BEN Talks 2024 comes to Palo Alto and Santa Monica

At two events, Penn Arts & Sciences faculty discuss resilience in the age of climate change.

Deconstructing the structural elements of a lesser-known microbe

Research led by Mecky Pohlschröder of the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Arts & Sciences has uncovered key insights into the molecular machinery that determines archaea’s morphology. The findings were published in the journal Nature Communications.

Jess Wojick wins the "Natural Sciences" category for Penn Grad Talks

Penn Grad Talks is a day of TED Talk-style presentations by Penn Arts & Sciences graduate students representing the Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, and Professional Master’s prog

OMNIA shines a spotlight on the "Plant Group" in the Biology Dept

Within the Department of Biology, the self-described “plant group” is employing cutting-edge techniques to explore everything from cancer and developmental biology to how agricultural crops might withstand a changing climate.

Erol Akçay and Marco Smolla publish research about social networks

Erol Akçay and Marco Smolla wanted to understand how social networks and cumulative culture—the breadth of and proficiency in socially learned skills—co-evolve. They published their findings in Evolutionary Human Sciences.