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The Behavioral Economics Theory and Research (BETR) Collective is an emerging student group focused on applying behavioral insights to create community impact

MBDS student group uses behavioral science to develop BETR solutions

This interdisciplinary collab connects local organizations with behavioral insights and plans to launch North America’s first Nudgeathon.

UPenn AMWA is a Pre-Health Programs student group that supports Penn students’ personal and professional development as they become healthcare professionals

Pre-Health Programs student group UPenn AMWA wins 2022-2023 AMWA Premedical Outstanding Branch Award

The award recognizes the group for its series of events that serve the local premed community.

Fundamentals of Sustainability, a course offered through Penn LPS’ Master of Science in Organizational Dynamics, allows students to collaborate, take a stand, and be creative.

Organizational Dynamics course on sustainability allows students to collaborate, take a stand, and be creative

The fall course Fundamentals of Sustainability uses the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals as a frame for learning about sustainable practices and leadership.

Rupika Ketu (MES ’21) leveraged Penn connections and curriculum opportunities, leading to a fulfilling career at the EPA.

Making connections and improving communities

Rupika Ketu (MES ’21) leveraged Penn connections and curriculum opportunities, leading to a fulfilling career at the EPA.

Dr. Martin Seligman of Penn LPS’ Master of Applied Positive Psychology program

Martin Seligman offers catastrophizers ways to build resilience with a more optimistic mindset

Seligman, of the Penn LPS Master of Applied Positive Psychology program, writes about his research and his new book Tomorrowmind for Time Magazine.

photo of Jacqui Sadashige

Fashioning Gender: a course that goes beyond our love affair with clothes

This Master of Liberal Arts course, taught by Jacqui Sadashige, explores why fashion matters and the historical, environmental, and identity-defining aspects of the clothing industry.

Stitching together an ideal curriculum

Stitching together an ideal curriculum

Sustainability design consultant and entrepreneur Ria Sheth (MES ’20) leveraged an individualized concentration to find her passion and forge a path toward a career improving our built environment.

The Art of Relational Skills and Developing Emotional Intelligence Through Art are two courses that challenge students to experience, firsthand, the value of art and creative expression

Art and leadership: Two novel Organizational Dynamics Programs courses bridge interpersonal-skill theory and practice through art experiences

Hear from co-instructors Claudia Tordini and Charline Russo about how art-making develops essential skills for understanding the people side of work.

Sukalpa Basu is an advisor and physics lecturer for the Pre-Health Post-Baccalaureate Programs.

Penn’s Pre-Health Programs recognize award-winning instructor

Meet Dr. Sukalpa Basu, winner of a 2022 Distinguished Teaching Award as well as UPCEA’s 2022 Excellence in Teaching Award for her instruction in Penn’s Pre-Health Programs.

Exuvia tells the story of a teenage girl who finds her growing maturity an increasing obstacle to her closest friendship the summer before high school.

It’s a wrap: This Penn alumna and instructor bring their film collaboration into post-production

Learn how MPhil alumna Andie Tursi and screenwriting instructor Scott Burkhardt turned a workshop assignment into a short film.