Dean, School of Arts & Sciences, University of Pennsylvania
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Official account of Dean Mark Trodden, Thomas S. Gates Jr. Professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Biologist Joshua Plotkin is bringing fresh, game-theoretic insights into machine learning and artificial intelligence. His research shows how strategy, prediction and evolution converge in surprising ways. @sas.upenn.edu @jplotkin.bsky.social
When Player 2 is AI
Joshua Plotkin, Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor of the Natural Sciences, is working to bring together the fields of game theory and machine learning, in the hopes of discovering new strat...
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November 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Biologist Joshua Plotkin is bringing fresh, game-theoretic insights into machine learning and artificial intelligence. His research shows how strategy, prediction and evolution converge in surprising ways. @sas.upenn.edu @jplotkin.bsky.social
Biologist Joshua Plotkin is bringing fresh, game-theoretic insights into machine learning and artificial intelligence. His research shows how strategy, prediction and evolution converge in surprising ways. @upenn.edu @jplotkin.bsky.social
When Player 2 is AI
Joshua Plotkin, Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor of the Natural Sciences, is working to bring together the fields of game theory and machine learning, in the hopes of discovering new strat...
omnia.sas.upenn.edu
November 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Biologist Joshua Plotkin is bringing fresh, game-theoretic insights into machine learning and artificial intelligence. His research shows how strategy, prediction and evolution converge in surprising ways. @upenn.edu @jplotkin.bsky.social
Congrats to Dorothy Roberts, who was named the 2025 recipient of the Bioethics Founders’ Award by The Hastings Center for Bioethics for her contributions to bioethics and the impact of her research on life sciences, medicine, and policymaking. buff.ly/eQ4GaKd @hastingscenter.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Congrats to Dorothy Roberts, who was named the 2025 recipient of the Bioethics Founders’ Award by The Hastings Center for Bioethics for her contributions to bioethics and the impact of her research on life sciences, medicine, and policymaking. buff.ly/eQ4GaKd @hastingscenter.bsky.social
Great to meet with alumni and students in DC last week and hear 60-second lectures from two Penn undergrads, Leo Solga, C'26, and Sabrina Sangha, C'27. flic.kr/s/aHBqjCzAaG @upenn.edu @sas.upenn.edu
November 4, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Great to meet with alumni and students in DC last week and hear 60-second lectures from two Penn undergrads, Leo Solga, C'26, and Sabrina Sangha, C'27. flic.kr/s/aHBqjCzAaG @upenn.edu @sas.upenn.edu
Congrats to Brighid Dwyer and Shani Saunders in the Office of Academic Excellence and Engagement, who have received Penn’s Local Economic Impact Award. The honor recognizes their efforts in supporting local businesses and enhancing relationships between Penn and the City of Philadelphia. @upenn.edu
Fifth Local Economic Impact Award Goes to Office of Academic Excellence and Engagement
Brighid Dwyer, Vice Dean for Academic Excellence and Engagement and Program Coordinator Shani Saunders, received the honor, which recognizes support for local businesses.
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October 30, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Congrats to Brighid Dwyer and Shani Saunders in the Office of Academic Excellence and Engagement, who have received Penn’s Local Economic Impact Award. The honor recognizes their efforts in supporting local businesses and enhancing relationships between Penn and the City of Philadelphia. @upenn.edu
University Chaplain Chaz Howard, C’00, gives a lot of advice: go to class; do the homework; get some sleep; call your family. But most important: don’t let insecurities or ego keep you from being your best self. @upenn.edu
Insecurity and Ego as a Long Ago College First Year
In this excerpt from his recent book “Uncovering Your Path,” University Chaplain Charles Howard, C’00, shares the emotions he felt during his first days and months as a Penn undergraduate.
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October 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
University Chaplain Chaz Howard, C’00, gives a lot of advice: go to class; do the homework; get some sleep; call your family. But most important: don’t let insecurities or ego keep you from being your best self. @upenn.edu
As part of the new Water-AI Nexus Center of Excellence collaboration, The Water Center at Penn is helping answer key questions around technology and sustainability. @upenn.edu @sas.upenn.edu
Where Water Meets Artificial Intelligence
As part of the new Water-AI Nexus Center of Excellence collaboration, The Water Center at Penn is helping answer key questions around technology and sustainability.
