School of Arts & Sciences

Dr. Sheldon Hackney, 1933-2013

Statement from Penn President Amy Gutmann

Penn Student Set on Career Path to Lead a Charter School

Jessica King, 20, who calls herself “a child of public school,” is on a path to become the principal of a charter school. King was admitted to the University of Pennsylvania as an early-decision applicant.

Penn Pipes Revitalizes Scottish, Irish Traditional Music on Campus

One group of University of Pennsylvania students is full of hot air. Anyone within earshot of Fisher-Bennett Hall on Monday evenings will hear the unmistakable sounds of Penn Pipes, the University’s first and only band of merry bagpipe enthusiasts.

New Gift from Alumni Robert A. and Penny Grossman Fox Expands Fox Leadership Program at Penn

Thanks to a generous boost from its founders, the Fox Leadership Program at the University of Pennsylvania will be able to prepare even more students for lives of leadership and service.

Penn Professor Camille Z. Charles Named Straus Institute Fellow

Camille Z. Charles, professor of sociology and Africana studies in the School of Arts and Sciences of the University of Pennsylvania, has been named as a 2013-14 Fellow by the Straus Institute for the Advanced Study of Law & Justice at New York University.

Penn Biologists Show That Generosity Leads to Evolutionary Success

With new insights into the classical game theory match-up known as the “Prisoner’s Dilemma,” University of Pennsylvania biologists offer a mathematically based explanation for why cooperation and generosity have evolved in nature.

Penn Team Begins Five-Year Sky-Mapping Mission as Part of Dark Energy Survey

For hundreds of nights during the next five years, the world’s most powerful digital camera will turn skyward, helping a team of physicists and astronomers from around the globe answer fundamental questions about our universe.

Penn Student Studies Effects of Learning on Perceptual Decisions

For the last two summers, University of Pennsylvania junior Timothy Kim has remained on campus to explore the effects of learning on human perceptual decision-making.

Penn Student Studies Diet and Exercise at South Philadelphia Clinic

University of Pennsylvania senior Sarah Schulte spends her summer hours in the Puentes de Salud clinic in South Philadelphia, investigating nutrition and exercise trends.

Penn Study Finds Earlier Peak for Spain’s Glaciers

The last glacial maximum was a time when Earth’s far northern and far southern latitudes were largely covered in ice sheets and sea levels were low. Over much of the planet, glaciers were at their greatest extent roughly 20,000 years ago.

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