Academics
There’s always something new going on at Penn’s four undergraduate schools and 12 graduate schools. Look here for information on upcoming academic initiatives, new classes and research conducted by professors and students.
'Fostering' knowledge about child welfare
The Child Well-Being and Welfare specialization at SP2, which will enroll its first class this fall, will train students in a yearlong program to work with children in foster care.Penn Wharton China Center to be a research and career hub
The Center's permanent location will open in July 2015Senior named Gates Cambridge Scholar
The scholarship will cover the cost of the tuition for her master’s degree and provide her with additional money for living expenses.
SCUE's new chair discusses agenda
The Student Committee on Undergraduate Education elected Luis Siegmund as its new chair. He discussed the body’s plans to connect Penn students.
New learning initiative to focus on active problem solving
Structured, Active, In-Class, Learning aims to bring more student discussion and participation to the current class structure by making lectures “active” instead of “passive”.
Q&A with Graduate School of Education professor Howard Stevenson
According to Stevenson, students whose families talk to them about race tend to do better when faced with rejection because of their racial background.Positive academic environment reduces use of narcotics, researchers say
The DP sat down with researcher Dan Romero, of the Annenberg School of Communications to discuss his results on the relationship between the academic environment and the use of narcotics such as tobacco and marijuana.UA discusses possible new pre-orientation program
During this week’s meeting, the UA delved on the prospect of a new research-oriented pre-orientation program: also discussed was the creation of a new mental health forum and the new “Got Consent?” campaign.GSE opens Center for Minority Serving Institutions
Recently opened Center for Minority Serving Institutions is the first of its kind.
Penn's Art and Culture Initiative increases pool of arts majors
Dean of the Office of Admissions attributes an increase of 25 percent in the potential art majors to Penn’s new “Arts and Culture Initiative” program.
Penn ranks world's top think tanks
Penn’s Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program released its annual think tank rankings on Wednesday.Penn senior wins Churchill research scholarship
Penn senior, Sarah Foster, plans to finish her triple major at Penn and continue her scholarly pursuits on the Churchill Scholarship.Penn researchers propose faster computer
Put down your smart phone. The next big thing in computer science is analog computing.Former Wharton vice dean to leave Penn
Georgette Phillips will become the dean of Lehigh University’s business school effective July 1.Students advance petition for dance credit
Several professors and the petition’s leader said that the plan to create these types of classes needs to be made more concrete before they can be successfully implemented in the curriculum.
Penn libraries receive a collection of books on Japanese art and culture
The gift of more than 1,300 books came from Shirley and Marilyn Luber, wife and daughter of the late 1940 Wharton graduate and renowned Philadelphia art collector Gilbert Luber.Penn study finds too many images hurt purchase intent
A recent study published in the Journal of Consumer Research shows that while images of products appeal to online shoppers, customers are likely to decide against a purchase if they are overwhelmed by too many images.Research suggests memories are linked to locations
Penn professor Michael Kahana’s research found a link between episodic memory, “what happened when,” with spatial memory, or “what happened where.”
Writer of Friday Night Lights to speak and teach at the Kelly Writers House
The Fellows program brings three distinguished writers, or “fellows,” to Penn’s campus every spring. The program includes a class, known as the Fellows seminar, and a public reading.