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Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Expanding Minds, Improving Language Skills ‘at Home’ at Penn
The classroom is not the only place at the University of Pennsylvania where a student can learn a language. Gregory College House’s residential modern languages program offers five “language houses” where students can enjoy new cultural experiences and improve their language proficiency.
Penn’s Al Filreis Inducted Into Minerva Academy, Honored as an ‘Educational Innovator’
Al Filreis, an English professor at the University of Pennsylvania, has been inducted as one of 14 founding members into the Minerva Academy, an honorary institution dedicated to promoting and rewarding extraordinary advancements and innovation in higher education around the world.
Penn and ADL Team Up to Provide Holocaust Education Teacher-training Workshop April 17
WHO: University of Pennsylvania Anti-Defamation League
Penn Lightbulb Café Presents Michael Horowitz Talk on Future of War
WHO: Michael Horowitz Associate Professor of Political Science
"On the Wings of Eagle and Raven" Opens at Penn's Arthur Ross Gallery
On the Wings of Eagle and Raven: Tlingit and Haida Traditions (Photos) April 11 – July 6, 2014
The ICA Turns 50
Throughout the past half-century, the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) at the University of Pennsylvania has earned its international reputation as an adventurer in contemporary art by highlighting unconventional artists and their unique works.
Penn Students Explore Civil Rights Movement Sites
A unique spring break trip for some University of Pennsylvania students could turn a vacation into a vocation.
Disabilities Symposium at Penn: April 11
WHAT: The 13th Annual Disabilities Symposium, hosted by the Weingarten Learning Resources Center, University of Pennsylvania, will welcome guest speakers Angela Duckworth and Adam Taliaferro.
John L. Jackson Jr. Named Dean of the School of Social Policy & Practice at Penn
Penn President Amy Gutmann and Provost Vincent Price today announced that John L. Jackson Jr., the Richard Perry University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and Senior Advisor for Diversity in the Office of the Provost, has been named dean of Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice.
Geoffrey Garrett Named Dean of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania
Geoffrey Garrett has been named dean of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, effective July 1.
In the News
Marketplace (NPR)
What did you do at work last week? Monitoring performance doesn’t improve it, expert says
Adam Grant of the Wharton School says that people do their best work when they’re given a chance to pursue autonomy, mastery, belonging, and purpose.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
After years of anti-vaccine advocacy, RFK Jr. said vaccines protect children. But experts say he must go further amid measles outbreak
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center and Jessica McDonald of APPC’s Factcheck.org comment on the need to debunk vaccine misinformation in public health messaging.
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Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
‘Marry or be fired’ and other global efforts to boost fertility
Jesús Fernández-Villaverde of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the world population will peak in 2055, followed by a systematic decline at a rapid rate.
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Men’s Health
These two personality traits make you instantly more attractive, say studies of over 4,000 people
A study by postdoc Natalia Kononov of the Wharton School suggests that kindness and helpfulness can make someone more attractive, regardless of the situation or relationship.
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The Guardian
Formerly anti-vax parents on how they changed their minds: ‘I really made a mistake’
According to surveys from the Annenberg Public Policy Center, the proportion of respondents who believe vaccines are unsafe grew from 9% in April 2021 to 16% in the fall of 2023.
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