Normal

There’s no doubt about it. Philadelphia weather is getting hotter and wetter each year influencing public concern about climate change.

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