UNDERGRADUATE Undergraduate Programs Undergraduate GRADUATE Graduate Programs link FACULTY Faculty Faculty History and Sociology of Science Uniquely InterdisciplinaryOur faculty uses the tools of the humanities and social sciences to study science, technology, medicine, and the environment. Learn More HSS News Professor Elly Truitt's Class Featured in Penn Today April 29, 2025 Read More Koyna Tomar recipient of the 2025 Stallybrass Prize in the History of Material Texts in the Graduate category! April 24, 2025 Read More HSOC Senior Rashmi Acharya Among Recipients of the 2025 President's Engagement Prizes April 22, 2025 Read More HSOC senior Sade Taiwo Awarded 2025 Sachs Program for Arts Innovation Student Grant April 15, 2025 Read More The Washington Post Features Jason Chernesky's (HSSC class of 2020) Federal Workforce Oral History Initiative March 28, 2025 Read More Professor M. Susan Lindee among Five at Penn Elected as 2024 American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows March 27, 2025 Read More Sam Franz named as the 2025-26 CBI Tomash Fellow at the Charles Babbage Institute! March 24, 2025 Read More Anna Mueser is the recipient of a High Meadows Postdoctoral Fellowship at Princeton University! March 19, 2025 Read More Congratulations to our 2025 Dean's Scholars! March 19, 2025 Read More HSS Faculty Participate in Feb. 25 Panel Exploring Epidemics in Philadelphia February 19, 2025 Read More Faculty Bookshelf