We’re the Graduate Division

Home to more than 30 graduate groups spanning the humanities and social and natural sciences, the Graduate Division at Penn Arts & Sciences is here to support your research.

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At the Frontiers

Our graduate groups offer a rigorous education, guiding students as they pursue advanced research and begin to make their own original contributions at the frontiers of knowledge.

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News & Announcements

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2022 Dissertation Completion Fellowship Recipients

The Graduate Division extends its congratulations to the recipients of 2022's Dissertation Completion Fellowships. As the name implies, the Dissertation Completion Fellowship is intended for students who will complete their dissertations during the fellowship year.

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2022-23 Dean's Teaching Fellows for Excellence

The School of Arts and Sciences is pleased to announce that the four students below have been selected as Dean’s Fellows for Teaching Excellence. These fellowships support recent SAS Ph.D.

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2022-23 Center for Teaching and Learning SAS Graduate Fellows for Inclusive and Equitable Teaching

This fellowship program recognizes SAS graduate students who are dedicated to inclusion and equity in their teaching.

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Graduate Division 2022 Commencement Ceremony

The Graduate Division's August, December, and May graduates walked in the first in-person commencement ceremony since 2019 on May 13, 2022.

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Graduate Division Spring 2022 Graduation Ceremony

Penn Arts & Sciences formally invites you to watch the Graduate Division Graduation Ceremony via livestream.

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2022 Penn Grad Talks

Penn Arts & Sciences congratulates and thanks all of the 2022 Penn Grad Talks participants.

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Graduate Groups

Learn about our 31 graduate groups in the humanities and social and natural sciences.

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Grad Students in the News

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The Game of Politics

Alex Tolkin, a joint doctoral student in political science and communication, studies how media coverage that compares politics to sports shapes political attitudes and general worldviews.

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Who, What, Why: Max Johnson Dugan’s research on halal food

A doctoral candidate in religious studies, Dugan focuses on halal consumption: ‘What we make, what we wear, what sort of things that we eat, what we do with our bodies.

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Beneath The Surface

Nakul Deshpande, doctoral student in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science, demonstrates how soil “creeps” unbeknownst to the naked eye.

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The Fossil Hunter

Claire Conklin Sabel, a doctoral student in Penn’s History and Sociology of Science department, uncovers the findings of 18th-century amateur naturalist Elizabeth Thomas, along with artist and illustrator Alix Pentecost-Farren, who brings Thomas’ work to life.

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Hajer Al-Faham finds American Muslims are under watch, even in research

The doctoral candidate in political science, finds that disproportionate surveillance of American Muslims stifles academic research.

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Stark, Haunting, Elegant

James Diaz, a Ph.D. student studying composition in the Department of Music, discusses his award-winning work.

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Penn Grad Talks

Each year, Penn Arts and Sciences presents Penn Grad Talks (formerly Grad Ben Talks): an afternoon of TED Talk-style presentations by graduate students representing the Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, and Professional Master’s programs. Judges select winners in each of the four categories. There is also an Audience Choice Winner selected by online votes.

Watch the 2022 presentations