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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Statement from Steven J. Fluharty, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania

Update on Robert Schuyler

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Roger Allen Wins Lifetime Achievement Award

The Professor Emeritus of Arabic and Comparative Literature received the Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation and International Understanding.

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Anthea Butler Project Receives a $1 Million Grant From the Henry Luce Foundation

Butler co-directs the project with scholars from Princeton University and Washington University in St. Louis.

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Melissa Sanchez Receives MLA Recognition

Her book received an honorable mention for the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Comparative Literary Studies.

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Two From Penn Arts & Sciences Named 2020 Schwarzman Scholars

Yixi (Cecilia) Wang, C’20, W’20, and Annie Sun, C’19, have received the Schwarzman Scholarship, which funds a one-year master’s degree in global affairs at Tsinghua University in Beijing.

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Simone White Named Stephen M. Gorn Family Assistant Professor

Simone White has been named the Stephen M. Gorn Family Assistant Professor of English.

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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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