Penn Arts & Sciences

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Penn Arts & Sciences is honoring its graduates with virtual celebrations in May. Information and links are below:

College of Arts & Sciences

Sunday, May 17, 7 p.m. EDT
Class of 2020 Speaker: Lucy Hu, C’20
Speaker: Emily Wilson, College for Women Class of 1963 Term Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Classical Studies
For more information, visit Salute to the College Class of 2020.

Graduate Division

Monday, May 18, 1 p.m. EDT
Speaker: Bhuvnesh Jain, Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Natural Sciences
For more information, visit the Graduate Division graduation page.

College of Liberal & Professional Studies

Sunday, May 17, 4 p.m. EDT
Speaker: Al Filreis, Kelly Family Professor of English
For more information, visit the College of Liberal & Professional Studies graduation page.

For information on the University Commencement, visit https://commencement.upenn.edu/.

 

Arts & Sciences News

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Fourteen from Penn Arts & Sciences Receive Fulbrights for 2025-26 Academic Year

They will conduct research, pursue graduate degrees, or teach English in places including Thailand, Austria, Indonesia, Moldova, and many other places.

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Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw Named James and Nan Wagner Farquhar Professor of History of Art

Shaw’s main areas of research include portraiture and issues of representation in the art of the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean, from the 1500s to the present day.

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Hanming Fang Named Inaugural Norman C. Grosman Professor of Economics

An applied microeconomist who integrates rigorous modeling with data analysis, Fang’s research within the field of public economics focuses on health insurance and healthcare markets.

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Xi Song Named Inaugural Schiffman Family Presidential Associate Professor of Sociology

Song’s research interests include social mobility, occupations, Asian Americans, population studies, and quantitative methodology.

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Julie Nelson Davis Named Paul F. Miller, Jr. and E. Warren Shafer Miller Professor of History of Art

Davis specializes in the arts and material cultures of 18th- and 19th-century Japan, with a focus on prints, paintings, and illustrated books.

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Justin Khoury Named Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor of Physics and Astronomy

Khoury’s research interests lie at the intersection of particle physics and cosmology.

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