College of Arts & Sciences The Graduate Division Professional and Liberal Education
May 2013 Issue
Is Cinema Dead? Define Dead. And While You’re at It, Define Cinema.
Scholars, critics, and industry professionals gather at a Penn conference to discuss new crossroads for cinema and cinema studies.
Meta Mazaj, senior lecturer in Cinema Studies at the School of Arts and Sciences, acknowledges that the film community as a whole tends perhaps more than a little toward anxious self-reflection.
The Politics of Print
English doctoral candidate Marissa Nicosia explores historical literary genres.
Have you ever been sucked into reading the tabloids while waiting in line at the grocery store? Fifth-year English doctoral candidate Marissa Nicosia reads them, too—but the ones she’s looking at are from the 17th century.
Video: A Missed Metaphor
Senior Geena Ianni finds an overlooked language deficit in some brain injury survivors.
Imagine that your friend told you his heart had been broken, and you thought he needed a cardiologist.
Classroom Dynamics
Professor of Sociology Grace Kao studies the immigrant experience and its effect on educational outcomes.
Study hard and you’ll succeed—seems simple enough. When viewed through the eyes of a sociologist, however, it’s a gross simplification.
High Speed Chemistry
Penn Chemistry breaks new ground with High Throughput Experimentation lab expansion.
From what is affectionately referred to as “the pit”—the basement level of the Roy and Diana Vagelos Laboratories—top Penn chemistry professors and administrators, alongside their Merck and Co., Inc.