Penn Arts & Sciences

06/01/2026

Matthew Levendusky, Professor of Political Science and Communication and Chair in the Institutions of Democracy at the Annenberg Public Policy Center, discusses a new poll conducted by the center that finds Americans are pessimistic about the impact of AI.

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The KYW Newsradio All-Local: Thursday, May 14, 2026 (morning edition): Democrats and Republicans disagree on many things, but one issue on which they concur is that the government needs to do more to regulate Artificial Intelligence. ****** Police in South Jersey are warning of a recent uptick in ve...

05/31/2026

The new book ‘Side Effects: The Social Ecology of Adverse Drug Reactions,’ by sociologist Jason Schnittker and former Ph.D. student Duy Do, makes the case that side effects are a product of social, cultural, and institutional forces.

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The new book “Side Effects: The Social Ecology of Adverse Drug Reactions,” by sociologist Jason Schnittker and former Ph.D. student Duy Do, makes the case that side effects are a product of social, cultural, and institutional forces.

05/30/2026

Graduate and undergraduate students in Alissa Jordan’s filmmaking course partnered with community organizations to create five short films that touch on education, archiving, and grassroots organizing in Germantown, Northeast Philadelphia, and West Philadelphia.

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Graduate and undergraduate students in Alissa Jordan’s course partnered with community organizations to create five short films that touch on education, archiving, and grassroots organizing in Germantown, Northeast Philadelphia, and West Philadelphia.

05/29/2026

Nakeeya Garland, C’21, and Khristina Spence, C’21, reflected on the friendship they built through the Center for Africana Studies Summer Institute before arriving on campus—a bond that continued throughout their Penn journey and beyond.

Visit our Penn Back Then archive and listen to more Penn Arts & Sciences alumni stories from Alumni Weekend 2026: https://buff.ly/eJMohLn

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05/28/2026

What was your journey through Penn Arts & Sciences? An interactive thread map as part of our new Ampersand project, gave alums the chance to map their journeys through the College of Arts & Sciences, from majors, minors, and graduation years, to their career fields during Alumni Weekend.

Learn more about Ampersand, a project that explores what’s possible when learning crosses boundaries and perspectives intersect. https://bit.ly/4dBJySD

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05/28/2026

This year marked the 15th anniversary of the Natives at Penn annual powwow. Co-founders Megan Red Shirt-Shaw, C’11, and Paul Garr, C’10, celebrated the milestone and the tradition of Native fellowship, community building, and education.

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This year marked the 15th anniversary of the Natives at Penn annual powwow. Co-founders Megan Red Shirt-Shaw, C’11, and Paul Garr, C’10, celebrated the milestone and the tradition of Native fellowship, community building, and education.

05/27/2026

A roundup of the latest awards and honors for several faculty members and graduate students across various Penn Schools. https://buff.ly/qm2m0qh

A roundup of the latest awards and honors for several faculty members and graduate students across various Penn Schools.

05/27/2026

During this year’s Alumni Weekend, alums heard from Dean Mark Trodden and took selfies at VLEST, charted their Penn path on our string map, picked up major buttons at the Penn Arts & Sciences booth on College Green, shared with us their Penn Back Then stories, and so much more. https://buff.ly/uy9T6He

During this year’s Alumni Weekend, alums heard from Dean Mark Trodden and took selfies at VLEST, charted their Penn path on our string map, picked up major buttons at the Penn Arts & Sciences booth on College Green, shared with us their Penn Back Then stories, and so much more.

05/26/2026

Maria Balhara, a third-year student majoring in philosophy of science in the College of Arts & Sciences, has been named a 2026 Udall Scholar by the Morris K. Udall and Stewart I. Udall Foundation. https://buff.ly/bTTNY2i

Maria Balhara is majoring in philosophy of science in the College of Arts & Sciences.

05/26/2026

Anya Draves, C’26, explores how we can harness the power of artificial intelligence to remove carbon from the atmosphere or capture it before it’s even released. https://buff.ly/wee2rjA

Anya Draves, C’26, explores how we can harness the power of artificial intelligence to remove carbon from the atmosphere or capture it before it’s even released.