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The monstrous and mythical
An ancient bronze bust of a centaur.

'Man and Centaur,' bronze, circa 750 BC.

(Image: Metropolitan Museum of Art)

The monstrous and mythical

In his book “Centaurs and Snake-Kings: Hybrids and the Greek Imagination,” Jeremy McInerney, professor of classical studies in the School of Arts & Sciences, investigates the power of hybridity in myth.

Blake Cole

Can sports fandom be a religious experience?
A football on a field atop a Kansas City and Eagles logo.

Image: Courtesy of Omnia

Can sports fandom be a religious experience?

With the Philadelphia Eagles set to compete for the ultimate prize at Super Bowl LIX, religious studies professor Megan Robb has noticed a 'buzz of collective effervescence' in her Religion and Sports class, a space where students discuss ritual and ceremony, and debate where sports and religion intersect.

Michele W. Berger

Nurturing a love for math
A young student writing a math equation on a white board.

Image: iStock/gorodenkoff

Nurturing a love for math

A new book by Penn mathematics professor Robin Pemantle and longtime math teacher Henri Picciotto offers middle and high school educators actionable materials and invites reflection and connection across disciplines.

Lauren Rebecca Thacker

Amy Gutmann receives Yale Legend in Leadership Award
Amy Gutmann speaking at a podium.

Amy Gutmann received the Legend in Leadership Award at the Yale Higher Education Leadership Summit at the Yale School of Management on Jan. 28.

(Image: Harold Shapiro)

Amy Gutmann receives Yale Legend in Leadership Award

Gutmann accepted the award, presented by five current and former university presidents, at a ceremony on Jan. 28.

How British settlers used children as tools of settlement in the British Atlantic
An advertisement for a runaway enslaved child from the 1700s.

Image: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers; Library of Congress

How British settlers used children as tools of settlement in the British Atlantic

Erica Duncan’s research at Penn’s McNeil Center for Early American Studies focuses on how children became essential to shaping ideas of freedom within the Black Atlantic.

From The McNeil Center for Early American Studies

Gobhanu Sasankar Korisepati is making an impact around the world
Gobhanu Korisepati standing with his arms crossed.

Korisepati is involved in many student clubs on campus, including as president of Penn Microfinance. 

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Gobhanu Sasankar Korisepati is making an impact around the world

Gobhanu Sasankar Korisepati co-founded the international microfinancing nonprofit Sustaining Women in Financial Turmoil while in high school, and, as a student at Penn, he continues as executive chairman.
Who, What, Why: Alexander Schrier on Uzbekistan’s role in a new world order
Alexander Schrier looks down from an upper floor of a building, standing behind waist-high glass panels.

Fourth-year Alexander Schrier has been studying Uzbekistan and Central Asian diplomacy for his senior thesis in international relations.

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  • Who, What, Why

    • Who, What, Why: Alexander Schrier on Uzbekistan’s role in a new world order

    The fourth-year international relations student is researching Uzbekistan and Central Asian diplomacy, with a summer spent talking with taxi drivers and U.S. ambassadors on the ground in Tashkent.
    The practice of art collection as a collaboration
    People looking at the After Modernism exhibit at the Arthur Ross Gallery.

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    The practice of art collection as a collaboration

    As part of an undergraduate course, Penn faculty and students curated an Arthur Ross Gallery exhibition of works from the Neumann family’s extensive collection of modern and contemporary art.
    Coverage of civilian casualties in allied countries boosts support for U.S. involvement
    A news reporter reporting on the scene in Istanbul.

    A reporter covering events for television in Istanbul in 2013.

    (Image: iStock/SERCAN ERTÜRK)

    Coverage of civilian casualties in allied countries boosts support for U.S. involvement

    Research from Penn’s Annenberg Public Policy Center examines whether media coverage of foreign conflicts affects public opinion about U.S. military, diplomatic, and economic involvement.

    From the Annenberg Public Policy Center

    Archaeological science, hands on
    Two students looking at slides under a microscope in a lab.

    Image: Courtesy of Omnia

    Archaeological science, hands on

    The Center for the Analysis of Archaeological Materials, a joint endeavor between Penn Arts & Sciences and the Penn Museum, celebrates 10 years of teaching students how to interpret the past in an interdisciplinary context.

    From Omnia