School of Arts & Sciences

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.

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.

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

Mitchell Orenstein walks along an interdisciplinary line between political science and Slavic studies at the University of Pennsylvania. 

The Penn Libraries’ Kislak Center for Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts has won an Association of College and Research Libraries award for its catalog for the 2015 exhibition “The Images Affair: Dreyfus in the M

Daniel Hopkins, a political scientist at the University of Pennsylvania, says that, while today’s voters are more engaged in federal elections, they’ve pretty much abandoned state and local politics. 

Expressions of unrequited desire quoted in romantic comedies and in poems of everlasting devotion read at weddings have their roots in centuries-old texts. Melissa E. Sanchez says a careful look at the language and history of 16th- and 17th-century poetry provides insights on issues of gender, sexuality and romance both past and modern-day.

When the massive sphinx arrived at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia in 1913, it was eclipsed by another historic event in the city – opening day of baseball’s World Series with the Philadelphia Athletics hosting the New York Giants. 

The scope of political activity among student groups at the University of Pennsylvania features a wide-spectrum of interests that includes but goes far beyond the 2016 presidential election.

Before last summer, Suneil Parimoo had never worked on partial differential equations. But that didn’t stop the University of Pennsylvania senior from spending eight weeks solving one such problem at a Math REU at the Florida Institute of Technology.