Psychology majors conduct research on a tropical isle. Peter Nichols
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Penn medical anthropologist Philippe Bourgois and UC grad student Jeff Schonberg study the lives of homeless heroin addicts in San Francisco. Peter Nichols
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College senior Joshua Bennett mines the richness of spoken word poetry. Priya Ratneshwar
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Recent College graduate Oscar Benitez sheds light on the economy of Mexican business ownership in South Philadelphia. Priya Ratneshwar
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Penn psychologists identify neural correlates of visual and verbal cognitive styles. B. Davin Stengel
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A new book by historian Steven Hahn takes up the hidden history of African American politics and the politics of writing history. Peter Nichols
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Scientist Sarah Tishkoff pulls together a database of African populations—one DNA sample at a time. Peter Nichols
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Undergraduate Samantha Cox takes a new look at museum specimens using CT scan technology. Priya Ratneshwar
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Historian Kathleen Brown's new book examines the evolution of body care in early America. B. Davin Stengel
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Penn political science faculty members weigh in on the new president’s challenges and opportunities for U.S. foreign policy. B. Davin Stengel
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Undergraduate Brooke Palmieri curates exhibit about the places in which we read. Peter Nichols
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American Historian Bruce Kuklick shares his thoughts on this inaugural moment. B. Davin Stengel
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Technology Historian Nathan Ensmenger checks the pulse of the e-health revolution. B. Davin Stengel
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College of Arts and Sciences students discuss their research projects at the 2008 Family Weekend Research Poster Session. Priya Ratneshwar and Peter Nichols
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Faculty members from the Department of Political Science discuss the historical results - and significance - of the 2008 Presidential election. Read more...

Undergraduate Lavanya Madhusudan explores the connection between malnutrition and women's welfare in India. Priya Ratneshwar
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Graduate student Stephan Zink sees history rising from the ruins. B. Davin Stengel
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Political scientist Don Kettl answers questions about the candidates' experience and the challenges they face. Priya Ratneshwar
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Cosmologist Mark Devlin builds a telescope that floats to the edge of space. Read more...

Grad student Roger Turner explores the surprising connection between comic books, military training and the TV weather report. Read more...

Biologist Dorothy Cheney and psychologist Robert Seyfarth explore the intelligence underlying baboons' social organization. Read more...

Undergraduate Rebecca Sternschein traces the brain circuitry of art appreciation. Read more...

Listen to a track from Y the Q?, the debut album from music historian Guthrie Ramsey’s jazz ensemble, MusiQologY. Read more...

Biologist Dan Janzen discusses the beautiful caterpillars, butterflies and moths of the Costa Rican forests. Read more...

Undergraduate Research in the School of Arts and Sciences

Every year, Penn undergraduates carry out research projects in fields and subjects across the arts and sciences. "These are the most profound and meaningful experiences of their undergraduate days," reports College dean Dennis DeTurck. Read more...

For his Ph.D. dissertation, Jamie Bedison hiked into the Adirondack Mountains to study how pollution and global warming are affecting the forests there. Read more...