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Levin Family Dean’s Forum: February 23

The University community is invited to the School of Arts and Sciences’ annual Levin Family Dean’s Forum on Thursday, February 23, at 4:30 p.m. in Harrison Auditorium at the Penn Museum. For more information, please see: https://www.sas.upenn.edu/fear-inc/

The event is free and tickets are not required.

This year’s program will feature the internationally renowned writer, commentator, professor, producer and scholar of religions Reza Aslan, who will give a lecture entitled Fear Inc.: Confronting Islamophobia in America. Professor Aslan is a tenured professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside, and serves on the board of trustees for the Chicago Theological Seminary and The Yale Humanist Community.  His first book, international bestseller No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam, has been translated into 17 languages, and was named one of the 100 most important books of the last decade by Blackwell Publishers. He is also the author of the New York Times bestseller Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth and Beyond Fundamentalism: Confronting Religious Extremism the Age of Globalization. He will be the host of Believer, CNN’s forthcoming show on world religions.

On this occasion SAS will also recognize the 2017 undergraduate and graduate Dean’s Scholars for their outstanding academic performance.  

The 2017 Dean’s Scholars are:

College of Arts and Sciences

Isabella Auchus, Psychology

Kevin Chen, Biochemistry, Biophysics and Physics

Jordan Doman, Biochemistry

Jaron Ma, Earth and Environmental Science

Darby Marx, Biological Basis of Behavior

Sheridan Small, Anthropology

Chunzi Song, Biochemistry and Biophysics

Kaitlyn Ugoretz, East Asian Languages and Civilizations

Sarah Wilson, English and History

College of Liberal and Professional Studies–Undergraduate Program

John Grisafi, East Asian Languages and Civilizations and History

Professional Master’s Programs

Adam Serlin, Master of Public Administration

Graduate Division–Doctoral Programs

William Beck, Classical Studies

Lauren Grant, Chemistry

Carlo Lanfossi, Music

Maria Pape, Comparative Literature

Jordan Paul, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

Juliet Sperling, History of Art

Brooke Stanley, English

Nicole Welk-Joerger, History and Sociology of Science

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