School of Arts & Sciences

Melding loves of ice skating and children’s media

Fourth-year communication student Nick Bausenwein took two gap years to skate professionally with a touring show, competed with the Penn Figure Skating Club, and wrote a thesis on children’s perceptions of film character meet-and-greets.

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Benjamin Nathans wins 2025 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction

Nathans, the Alan Charles Kors Endowed Term Professor of History in the School of Arts & Sciences, has taught at Penn since 1998.

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Cesar de law Fuente, middle, between two researchers from his team, standing in their lab.

New AI technique can uncover antiviral compounds using limited data

AI algorithms, when combined with traditional laboratory methods, can uncover promising drug leads against human enterovirus 71.

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How Penn faculty are innovating their assignments

Instructors at Penn are engaging students beyond the traditional essay format or exam.

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From left: Shreya Arya, Miguel Lopez, Rob Ghrist, and Julian Gould

The soul of an artist, the mind of a mathematician

An artist, author, engineer, mathematician, and mentor, PIK Professor in the School of Arts & Sciences and the School of Engineering and Applied Science Robert Ghrist embraces innovation to enrich each of these roles.

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Lauder Class of 2025 graduate showcase

Four Lauder Institute students reflect on their journeys through the Wharton and School of Arts & Sciences joint-degree program, which weds international politics, economics, history, culture, and language.

Students walking under a 2026 balloon banner on Locust Bridge during the Hey Day procession.

Class of 2026 prepares for ‘iconic’ year during annual Hey Day

Marking a 109-year-old tradition, Penn third-year students united to celebrate their rise to fourth-year status.

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Fourth-years Ejun Mary Hong and Jack Nicholas Roney were awarded a 2025 President's Engagement Prize to pursue their PIXEL project. The pair will collaborate to bring art mentorship, creative skill-building, and industry networking opportunities to under-resourced high school students in the greater Philadelphia area.

Empowering high school youth through immersive art mentorship

Penn fourth-years Ejun Mary Hong and Jack Nicholas Roney will use a President’s Engagement Prize to expand their existing initiative dedicated to connecting under-resourced high school students in Philadelphia with art mentorship, creative skill-building, and industry networking opportunities.

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Four headshots of Penn Faculty. Top left tile clockwise: Mark Devlin, Katalin Karikó, E. John Wherry III, and Virginia M.Y. Lee

National Academy of Sciences elects four from Penn

The newly elected members, recognized for their innovative contributions to original research, are Mark Devlin of the School of Arts & Sciences and Katalin Karikó, Virginia Lee, and E. John Wherry III of the Perelman School of Medicine.

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Alice Wu, a Yellow Ribbon award recipient graduating from SP2's Master of Social Work program

Graduating student veteran makes use of a Yellow Ribbon award

Alice Wu, a Navy veteran graduating from the School of Social Policy & Practice in May, used support from the Yellow Ribbon Program to make a principled, impact-driven career change.