LPS News

LPS students and alumni joined The Water Center at Penn’s annual Careers in the Water Industry event

LPS students and alumni joined The Water Center at Penn’s annual Careers in the Water Industry event

The event brings together water industry professionals and academics with students interested in water-related careers to discuss opportunities and challenges in the sector.

An illustration of a woman in a kerchief and apron feeding animals coming out of a wooden chest

Why are we bewitched? LPS’ Dr. Kris Rabberman stirs up the spellbinding history of witches and why they still charm us today

Dr. Rabberman chats with Omnia about her course Witchcraft and Gender in the Early Modern World and the positive and negative images of witches that persist in our culture.

LPS takes action in the seventh annual Climate Week at Penn

LPS takes action in the seventh annual Climate Week at Penn

LPS students joined the campus community in climate-focused activities and interdisciplinary discussions about the climate crisis and productive climate action.

Maya Halma (Master of Environmental Studies ’26)

Motivating climate action through climate communication

Maya Halma (MES ’26) came to Penn to follow a passion for the environment and apply her communication skills to moving the needle on climate action. Today she is research and communications specialist at The Water Center at Penn.

Students gather at The Lawn as LPS Gov kicks off the academic year with a fall mixer.

Summer Is Still in the Air: LPS Gov Gathers to Build Community

LPS Gov kicked off its first event of the academic year with a fall mixer that brought together more than 80 graduate students from across 10 LPS graduate programs.

Sampling College—and the Future—with Penn Summer Academies

Sampling College—and the Future—with Penn Summer Academies

Summer academies at Penn offer high school students the chance to immerse themselves in niche subject areas. For some, the experience can be life changing.

Organizational Dynamics at Penn

Building a Pracademic Toolkit: Organizational Dynamics at Penn

Organizational Dynamics Programs at Penn encourage their students—often mid-career professionals—to see themselves as pracademics, or professionals who successfully bridge rigorous research and everyday practice.

Claire Marrazzo Greenwood

Organizational Dynamics Programs alum launches a new initiative to bring business to Philadelphia

For Claire Marrazzo Greenwood (MSOD ’08), building trust and relationships is at the center of the new business coalition she leads to bring quality jobs to Greater Philadelphia.

Pen campus

Fall 2026 Penn LPS events and information sessions announced

The faculty and staff of the College of Liberal and Professional Studies invite you to join us for our upcoming fall information sessions and program events.

Erica Higa

Turning trash into treasure

Applying her engineering and environmental sustainability experience, Erica Higa (BSE ’18, MES ’25) is making an impact in the waste and resource recovery sector.