School of Arts & Sciences

Ayesha Patel standing in outside in front of a leafy bush.

Balancing ballet and summer learning

Third-year student Ayesha Patel conducted research and a financial analysis during a summer internship at BalletX, a contemporary ballet company in Philadelphia.

Students and families sitting on tablecloths on College Green.

New family welcome: ‘The right place; the right time’

President Liz Magill and Provost John L. Jackson Jr. welcomed first-year and transfer students and their families in an afternoon celebration on College Green.

Grid of faces on a screen with an instructor in the middle.

Penn Global Learners Program: Language and life skills for individuals facing displacement

The Global Learners Program, taught by LPS English Language Programs instructors, offered more than 300 people in Ukraine English skills useful on the job hunt—and provided some normalcy and hope in the process.

Jimil Ataman wears a yellow top she made.

Who, What, Why

Who, What, Why: Jimil Ataman on the politics and contradictions of slow fashion

The anthropology Ph.D. candidate discusses what she has learned following slow fashion creators and consumers on Instagram and in the Pacific Northwest.

Political Science Ph.D. candidate Mikhail Strokan stands in front of a sign with a seal that reads "Tashkent."

Resisting the resource curse

Political science Ph.D. candidate Mikhail Strokan’s work looks at the idea that countries abundant in such natural resources as oil and natural gas wind up struggling economically despite the bounty—and examines why some of these countries fare better than others.

Aerial view of forrest. A cloud-like shape with the letters 'Co2' is impressed into the trees and arrows are pointing downwards beneath it.

Closing the carbon cycle with green propane production

Researchers from Penn have helped develop a new carbon-capture solution for a cleaner, more energy-dense fuel source.

Penn rising fourth-year Sophie Mwaisela stands in front of a brick archway with her arms crossed.

A question of neutrality: Switzerland’s role in 19th-century imperialism

History undergraduate Sophie Mwaisela traveled to Geneva this summer to conduct research for her honors thesis.

Environmental conservation, justice, and gender

Through her Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring summer internship, Mia McElhatton explores how efforts to save the planet may disproportionately burden women.

Who, What, Why

Who, What, Why: Betsy Stade on novel methods for assessing anxiety and depression

The clinical psychology Ph.D. candidate discusses her research on language patterns in anxiety and depression and thinking about alternatives to the “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition.”

Kay Seohyung Lee standing in art gallery leaning against a wall

A Philadelphia artistic collaboration at Penn

An exhibition of 50 artworks by 34 undergraduate students in six Philadelphia colleges and universities, “Let Me Know You Are Alright,” is on view at the Charles Addams Gallery on campus through Aug. 18.

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