Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences

Penn Research Reveals Where Expectant Parents Turn When Doctors Lack Answers on Prenatal Genetic Health

Humans dislike uncertainty. So what happens when that ambiguity comes from designated “experts” and relates to the genetic health of an unborn child?

The Stand at Standing Rock

Beginning in April 2016, members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and representatives from hundreds of tribal nations gathered to resist the completion of the Dakota Access Pipeline, which would pass less than a mile from the Standing Rock Reservation.

Penn’s Field Center Names Anne Holton as Keynote Speaker for Child-welfare Conference

Anne Holton, who has devoted her career to serving as an advocate for families and children, will deliver the opening keynote address at the University of Pennsylvania Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice and Research’s sixth biennial conference, “

Far From Home, Poet Fatemeh Shams Finds Sense of Belonging and a Voice at Penn

The cadence of her poem is almost lyrical as Fatemeh Shams, speaking in her native Persian, reads aloud to the audience at Kelly Writers House. But the tone is forceful as she nearly spits out the word repeated in each phrase: تبعيد, "exile."

Tired Teens More Likely to Commit Crimes as Adults

Teenagers who self-report feeling drowsy mid-afternoon also tend to exhibit more anti-social behavior such as lying, cheating, stealing and fighting.

Penn Announces 2017 Thouron Award Winners

Five University of Pennsylvania seniors and one alumna have received 2017 Thouron Awards to pursue graduate studies in the United Kingdom.

Penn’s Perry World House Launches Inaugural Visitors Program

The University of Pennsylvania’s Perry World House has named its Inaugural Visiting Fellows and Visiting Scholars for the Spring 2017 Semester.

Penn School of Social Policy & Practice MOOC: ‘Top 10 Social Issues for First 100 Days’

As a new American president takes office, a massive open online learning course at the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice aims to empower citizens to set priorities of their own for the new administration.

New Penn Research Examines Gun Use, Injury and Fear in Domestic Violence

A weapon, whether a body part such as hands, fists and feet or an external instrument like a gun, often accompanies intimate-partner violence. Susan B.

‘Monument Lab’ Public Art Project to Feature PennDesign Faculty and Alumna’s Work

The University of Pennsylvania’s David Hartt, Sharon Hayes and Shira Walinsky and alumna

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