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School of Arts & Sciences
Thinking soccer with Sizzy Lawton
Thinking soccer with Sizzy Lawton
The fourth-year forward discusses playing the beautiful game, how to develop a soccer IQ, the importance of knowing your teammates, changing coaches, and her plans for the future.
What fabricated languages can teach us about real ones
What fabricated languages can teach us about real ones
Linguist Gareth Roberts of the School of Arts & Sciences uses “alien” languages and interactive games to show how social pressures shape our communication.
Experimental Italian theater comes to the Annenberg Center
Experimental Italian theater comes to the Annenberg Center
In “fedeli d’Amore,” Italian theatre company Teatro delle Albe immerses audiences in the last visions of Dante.
Setting students up for success
Setting students up for success
Microeconomics professor Anne Duchene teaches 900 first-years every fall and spring, helping fresh-out-of-high school students lay the groundwork for tackling the challenges of college coursework.
Penn prof pens guidebook for college students
Penn prof pens guidebook for college students
Dustin Brisson of the School of Arts & Sciences consolidated notes from his years of teaching and advising to create a guidebook for undergraduates aimed at helping them achieve success and well-being.
The 28th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service is back in person
The 28th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service is back in person
With lectures, community service projects, and informational events, the Day of Service and Commemorative Symposium unites the Penn community through social change.
Fashioning gender through the art and history of clothing
Fashioning gender through the art and history of clothing
Students learn about the history of clothing, embellishment as self-expression, and sustainable fashion innovation in a graduate course taught through the College of Liberal and Professional Studies.
Two Penn fourth-years awarded 2023 Churchill Scholarships
Two Penn fourth-years awarded 2023 Churchill Scholarships
College of Arts and Sciences fourth-years Ryan Jeong and Arnav Lal are among 16 students selected nationwide to receive a Churchill Scholarship for a year of graduate research study at the University of Cambridge in England.
Doctoral student Gwynne Evans-Lomayesva on improving data equity
Doctoral student Gwynne Evans-Lomayesva on improving data equity
Through her Ph.D. research, Evans-Lomayesva, a member of Hopi Tribal Nation, says she hopes to improve representation of American Indian and Alaska Native populations in data analyses.
The ‘paradox’ of receiving health care in prison
The ‘paradox’ of receiving health care in prison
In an excerpt from their new book, Penn sociologist Jason Schnittker and colleagues dissect the contradictory nature of these institutions, which are charged with both “denying freedom and providing care.”
In the News
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Civil discourse: Tips for navigating potentially divisive discussions around the holiday table
Research co-authored by Matthew Levendusky of the School of Arts & Sciences found that political discussions between members of opposing voting parties helped reduce polarization and negative views of the other side.
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Associated Press
Archaeologists discover 4,000-year-old canals used to fish by predecessors of ancient Maya
Jeremy Sabloff of the School of Arts & Sciences and Penn Museum says that ancient fish-trapping canals show continuity in Maya culture.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Penn student awarded Rhodes Scholarship to continue cancer research at Oxford University
College of Arts and Sciences fourth-year Om Gandhi from Barrington, Illinois, has been awarded a 2025 Rhodes Scholarship to continue his cancer research at Oxford University.
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Chicago Sun-Times
UChicago students, Barrington native among 2024 Rhodes Scholars heading to University of Oxford
College of Arts and Sciences fourth-year Om Gandhi from Barrington, Illinois, has been awarded a 2025 Rhodes Scholarship for graduate study at the University of Oxford.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Penn has preserved a pair of gloves said to belong to Shakespeare. Did they?
Alicia Meyer and Tessa Gadomski of Penn Libraries are researching whether a pair of centuries-old gloves belonged to Shakespeare, with remarks from Zachary Lesser of the School of Arts & Sciences.
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