Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences

Recipients of the 2023 President’s Innovation Prize, team Sonura, five bioengineering graduates from the School of Engineering and Applied Science, have created a device that filters out disruptive environmental noises for infants in neonatal intensive care units. Their beanie offers protection and fosters parental connection to newborns while also supporting their development.

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For almost 100 years—except for the three it went missing—one of the world’s largest crystal balls has occupied the Penn Museum’s Asia Galleries.

(Image: Penn Museum)

Second-year wrestler Adam Thomson manages to balance schoolwork, research and international championships that take him all over the globe. 

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Image: Aaron M. Sprecher via AP

Nuri Yi, a Lotus member and second-year grad student in the Department of Biology in the School of Arts & Sciences, leads a discussion of Baldwin’s work at Kelly Writers House.

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DakhaBrakha, a musical quartet from Ukraine, will perform on March 3 at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.

(Image: Andriy Petryna)

Late 18th century portrait of banker Vakhatchand Jhaveri and his armed entourage, painted on the inner marble wall of the Jain temple Ajithnath Derasar in Ahmedabad, India.

(Image: Courtesy of Sudev Sheth)

Randall Kamien of the School of Arts & Sciences and long-time collaborator Geneviève Dion, a professor of design at Drexel University, are investigating the mechanics of knitting, an area of research that represents a significant shift in understanding and using fabrics.

(Image: Courtesy of Geneviève Dion)

How common is common sense? A straightforward question that, surprisingly, has yet to receive a definitive science-based answer. Now, PIK Professor Duncan Watts and co-author Mark Whiting of the Wharton School and the School of Engineering and Applied Science present a new way to quantify common sense among both individuals and collectives.

(Image: Courtesy of Mark Whiting)

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