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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Max Cavitch Receives Excellence in Journalism Prize

Cavitch was recognized for his blog, “Psyche on Campus.” which focuses on "teaching psychoanalysis in the undergraduate classroom (and beyond)."

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Senior Vikram Balasubramanian Receives George J. Mitchell Scholarship

The scholarship covers a year of postgraduate study in Ireland or Northern Ireland.

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Barri Joyce Gold Awarded BSLS Prize for Best Book in Literature and Science

The book not only explores the way the novel is implicated in creating our ecology-breaking culture, but also how we may draw on it to reimagine our historically vexed relationship to the natural world.

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Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Adds Director of Science Outreach Initiative

Julee Farley will lead efforts to expand access to science education and careers in STEM.

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Michael E. Mann Honored With Stroud Award for Freshwater Excellence

Mann's research interests include the study of Earth’s climate system and the science, impacts, and policy implications of human-caused climate change.

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Faculty Named Ivy Plus Provost Leadership Fellows

The fellows will participate in the 2022-2023 Institute on Inquiry, Equity, and Leadership of the Faculty Advancement Network.

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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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