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October 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
As part of the new Water-AI Nexus Center of Excellence collaboration, The Water Center at Penn is helping answer key questions around technology and sustainability. @upenn.edu @sas.upenn.edu
What do street lights, tree cover, and public art have to do with criminology? In a new Ampersand Podcast, I talk with criminologist John MacDonald about crime prevention through design, big data and technology, and how Cambridge inspired a new program at Penn. https://bit.ly/42QX27m @sas.upenn.edu
October 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
What do street lights, tree cover, and public art have to do with criminology? In a new Ampersand Podcast, I talk with criminologist John MacDonald about crime prevention through design, big data and technology, and how Cambridge inspired a new program at Penn. https://bit.ly/42QX27m @sas.upenn.edu
A wonderful turnout at yesterday's 1.5 Minute Climate Lectures as part of Climate Week at Penn. From mapping ocean ice to combating heat islands, faculty delivered talks addressing climate solutions. Watch all of this year's talks: https://bit.ly/46Vsdkf @upenn.edu @sas.upenn.edu
October 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
A wonderful turnout at yesterday's 1.5 Minute Climate Lectures as part of Climate Week at Penn. From mapping ocean ice to combating heat islands, faculty delivered talks addressing climate solutions. Watch all of this year's talks: https://bit.ly/46Vsdkf @upenn.edu @sas.upenn.edu
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With Japan set to potentially select its first woman premier later this month, Penn Today spoke with political scientist and Japan expert Daniel Smith about the expected outcome and what’s next for the country.
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October 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
With Japan set to potentially select its first woman premier later this month, Penn Today spoke with political scientist and Japan expert Daniel Smith about the expected outcome and what’s next for the country.
Read More: https://bit.ly/43afZlu
Read More: https://bit.ly/43afZlu
Join the School of Arts and Sciences for a pizza and conversation on 10/16 at noon. Tulia Faleti and Letícia Marteleto will speak on "Dispossessions and Disparities Across Latin America" in a discussion moderated by Brighid Dwyer, Vice Dean for Academic Excellence and Engagement. buff.ly/lXWk8Iq
October 14, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Join the School of Arts and Sciences for a pizza and conversation on 10/16 at noon. Tulia Faleti and Letícia Marteleto will speak on "Dispossessions and Disparities Across Latin America" in a discussion moderated by Brighid Dwyer, Vice Dean for Academic Excellence and Engagement. buff.ly/lXWk8Iq
So great to meet with alumns in LA last month for Ben Talks: Art & Artifacts Society, with inspiring conversations on how art, media, and history shape our shared stories. The evening was a perfect example of Penn Arts & Sciences' scholarship in action. @sas.upenn.edu
A Conversation about Art Artifacts and Society
At the year’s first Ben Talks, which took place in Los Angeles in September, alums heard a faculty panel discuss the evolution of printing technologies, art as a nuanced archive of sexuality, memory c...
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October 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
So great to meet with alumns in LA last month for Ben Talks: Art & Artifacts Society, with inspiring conversations on how art, media, and history shape our shared stories. The evening was a perfect example of Penn Arts & Sciences' scholarship in action. @sas.upenn.edu
We all have theories about why we are the way we are. But for psychologists, this becomes a scientific exploration. In my third episode of the Ampersand Podcast, I discuss this connection between self and subject with Associate Professor of Psychology Rebecca Waller. buff.ly/CR4LFH7 @sas.upenn.edu
October 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
We all have theories about why we are the way we are. But for psychologists, this becomes a scientific exploration. In my third episode of the Ampersand Podcast, I discuss this connection between self and subject with Associate Professor of Psychology Rebecca Waller. buff.ly/CR4LFH7 @sas.upenn.edu
Big news from History: Congrats to Marcy Norton, who was awarded the WHA Bentley Book Prize for "The Tame and the Wild: People and Animals after 1492" and Sophie Rosenfeld, who was shortlisted for the Cundill History Prize for “The Age of Choice: A History of Freedom in Modern Life."
October 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Big news from History: Congrats to Marcy Norton, who was awarded the WHA Bentley Book Prize for "The Tame and the Wild: People and Animals after 1492" and Sophie Rosenfeld, who was shortlisted for the Cundill History Prize for “The Age of Choice: A History of Freedom in Modern Life."
Additional congrats to Ben Nathans for his book “To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement.” After winning the Pulitzer Prize earlier this year, it was recently shortlisted for the Cundill History Prize and won two book prizes from ASEES.
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Benjamin Nathans Honored with Two Awards from ASEEES
In addition to winning the Pulitzer Prize, the Alan Charles Kors Term Associate Professor of History continues to receive praise for To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet…
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October 2, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Additional congrats to Ben Nathans for his book “To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement.” After winning the Pulitzer Prize earlier this year, it was recently shortlisted for the Cundill History Prize and won two book prizes from ASEES.
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Across the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities, Penn Arts & Sciences is building the knowledge base essential to a healthier future. Check out our new Health @ SAS site for a comprehensive look: health.sas.upenn.edu @upenn.edu @sas.upenn.edu
Health Hub | Penn Arts & Sciences
Highlighting the myriad lenses that faculty from across Penn Arts & Sciences are using to study health.
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September 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Across the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities, Penn Arts & Sciences is building the knowledge base essential to a healthier future. Check out our new Health @ SAS site for a comprehensive look: health.sas.upenn.edu @upenn.edu @sas.upenn.edu
A pair of gifts from Julie Beren Platt and Marc E. Platt will establish an endowed professorship and create a program fund for graduate support in the Jewish Studies Program that will advance scholarship, community engagement, and global impact.
