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Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Nine Finalists to Compete June 9 in Milken-Penn GSE’s Second Annual Education Business Plan Competition
PHILADELPHIA — Innovative solutions to recurring problems in education will take center stage at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education on June 9 when entrepreneurs compete in the second annual Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition, the only business plan c
Penn Research Overturns Theory on How Children Learn Their First Words
PHILADELPHIA — New research by a team of University of Pennsylvania psychologists is helping to overturn the dominant theory of how children learn their first words, suggesting that it occurs more in moments of insight than gradually through repeated exposure.
University of Pennsylvania Announces MOU With Seoul National University
SEOUL, KOREA –- In a ceremony today at Seoul National University (SNU), the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) and SNU announced an agreement recognizing shared academic interests between the two universities.
University of Pennsylvania Announces $7.5 Million Korean Studies Gift
SEOUL, KOREA –- The University of Pennsylvania (Penn) announced today two gifts totaling $7.5 million that will greatly enhance its Korean Studies Program, one of the oldest of its kind in North America.
At Penn ‘All My Children’ will live forever
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?
Prof Richard Beeman makes second appearance on ‘The Daily Show’
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.
Examining humanity through an original mix of scholarship
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 and World War I
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.
Poetry in motion
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 Recognized Nationally as a Top School for Community Service
PHILADELPHIA -– The University of Pennsylvania is among 114 colleges and universities named to the 2010 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with distinction by the Corporation for National and Community Service. Penn was cited for its outreach to the West Philadelphia community.
In the News
Philadelphia Inquirer
Comcast’s Sports Complex plan for South Philly would make our city less livable
In an Op-Ed, Vukan R. Vuchic of the School of Engineering and Applied Science says that Philadelphia should make transit more accessible rather than striving to accommodate more cars.
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The New York Times
We don’t see what climate change is doing to us
In an Op-Ed, R. Jisung Park of the School of Social Policy & Practice says that public discourse around climate change overlooks the buildup of slow, subtle costs and their impact on human systems.
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Associated Press
Far fewer young Americans now want to study in China. Both countries are trying to fix that
Amy Gadsden of Penn Global says that American interest in studying in China is declining due to foreign businesses closing their offices there and Beijing’s draconian governing style.
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The Wall Street Journal
‘Slouch’ review: The panic over posture
In her new book, “Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America,” Beth Linker of the School of Arts & Sciences traces society’s posture obsession to Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution.
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Associated Press
In death, three decades after his trial verdict, O.J. Simpson still reflects America’s racial divides
Camille Charles of the School of Arts & Sciences says that Black Americans have grown less likely to believe in a famous defendant’s innocence as a show of race solidarity.
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