LPS

College of Liberal and Professional Studies Names New Executive Director

February 26, 2012 by Margaret Sanborn in LPS, People, Program News

Dr. Dave Bieber has been appointed Executive Director of the College of Liberal and Professional Studies. As Director of LPS Programs in the Natural Sciences for the last four years, he has had responsibility for the Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Health Program as well as four master's degrees, in Environmental Studies, Applied Geosciences, Medical Physics, and Applied Positive Psychology.

Adaptations: The Penn Humanities Forum

February 20, 2012 by Margaret Sanborn in Events, LPS, Penn Humanities Forum, Campus

The Penn Humanities Forum continues its 2011-2012 programming with a lively series of events on Adaptations between the arts, across disciplines, and around the world. Charles Darwin focused the world’s attention on life as a process of adaptation and the unending dance of adjustment and transformation in organisms, species, and environments. But, as the Forum’s organizers point out, adaptation is not limited to the natural sciences; cultural forms would perish if they could not adapt.

Penn Museum First Sunday Series: Settling Down

January 31, 2012 by Margaret Sanborn in Events, Film, LPS, Campus

Settling Down

Sunday, March 4, 2012 - 2:00pm - 3:30pm Rainey Auditorium Penn Museum 3260 South Street

2011 College of Liberal and Professional Studies Graduation Photos

June 2, 2011 by Margaret Sanborn in Events, Graduation, LPS, Photos, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Master of Applied Positive Psychology, Master of Environmental Studies, Program News, Master of Liberal Arts, Master of Medical Physics, Master of Science in Applied Geosciences

Who are all these happy people? They're the newest crop of LPS graduates. The 210 degrees earned in 2011 ranged from the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Fine Arts to Master's degrees in Applied Positive Psychology, Applied Geosciences, Environmental Studies, Medical Physics, and Liberal Arts. Enjoy the memories!

Carol Muller, Professor of Music, Will Address Penn LPS Graduating Class

April 12, 2011 by Margaret Sanborn in Events, LPS, People, Campus, Penn Summer Abroad

Carol Muller, Ph.D., Professor of Music and Senior Ethnomusicologist in the Graduate Anthropology Group at the University of Pennsylvania, will address graduating students at the College of Liberal and Professional Studies Graduation Ceremony on Sunday, May 15, 2011.

A native of South Africa, Dr. Muller earned her Ph.D. at New York University. She is a highly published scholar and specialist in South African music, critical ethnography, comparative religion, gender studies, diaspora, and historiography.