Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences

Kaja Silverman’s home is in Penn’s Department of the History of Art, but through her career, her wide breadth of scholarship has included film, photography, art, psychoanalysis, literature and feminist theory.

Penn was operating as usual in the early stages of World War I, but when it became apparent that the United States would enter the war, the campus’ focus changed to preparing students to join the military.

Kenneth Goldsmith, a faculty member with Penn’s Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing, was invited to read at “An Evening of Poetry” at the White House on May 11.

Penn Professor of History and former College of Arts and Sciences Dean Richard Beeman’s 15 minutes of fame on Comedy Central are adding up.

Remember when Erica Kane faced down a bear? Or when Jesse died and then returned, very much alive, to reunite with his beloved Angie 20 years later?  How about the countless and classic battles between Viki and Dorian in the town of Llanview? And that hot, troubled romance between Todd and Blair?

PHILADELPHIA — Under cloudy skies, Denzel Washington, internationally renowned actor and director, delivered the address at the University of Pennsylvania’s 255th Commencement today, Monday, May 16.

PHILADELPHIA –- Six University of Pennsylvania students have been awarded U.S. State Department Critical Language Scholarships for study during the summer of 2011. The students are:

PHILADELPHIA — The Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania has joined forces with the U.S. departments of Commerce and Education to organize the Exporting Education Technology Conference, May 16 at Penn.

Emerging artists from the School of Design’s Master of Fine Arts Class of 2011 have one more chance to showcase their work at the MFA Thesis Exhibition, opening today at the Ice Box Project Space in the Crane Arts Building, 1400 N. American St. in Northern Liberties.

  WHAT:           University of Pennsylvania’s 255th Commencement ceremony