School of Arts & Sciences

Historian-to-be at Penn Researches Museums to Strengthen Impact

One senior at the University of Pennsylvania is working to improve history.

Penn and BU Study Says Obesity Doesn’t Protect Patients With Cardiovascular Disease

Demographers Samuel Preston of the University of Pennsylvania and Andrew Stokes of Boston University set out to solve a puzzle: Why is it that study after study shows obese or overweight people with cardiovascular disease outliving their normal

Penn Researcher Earns Early Career Award for Work on Brain Stimulation

When John Medaglia joined the University of Pennsylvania a year ago as a postdoctoral fellow, he didn’t yet have a precise path. Now it’s a little clearer, thanks to a prestigious honor given out to just 16 young scientists across the country.

Penn Research Offers New Theory About Our Perceptions of the World

New research out of the University of Pennsylvania is filling in gaps between two prevailing theories about how the brain generates our perception of the world.

Penn Undergrad Researches 1922 Cushendall Murders and Conspiracy in Northern Ireland

Through her research, an undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania is unearthing a nearly 100-year-old murder mystery, a government cover-up and silenced justice in Northern Ireland.

Penn’s Dennis Culhane Co-authors New Report on Homelessness in the Developing World

Dennis Culhane of the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice has collaborated with researchers at the Institute of Global Homelessness at DePaul University on a study that offers a

Penn Freshman Named 2015-16 National Youth of the Year by Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Whitney Stewart, a University of Pennsylvania freshman from Sarasota, Fla., is the recipient of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s National Youth of the Year Award for 2015-16.

Pan-Asian American Community House at Penn Celebrates 15th Anniversary

“Home away from home” is how some University of Pennsylvania students describe the Pan-Asian American Community House, the cultural center for students interested in Asian-American culture and the Asian-American diaspora. PAACH is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year.

Academic Freedom Panel Discussion at Penn Libraries

In 1915, the University of Pennsylvania's Trustees fired economist Scott Nearing in retaliation for his activism in the campaign against child labor. Nearing's termination sparked a national debate and helped to rewrite the history of academic freedom in America.

Twitter Behavior Can Predict Users’ Income Level, New Penn Research Shows

The words people use on social media can reveal hidden meaning to those who know where to look.

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