Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences

Five University of Pennsylvania students have proven that an education can occur outside of the classroom – and that a hands-on experience can work artistic wonders.

France is renowned the world over as a leader in the crafts of viticulture and winemaking—but the beginnings of French viniculture have been largely unknown, until now.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science has selected the University of Pennsylvania to be an Emerging Leaders in Science & Society, ELISS, founding partner campus.  Three other universities were also chosen, Stanford, University of Washington, and Purdue.

While you won’t find coverage of every big sports story out there on The Sports Quotient Web site, what you will find is smart and engaging sports analysis. The online publication is the brainchild of University of Pennsylvania junior Zachary Weiner.

A unique collection of posters, collected and curated by Penn professor and PBS History Detectives host Tukufu Zuberi, forms the basis of a provocative new exhibition at the Penn Museum: Black Bodies in Propaganda: The Art of the War Poster, opening at 1:00 pm on June 2, 2013, and running through March 2, 2014.

As a part of its 30th anniversary celebration, the Arthur Ross Gallery is presenting a talk by Ford W.

Television and film director-writer Rodrigo García will teach and give public readings at the University of Pennsylvania as part of the Kelly Writers House

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a $1.3 million grant to the University of Pennsylvania for a five-year innovative, collaborative project entitled Fulfilling and Livable Cities: Design, Urban Life and the Humanities.

For generations, Latino migrants to the United States overwhelmingly settled in the Southwest. Cubans immigrated to Miami, Puerto Ricans to New York City, and a sizable number of Mexicans to Chicago, but for the most part, five Southwestern states accounted for a large portion of Hispanic immigrants, and the Hispanic population in the United States in general.

The University of Pennsylvania History Department “Thinking with the Past” lectures conclude this semester with Jonathan Steinberg’s talk on Otto von Bismarck.