About SAS Frontiers

As the intellectual core of one of the nation's top research universities, the School of Arts and Sciences of the University of Pennsylvania makes vital contributions to advancing the frontiers of knowledge. In a range of endeavors - from groundbreaking faculty research to student internships that have an impact on communities the world over - SAS is helping to further understanding, tackling new challenges and providing tools to make life better.

SAS Frontiers reports on the research and creative accomplishments of SAS faculty and students at the front lines of discovery. Stories archived under Art deal with the humanities; the Society archive contains stories related to social science; and the Nature archive reports on research in the natural sciences.

We hope you enjoy these dispatches from the ever-expanding frontiers of research and scholarship at the School of Arts and Sciences.