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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Francesco Agostinelli Named Janice and Julian Bers Assistant Professor in the Social Sciences

Agostinelli is an empirical microeconomist and a leading scholar in labor economics and the economics of education.

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Paula Fomby Named Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Chair in the Social Sciences

Fomby’s research focuses on children’s well-being and life chances and the way these are shaped by families and social institutions, with particular attention to economic and racialized inequalities.

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Hannah Feldman Named Katherine Stein Sachs, CW’69, and Keith L. Sachs, W’67, Associate Professor of History of Art

Feldman is a leading scholar of contemporary art.

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Dorothy Roberts Named 2024 MacArthur Fellow

Roberts, George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology, was honored for “exposing racial inequities embedded in social service systems and uplifting the experiences of people caught up in them.”

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Jeffrey Kallberg Named Deputy Dean of Penn Arts & Sciences

In this new role, Kallberg will provide additional management of the daily operations of the Dean's office and will represent Dean Fluharty in an official capacity when necessary.

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Douglas Jerolmack Named Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Endowed Term Professor of Earth and Environmental Science

Jerolmack is pioneering the emerging field of “Soft Earth Geophysics.”

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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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