The Graduate Division

The Graduate Division is the home of doctoral programs in the arts and sciences at Penn, with more than 30 graduate groups spanning the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.

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.

A Variety of Paths

Our doctoral students represent the next generation of scholars and leaders of academia, as well as experts who will apply their advanced training in a wide variety of professions.

Grad Ben Talks

Build your professional portfolio at Grad Ben Talks, an afternoon of TED Talk-style presentations by Penn Arts and Sciences graduate students.

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Grad Ben Talks

Recently, Penn Arts and Sciences presented the 2018 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 selected winners in each of the four categories. There was also an Audience Choice Winner selected by online votes.

Watch the winning presentations

Arts & Sciences News

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A Global Rhodes for Penn

Senior Adamseged Abebe of Gondar, Ethiopia, has been awarded an inaugural Global Rhodes Scholarship for graduate study at the University of Oxford. Abebe is one of two inaugural Global Rhodes Scholars chosen from countries around the world.

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Three Penn Arts and Sciences Faculty Receive Awards From American Physical Society

Three Penn Arts and Sciences researchers have been awarded prizes by the American Physical Society (APS). The recipients are Zahra Fakhraai, Associate Professor and Graduate Chair in Chemistry; Marsha I. Lester, Edmund J. Kahn Distinguished Professor in Chemistry; and Abraham Nitzan, Donner Professor of Physical Sciences and Professor of Chemistry.

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Senior Anea Moore, 2019 Rhodes Scholar, will pursue a DPhil at Oxford.

College Senior Anea Moore Is Penn's Newest Rhodes Scholar

College senior Anea Moore has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship for graduate study at the University of Oxford. Considered one of the most prestigious academic honors, the Rhodes is highly competitive.

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Dry Conditions May Have Helped a New Type of Plant Gain a Foothold on Earth

Biologists in the School of Arts and Sciences paired physiological models with paleoclimate data to trace the evolution and expansion of C4 plants.

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Department of History Appoints Two Endowed Professors

Antonio Feros, Professor of History, has been appointed Rose Family Endowed Term Professor of History, and Roquinaldo Ferreira joins Penn as the Henry Charles Lea Professor of History.

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David Brainard Appointed Associate Dean for the Natural Sciences

David Brainard, RRL Professor of Psychology, has been appointed Associate Dean for the Natural Sciences in School of Arts and Sciences, effective January 1, 2019.

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