Two leadership gifts elevate Jewish Studies at Penn Arts & Sciences | Penn Today
A pair of gifts from Julie Beren Platt and Marc E. Platt will establish an endowed professorship and create a program fund for graduate support in the Jewish Studies Program that will advance…
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September 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
A pair of gifts from Julie Beren Platt and Marc E. Platt will establish an endowed professorship and create a program fund for graduate support in the Jewish Studies Program that will advance scholarship, community engagement, and global impact.
“Is there anything in the Constitution too sacred to change? That, if we changed it, we’d lose the spirit of America?” In a special edition of 60-Second Lectures marking Constitution Day 2025, faculty experts answer this student’s question and more in a conversation moderated by Dean Peter Struck.
60-Second Lectures: The Constitution at 238
Penn Arts & Sciences faculty mark Constitution Day 2025 by sharing diverse outlooks and expertise on the supreme law shaping the United States before joining…
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September 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
“Is there anything in the Constitution too sacred to change? That, if we changed it, we’d lose the spirit of America?” In a special edition of 60-Second Lectures marking Constitution Day 2025, faculty experts answer this student’s question and more in a conversation moderated by Dean Peter Struck.
What role does higher ed play in a democracy? In this Ampersand Podcast, historian Sophia Rosenfeld and I talk about the humanities, democracy, and how studying the history of choice can help students think critically about the hidden assumptions that shape their worlds. https://bit.ly/4mB5izg
September 25, 2025 at 12:23 AM
What role does higher ed play in a democracy? In this Ampersand Podcast, historian Sophia Rosenfeld and I talk about the humanities, democracy, and how studying the history of choice can help students think critically about the hidden assumptions that shape their worlds. https://bit.ly/4mB5izg
With grateful thanks to alumna Louise A. Strauss, I’m pleased to share that a $21 million gift from her estate will provide major support to the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, as well as the Rare Judaica Acquisitions Endowment Fund in Penn Libraries. bit.ly/4pqTtOL
September 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
With grateful thanks to alumna Louise A. Strauss, I’m pleased to share that a $21 million gift from her estate will provide major support to the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, as well as the Rare Judaica Acquisitions Endowment Fund in Penn Libraries. bit.ly/4pqTtOL
Congratulations to Joseph Francisco on winning this year’s Pauling Medal in honor of his groundbreaking work into the chemistry of Earth’s atmosphere. buff.ly/wHy3OrN @upenn.edu @pennchemistry.bsky.social @sas.upenn.edu
September 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Congratulations to Joseph Francisco on winning this year’s Pauling Medal in honor of his groundbreaking work into the chemistry of Earth’s atmosphere. buff.ly/wHy3OrN @upenn.edu @pennchemistry.bsky.social @sas.upenn.edu
It was great meeting with students, faculty, and staff from Penn Arts & Sciences at the Meet the Dean events this past week. Thanks to all who attended, and I’m looking forward to more opportunities to connect and learn from our School community. @upenn.edu @sas.upenn.edu
September 13, 2025 at 7:58 PM
It was great meeting with students, faculty, and staff from Penn Arts & Sciences at the Meet the Dean events this past week. Thanks to all who attended, and I’m looking forward to more opportunities to connect and learn from our School community. @upenn.edu @sas.upenn.edu
Dean Peter Struck and I discuss the Roman roots of the liberal arts tradition, how AI is changing the college experience, and charting curriculum for the 21st century in the new Ampersand podcast. Listen to full episode here: https://bit.ly/42prYev @upenn.edu @sas.upenn.edu
September 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Dean Peter Struck and I discuss the Roman roots of the liberal arts tradition, how AI is changing the college experience, and charting curriculum for the 21st century in the new Ampersand podcast. Listen to full episode here: https://bit.ly/42prYev @upenn.edu @sas.upenn.edu
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For their Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program project, Nihar Ballamudi, C'26, and Chinmay Govind, ENG'27, leveraged AI to locate and census whales. The study may inform policy measures that help to improve protections for whale populations worldwide. @pennengineering.bsky.social
Students use machine learning to track and protect whale populations | Penn Today
For their Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program project, Chinmay Govind and Nihar Ballamudi leveraged AI to locate and census whales. The study may inform policy measures that help to improve ...
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September 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
For their Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program project, Nihar Ballamudi, C'26, and Chinmay Govind, ENG'27, leveraged AI to locate and census whales. The study may inform policy measures that help to improve protections for whale populations worldwide. @pennengineering.bsky.social
Congratulations to Charles Kane on receiving the 2025 Lorentz Medal awarded by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences! @upenn.edu
Penn physicist Charles Kane to receive the 2025 Lorentz Medal | Penn Today
Awarded every four years by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, the medal honors Kane’s pioneering research on topological insulators.
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September 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Congratulations to Charles Kane on receiving the 2025 Lorentz Medal awarded by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences! @upenn.edu