Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences

Penn Research: Why Guided Play Matters to Developing Minds

Deena Weisberg spends a lot of time talking to preschoolers.

Christopher Gruits Appointed to Lead Penn’s Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

University of Pennsylvania Provost Vincent Price and Vice Provost Anita Allen are pleased to announce the appointment of Christopher Gruits as Executive and Artistic Director of the Annenberg Center f

Terrill Warrenburg Expanded Art and Career Interests Through Her Penn Education

Terrill Warrenburg, a multi-media artist and May University of Pennsylvania graduate, describes her interest in art as “a lifelong passion.”

Penn’s Annenberg School Hosts High School Students at Communication Studies Day

Smartphones and other high-tech gadgets let people of all ages shoot and edit videos and post them online. But, to tell a story well, more thought has to go into the process.

Penn Study Links Recession Recovery, Increase in Commercial Truck Fatalities

By Patrick Ammerman What could be the downside to unemployment rates plummeting in recent years? One place to look is the road. Research has shown that when the economy improves, motor vehicle fatalities also increase.

Penn Study Finds Sorority Rush Process Negative, Membership Positive

College-age women who participate in sorority rush largely describe the process as negative but report a sense of belonging and support once they’re in the group, according to research from University of Pennsylvania psychologist Melissa Hunt and Penn alumna Colleen Kase.

Through New Open Labs Program, Penn Grad Students Share Experiences, Science

Boyang Qin, a third-year Ph.D. student, stands on stage in the Benjamin Franklin Room of the University of Pennsylvania’s Houston Hall in front of 50 high school students and parents.

Film and Media Internships Offer Penn Students a Chance to Learn and Network

Through the generosity of alumni and others in the entertainment industry, seven University of Pennsylvania students in the Cinema and Media Studies program have the opportunity this summer to intern at film, television and digital media companies.

Hannah Fagin Credits Grandmother and Opportunities at Penn for Career Choice

Even before coming to the University of Pennsylvania, Hannah Fagin knew she wanted to study the humanities, but she knew she had found her major after her first history course at Penn, “History of the American South.”

Researcher at Penn Looks at Healthy Changes Through a Political Lens

Politicians’ race-conscious speeches have broad, and sometimes unexpected, consequences, according to a new book from Daniel Gillion of the University of Pennsylvania.

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