School of Arts & Sciences

Seven Penn Students Receive 2014 State Department Critical Language Scholarships

Seven University of Pennsylvania students have been awarded United States Department of State Critical Language Scholarships for study this summer.

LabTV Showcases Penn Researchers and Student Filmmakers

A series of videos produced by student filmmakers at the University of Pennsylvania has put young biomedical researchers around campus in the spotlight.

Penn Research Combines Graphene and Painkiller Receptor

Almost every biological process involves sensing the presence of a certain chemical. Finely tuned over millions of years of evolution, the body’s different receptors are shaped to accept certain target chemicals.

Immune Cells Outsmart Bacterial Infection by Dying, Penn Vet Study Shows

A new study led by scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine has painted a clearer picture of the delicate arms race between the human immune system and a pathogen that seeks to infect and kill human cells.

Penn Alum George Karandinos Awarded Soros Fellowship

University of Pennsylvania alumnus George Karandinos has been awarded a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans. He is among 30 students from across the United States chosen in the annual competition that attracted more than 1,200 applicants this year.

Penn’s Mary Frances Berry Receives 2014 Organization of American Historians Award

For a lifetime effort to bring her training as a historian to public service, Mary Frances Berry, professor of history in the School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, has received the 2014 Roy Rosenzweig Distinguished Service Award.

Students at Penn Take the Sound of Music to Lea Elementary

The University of Pennsylvania’s connection to the Henry C. Lea Elementary School is bringing music to the students’ ears there, morning, noon and night.

Penn and CHOP Researchers Track Working Memory From Childhood Through Adolescence

Working memory, the ability to hold information in your mind, think about it and use it to guide behavior, develops through childhood and adolescence and is key for successful performance at school and work. Previous research with young children has documented socioeconomic disparities in performance on tasks of working memory.

Fels Institute at Penn Hosts ‘Obamacare: What’s True? What’s False? What’s Next?’ Conference

WHO: Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania

Four Researchers From Penn Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Four researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation's most prestigious honorary societies and a leading center for independent policy research. The new honorees are:

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