Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences

PHILADELPHIA – At the Penn Lightbulb Café on Tuesday, Feb. 28, Jessica McCrory Calarco, a Ph.D. candidate in sociology in Penn’s School of Arts and Sciences, will discuss her research about the correlation between socioeconomic class and children’s seeking help in the classroom. 

 WHO:              Martha Kanter, Under Secretary of Education                         Eric Furda, Dean of Admissions, University of Pennsylvania

WHO:             Speaker: Thomas Sugrue, professor of history and sociology, University                        of Pennsylvania

PHILADELPHIA — Maryland’s higher education system is leaving poor, black and Hispanic residents behind, according to a new study from the University of Pennsylvania’s Institute for Higher Education Research, “Much Accomplished, Much at Stake: Performance and Policy in Maryland Higher Education.”

PITTSBURGH — The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded Carnegie Mellon’s College of Engineering and the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering and Applied Science a $3.5 million grant for the next two years to conduct research and implement technologies for improving the safety and efficiency of transportation.

Armed with weaponry of the modern day media machinery, how would today’s political spinmeisters attack the presidential candidacy of Abraham Lincoln?

The Burrison Gallery, located inside the University Club at the Inn at Penn, is calling for submittals of artwork to be considered for future exhibitions. Any Penn faculty, staff, alumni, or family members may submit work for consideration.

PennPraxis, the applied-research arm of the School of Design, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.