University of Pennsylvania - School of Arts & Sciences

College of Arts & Sciences

The undergraduate division of Penn Arts and Sciences, the College is the academic home for more than 6,200 students and provides a liberal arts foundation for all Penn's undergraduates. Spanning more than 50 majors and 2,000+ courses, the College offers a unique take on the classic liberal arts education.

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Graduate Division

The home of doctoral programs in the arts and sciences, with more than 30 graduate groups that award the Ph.D., as well as a number of programs leading to the degrees of Master of Arts, Master of Science, and Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.).

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College of Liberal and Professional Studies

LPS is the home of lifelong learning at Penn, with options for high school, undergraduate, post-baccalaureate, graduate, summer, and online studies as well as customizable professional training with courses that span across disciplines.

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Arts & Sciences News

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I. Joseph Kroll Named Fay R. and Eugene L. Langberg Professor of Physics and Astronomy

Kroll’s research is in accelerator-based experimental particle physics, and he has worked on the study of proton-proton collisions, proton-antiproton collisions, and electron-positron collisions. 

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Anna Papafragou Named Fellow of Cognitive Science Society

The honor recognizes individuals whose research has “exhibited sustained excellence and had sustained impact on the Cognitive Science community.”

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Nancy Bonini Receives International Prize for ALS Innovation

Bonini, Florence R.C. Murray Professor of Biology, and colleagues were honored with the Sean M. Healey International Prize for their discovery that “nucleotide-repeat expansions can cause ALS, revealing disease mechanisms and therapeutic targets.”

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Errol Lord Honored for Epistemology Paper

The Professor of Philosophy received the Sanders Prize in Epistemology for his paper “Aestheticizing Epistemology.”

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Ryan Hynd Gives Prestigious Lecture

The Professor of Mathematics delivered the MAA-SIAM-AMS Hrabowski-Gates-Tapia-McBay (HGTM) Lecture in honor of his work to make the field more inclusive.

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Christopher P. Atwood Named Presidential Distinguished Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations

Atwood’s research focuses on the Mongols, the Mongol empire, and role of Inner Asian peoples—Mongols, Manchus, and others, in the history of China.

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Penn Arts & Sciences is uniquely positioned to provide creative responses to some of today’s greatest challenges, like a changing climate, technologies like AI, healthcare, and an evolving democracy. Introducing the School’s four priority hubs.

Climate at SAS AI at SAS 
Health at SAS   Democracy at SAS

Omnia

Omnia, the premier publication for all things Penn Arts & Sciences, features a diverse array of faculty, students, and alumni who are blazing trails on a global level.

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